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How to Use Tines’s SOC Automation Capability Matrix
Created by John Tuckner and the team at automation and AI-powered workflow platform Tines, the SOC Automation Capability Matrix (SOC ACM) is a set of techniques designed to help security operations teams understand their automation capabilities and respond more effectively to incidents. A customizable, vendor-agnostic tool featuring lists of automation opportunities, it’s
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Oyster Backdoor Spreading via Trojanized Popular Software Downloads
A malvertising campaign is leveraging trojanized installers for popular software such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams to drop a backdoor called Oyster (aka Broomstick and CleanUpLoader). That’s according to findings from Rapid7, which identified lookalike websites hosting the malicious payloads that users are redirected to after searching for them on search engines like Google…
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SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Under Active Attack – Patch Immediately
A recently patched high-severity flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U file transfer software is being actively exploited by malicious actors in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28995 (CVSS score: 8.6), concerns a directory transversal bug that could allow attackers to read sensitive files on the host machine. Affecting all versions of the software prior to and…
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Nike’s layoffs could have an outsized effect on other industries, economist says
According to ECONorthwest’s senior economist, Nike’s recent layoffs could have ripple effects on Portland’s regional economy, specifically because of the current economic climate.
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Travel Portland’s Jeff Miller will retire from key tourism role
Jeff Miller has become inextricably linked to Portland’s tourism scene.
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Nike extends U.S. employees’ paid parental leave benefit to 16 weeks
“New parents are some of the hardest working athletes around, and when you’re a new parent on our team, we want to make sure you have the time you need to care for your family,” Nike’s post said.
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Dr. Dave Sanders, ZoomCare founder, debuts a hybrid AI-human doctor startup
One thing hasn’t changed: Sanders has huge ambitions about remaking American health care.
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James Beard wins spotlight Portland’s resurgent restaurant; Let’s celebrate
The James Beard Award wins highlight what most Portlanders already know, the Rose City is a great place to eat.
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Researchers Uncover UEFI Vulnerability Affecting Multiple Intel CPUs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware that affects multiple families of Intel Core desktop and mobile processors. Tracked as CVE-2024-0762 (CVSS score: 7.5), the “UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow” vulnerability has been described as a case of a buffer overflow stemming from the use of an unsafe variable in the…
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French Diplomatic Entities Targeted in Russian-Linked Cyber Attacks
State-sponsored actors with ties to Russia have been linked to targeted cyber attacks aimed at French diplomatic entities, the country’s information security agency ANSSI said in an advisory. The attacks have been attributed to a cluster tracked by Microsoft under the name Midnight Blizzard (formerly Nobelium), which overlaps with activity tracked as APT29, BlueBravo, Cloaked…
