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Ivanti warns of critical vulnerability in its popular line of endpoint protection software

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Enlarge Software maker Ivanti is urging users of its end-point security product to patch a critical vulnerability that makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code inside affected networks. The vulnerability, in a class known as a SQL injection, resides in all supported versions of the Ivanti …

A “ridiculously weak“ password causes disaster for Spain’s No. 2 mobile carrier

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Orange España, Spain’s second-biggest mobile operator, suffered a major outage on Wednesday after an unknown party obtained a “ridiculously weak” password and used it to access an account for managing the global routing table that controls which networks deliver the company's Internet traffic, researchers …

Mandiant, the security firm Google bought for $5.4 billion, gets its X account hacked

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Enlarge Google-owned security firm Mandiant spent several hours trying to regain control of its account on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday after an unknown scammer hijacked it and used it to spread a link that attempted to steal cryptocurrency from people who clicked on it. “We are …

Millions still haven’t patched Terrapin SSH protocol vulnerability

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Roughly 11 million Internet-exposed servers remain susceptible to a recently discovered vulnerability that allows attackers with a foothold inside affected networks. Once they're in, attackers compromise the integrity of SSH sessions that form the lynchpin for admins to securely connect to computers inside the cloud …

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