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Malware & Exploits
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From Crisis to Confidence: Navigating...
Isolating infected systems immediately helps prevent ransomware from spreading across networks. Regular, automated backups stored offline are essential for recovering from ransomware incidents. Proactive security measures, like live patching...
CVE-2024-38821: Spring Security Patch Update...
When it comes to keeping Spring applications protected, a proactive response to vulnerabilities is essential. For enterprises relying on Spring Security, the latest CVE-2024-38821 vulnerability has been a point of...
The Cost of Hardware-Level Security...
In recent years, the steady influx of hardware-level vulnerabilities, like Heartbleed, Spectre, Rowhammer, and a host of others, has put every CPU vendor under scrutiny. No chip family or architecture...
CVEs, Damned CVEs, and...
Is your vulnerability scanner showing zero problems with your Linux systems? If so, it’s probably missing something important. Conversely, if it’s suddenly showing hundreds of vulnerabilities, that’s likely an overstatement...
The Zenbleed Vulnerability: How to...
The Zenbleed vulnerability exploits a flaw in the speculative execution mechanism of AMD Zen 2 CPUs. It affects the entire Zen 2 range, even extending to AMD’s EPYC data center...
A Blast From The Past:...
It’s summer, and the year so far has been prodigious in high-stakes hacks impacting very high profile companies, like Ticketmaster or Change Healthcare, and sophisticated malicious operations like the one...
CISA Alert: Urgent Patching Required...
Given the active exploitation of this Linux kernel vulnerability, federal agencies are strongly urged to apply patches by June 20, 2024. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1086, carries a high-severity rating...
The Growing and Real Threat...
Today, the growing and real threat of ransomware is more prevalent than ever. This malicious software is designed to block access to data or systems until a ransom is paid....
Essential Strategies for Recovering from...
Ransomware is a serious threat, so be prepared! The average ransom demand is high, and paying doesn’t guarantee recovery. Backups are crucial for recovery, but testing and proper storage are...
Hardware Level Vulnerabilities,...
In August of last year, I examined several CPU bugs that posed serious security threats. The mitigations for these vulnerabilities generally involved either incorporating additional instructions or opting for alternative...
Patches for CVE-2024-1086 for CloudLinux...
Update April 8th, 2024: Updated ETA for CloudLinux 6h and CloudLinux 7. Update April 10th, 2024: Live patch for CloudLinux 6h and CloudLinux 7 are now available. The KernelCare team...