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Small businesses have been facing a mountain of problems since the coronavirus outbreak took hold of the world’s economy and shifted most people to working from home. Millions of small businesses around the world, which previously had no experience dealing with cybersecurity, suddenly had to deal with a deluge of new issues, ranging from which […] More
Enterprise software giant Oracle published an urgent security alert last night, urging companies that run WebLogic servers to install the latest patches the company released in mid-April. Oracle says it received reports of attempts to exploit CVE-2020-2883, a vulnerability in its WebLogic enterprise product. WebLogic is a Java-based middleware server that sits between a front-facing […] More
The developers of the open source SaltStack Salt management framework, used in data centers and cloud servers, have warned users to update their builds following the discovery of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities. Researchers from F-Secure disclosed the bugs on Thursday. Tracked as CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652, the vulnerabilities have been issued high-severity ratings and are […] More
Children across the country will have the opportunity to crack codes, fix security flaws and examine the trails left behind by cyber criminals as part of a new learning experience they can take part in from home. The initiative from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the […] More
The Ninja Forms WordPress plugin harbored a severe security flaw that could be used for website takeover through the creation of new administrator accounts. Ninja Forms is a drag-and-drop contact form creator for websites running on the WordPress Content Management System (CMS). The plugin accounts for over one million active installations. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence […] More
Image: Jon Tyson The Dreambot malware botnet appears to have gone silent and possibly shut down, according to a report published today by the CSIS Security Group, a cyber-security firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company is reporting that the Dreambot’s backend servers have gone down in March; about the same time when the cybersecurity […] More
The Attorney-General’s Department has provided further information on Australia’s pending Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 (IPO Bill), specifically around granting foreign law enforcement bodies with data that could be used to condemn an individual to death. “Australia maintains a long-standing, bipartisan policy of opposition to the death penalty, in all circumstances, for all people,” […] More
Google has raised a handful of concerns with Australia’s pending Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 (IPO Bill), including the Commonwealth’s choice of phrasing, the avenues proposed for record-sharing, and the Bill being at odds with the purpose of the United States’ Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act). The IPO Bill […] More
