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OpenSSH connections could be cracked by this all-new cyberattack
Cybersecurity researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have discovered a way to crack OpenSSH connections and effectively break SSH channel integrity. In an academic paper published earlier this week, researchers Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk, explained that since new encryption algorithms and mitigations were added to SSH,…
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AWS is reportedly making some big changes to its sales team
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is becoming increasingly concerned about competition from Microsoft and Google, despite being the number one cloud provider globally, to the degree that the business is now looking to reorganize its 60,000-strong sales team. The report comes from The Information, which cites AWS Head of Sales Matt…
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The Ghosts of Network Operations Past, Present and Yet to Come
In a Christmas Carol, the protagonist is visited by three ghosts that show him the error of his ways, while also offering an opportunity to course-correct. Network cybersecurity teams might find themselves in a similar pattern of reflection as the year winds down and we look ahead. After the year…
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Xfinity admits data breach may have affected 36 million customers
Xfinity is the latest in a long line of companies to fall victim to Citrix Bleed, parent company Comcast has confirmed, revealing that almost 36 million customers may have had their data stolen. The company published a press release confirming that it had been breached and that sensitive customer data…
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Critical vulnerability discovered in Helix Core Server could give full system control to hackers
Four vulnerabilities have been discovered by Microsoft in the Perforce Helix Core Server, with one of them giving the ability for an intruder to remotely execute commands from the ‘LocalSystem’ account. Helix Core Server offers a single location for storage and access to digital content, often used to store code,…
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Southwest Airlines hit with huge fine for Christmas IT fiasco
The US Department of Transport (DoT) has revealed details of an eye-watering $140 million fine facing Southwest Airlines following its catastrophic IT outage over Christmas 2022. The DoT says that the civil penalty, which is thirty times larger than any other previous DoT penalty for consumer protection violations, is the…
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