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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.
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CytoDyn settles lawsuit against former business partner for $12M
The $14 million Amarex had claimed against CytoDyn will be eliminated under the terms of the settlement.
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RADIUS Protocol Vulnerability Exposes Networks to MitM Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a security vulnerability in the RADIUS network authentication protocol called BlastRADIUS that could be exploited by an attacker to stage Mallory-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks and bypass integrity checks under certain circumstances. “The RADIUS protocol allows certain Access-Request messages to have no integrity or authentication checks,” InkBridge
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Hackers Exploiting Jenkins Script Console for Cryptocurrency Mining Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have found that it’s possible for attackers to weaponize improperly configured Jenkins Script Console instances to further criminal activities such as cryptocurrency mining. “Misconfigurations such as improperly set up authentication mechanisms expose the ‘/script’ endpoint to attackers,” Trend Micro’s Shubham Singh and Sunil Bharti said in a technical write-up
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HUMINT: Diving Deep into the Dark Web
Discover how cybercriminals behave in Dark Web forums- what services they buy and sell, what motivates them, and even how they scam each other. Clear Web vs. Deep Web vs. Dark Web Threat intelligence professionals divide the internet into three main components: Clear Web – Web assets that can be viewed through public search engines,…
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GuardZoo Malware Targets Over 450 Middle Eastern Military Personnel
Military personnel from Middle East countries are the target of an ongoing surveillanceware operation that delivers an Android data-gathering tool called GuardZoo. The campaign, believed to have commenced as early as October 2019, has been attributed to a Houthi-aligned threat actor based on the application lures, command-and-control (C2) server logs, targeting footprint, and the attack

