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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, system manipulation: External operators can now modify operations while also altering audit trails that would track their changes.

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Top 9 Trends In Cybersecurity Careers for 2025

eSecurity Planet

Networking and system administration: Security professionals must instinctively understand network and system concepts. Knowledge of cloud systems architecture and how it interacts with various devices is invaluable. Salary: $150,000 to $225,000, Mondo. They also fulfill the role of managing the network team.

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CVE-2024-34346: Deno Vulnerability Allows Privilege Elevation

Penetration Testing

Developers and system administrators using Deno, the popular JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime known for its security-focused architecture, need to be aware of a critical security vulnerability that has been identified and addressed in... The post CVE-2024-34346: Deno Vulnerability Allows Privilege Elevation appeared first (..)

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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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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. Insider threats can be administrators, users, or cloud service providers. ” states the guidance.

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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. Summarizing, crooks extended the list of targets passing from Arm and MIPS-powered devices to Intel systems. .

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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. Microservices are small, modular, independent services that can be deployed, scaled, and updated independently.

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