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Portland CRE firm buys foreclosed downtown office building for $3.25M
The 100,000-square-foot J.K. Gill Building on Southwest Fifth Avenue went into foreclosure in 2023.
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New Ransomware Group Exploiting Veeam Backup Software Vulnerability
A now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication software is being exploited by a nascent ransomware operation known as EstateRansomware. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which discovered the threat actor in early April 2024, said the modus operandi involved the exploitation of CVE-2023-27532 (CVSS score: 7.5) to carry out the malicious activities. Initial access to the target
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Smash-and-Grab Extortion
The Problem The “2024 Attack Intelligence Report” from the staff at Rapid7 [1] is a well-researched, well-written report that is worthy of careful study. Some key takeaways are: 53% of the over 30 new vulnerabilities that were widely exploited in 2023 and at the start of 2024 were zero-days. More mass compromise events arose from…
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Microsoft’s July Update Patches 143 Flaws, Including Two Actively Exploited
Microsoft has released patches to address a total of 143 security flaws as part of its monthly security updates, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Five out of the 143 flaws are rated Critical, 136 are rated Important, and four are rated Moderate in severity. The fixes are in addition…
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True Protection or False Promise? The Ultimate ITDR Shortlisting Guide
It’s the age of identity security. The explosion of driven ransomware attacks has made CISOs and security teams realize that identity protection lags 20 years behind their endpoints and networks. This realization is mainly due to the transformation of lateral movement from fine art, found in APT and top cybercrime groups only, to a commodity…
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Google Adds Passkeys to Advanced Protection Program for High-Risk Users
Google on Wednesday announced that it’s making available passkeys for high-risk users to enroll in its Advanced Protection Program (APP). “Users traditionally needed a physical security key for APP — now they can choose a passkey to secure their account,” Shuvo Chatterjee, product lead of APP, said. Passkeys are considered a more secure and phishing-resistant…
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Opinion: An ESG approach to modernizing, improving and securing Oregon’s power grid
Clinton McGarvin writes that
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Dutch Bros signs a massive office lease in Phoenix
The Oregon based company claims its headquarters remains in Grants Pass. However, the Tempe move marks the Phoenix area’s largest office lease of the year.
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82nd Avenue transit plan gets $39M infusion after Pete Buttigieg visit
The U.S. Department of Transportation is sending $39 million to TriMet to buy electric buses that will roll onto Portland’s 82nd Avenue transit corridor.
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These Portland Safeways would be sold in Kroger-Albertsons merger
Kroger’s divestiture list includes nearly 200 stores in Oregon and Washington.
