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Eliminate vulnerabilities in the software supply chain faster
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Attacks on the software supply chain continue to increase, due in part to companies' increasing reliance on numerous third-party vendors and service providers. To keep a close eye on the threats facing today's organizations, Tanium has now added SBOM to its vulnerability management solution. Open Source Software Threat "Over 92 percent of applications contain open source libraries that may contain hidden vulnerabilities such as Log4j, OpenSSL or Struts that attackers can exploit," said Nic Surpatanu, Chief Product Officer at Tanium. “Tanium SBOM is the only solution on the…

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First Python-based ransomware attack revealed
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Team Nautilus, Aqua Security's research unit specializing in the cloud-native technology stack, has discovered a new attack vector that cybercriminals can use to target companies running ransomware. For the first time, the team uncovered a Python-based ransomware attack targeting the open source software Jupyter Notebook, popular with data professionals. Attackers first gain access through misconfigured environments and then run a ransomware script that encrypts every file in a specified path on the server and then deletes itself after execution to obfuscate the attack. Because Jupyter Notebook is used to analyze…

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IT security advantages of open source software

Better than its reputation: Why German companies still underestimate the IT security advantages of open source software. Bitkom's Open Source Monitor 2021 provides important answers to security questions. Open source software (OSS) has found its place in the German economy: According to Bitkom's Open Source Monitor 2021, around seven out of ten companies use applications whose basic source code is publicly available. The survey participants value many different advantages, but still view the topic of IT security as critical. The respondents agreed that the lack of specialized OSS specialists is a major disadvantage of open source solutions. The…

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