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DOGE as a National Cyberattack

Schneier on Security

There’s a reason why every modification—hardware or software—to these systems goes through a complex planning process and includes sophisticated access-control mechanisms. First, unauthorized access must be revoked and proper authentication protocols restored.

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Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch Out For in 2025

Centraleyes

Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report showed that 74% of security breaches involve a human element, with system administrators and developers accounting for most of these errors. In a recent survey, 93% of respondents admitted to knowingly increasing their companys cybersecurity risks.

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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture. Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. Mitigation: implement authentication and authorization controls according to the role-based access model. Most of the web applications were owned by companies based in Russia, China and the Middle East.

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API Security for the Modern Enterprise

IT Security Guru

Microservices Architecture has Created a Security Blind Spot. When you have multiple services communicating with each other through APIs, then your entire system becomes exposed when any one service gets hacked. Tools like two-factor authentication, rate limiting, and DDoS protection can go a long way in securing APIs.

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US CISA and NSA publish guidance to secure Kubernetes deployments

Security Affairs

It guides system administrators and developers of National Security Systems on how to deploy Kubernetes with example configurations for the recommended hardening measures and mitigations. Use strong authentication and authorization to limit user and administrator access as well as to limit the attack surface.

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XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

Security Affairs

“This one seems to target enterprise systems.” ” The expert explained that the XMR cryptominer was optimized for Intel x86 (both 32bit or 64bit architecture) and Intel 686 processors. System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.”

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What Real-Life SaaS Attack Misconfiguration Exploits Can Teach Us

IT Security Guru

There are a few notable exploited misconfigurations, from default built-in file sharing, and lack of password enforcement, albeit no password to multi-factor authentication (MFA), to the risks of legacy protocols and OAuth apps, that can bring a little clarity to understanding the complex landscape that is a company’s SaaS security posture.

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