What does it mean when a Linux Kernel has a vulnerability? the Linux kernel is the software which runs the system – the main operating system software it is inside all other software – it does connect to applications with shell (usually Bourne image from Linoxide Updated the image to include Android possible issues … Read more
Abilities Identify Security issues based on analysis of vulnerabilities – apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements Knowledge Application vulnerabilities, data backup and recovery, host/network access control mechanisms, system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques. Skills Detecting host and network intrusions Conduct vulnerability scans and recognize vulnerabilities in security systems. Tasks Keep up … Read more
Affected Software A significant number of Java-based applications are using log4j as their logging utility and are vulnerable to this CVE. To the best of our knowledge, at least the following software may be impacted: Apache Struts Apache Solr Apache Druid Apache Flink ElasticSearch Flume Apache Dubbo Logstash Kafka Spring-Boot-starter-log4j2 So you can see that … Read more
2 stories from the Hacker News: Solar Winds Hackers Targeting Government and Why everyone needs to take the latest CISA directive seriously The Solarwinds hack from last year (the one I discussed in several stories including this one: SolarWinds hackers Hacked Multi-factor Authentication. It is sometimes instructive to review past hacks to see what … Read more
Yes now your files will be hidden (apparently they will be placed in a Winrar format – which is a kind of packed encrypted format). And then the original files are deleted. There are more details in the Sophos analysis a their blogpost. How about this attack? KrebsonSecurity has an interesting story about a Nigerian … Read more
