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Azure Service Tags Vulnerability: Microsoft Warns of Potential Abuse by Hackers
Microsoft is warning about the potential abuse of Azure Service Tags by malicious actors to forge requests from a trusted service and get around firewall rules, thereby allowing them to gain unauthorized access to cloud resources. “This case does highlight an inherent risk in using service tags as a single mechanism for vetting incoming network…
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Google Takes Down Influence Campaigns Tied to China, Indonesia, and Russia
Google has revealed that it took down 1,320 YouTube channels and 1,177 Blogger blogs as part of a coordinated influence operation connected to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “The coordinated inauthentic network uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs,” Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researcher Billy Leonard said in…
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Sticky Werewolf Expands Cyber Attack Targets in Russia and Belarus
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a threat actor known as Sticky Werewolf that has been linked to cyber attacks targeting entities in Russia and Belarus. The phishing attacks were aimed at a pharmaceutical company, a Russian research institute dealing with microbiology and vaccine development, and the aviation sector, expanding beyond their initial focus of…
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New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution
Details have emerged about a new critical security flaw impacting PHP that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4577, has been described as a CGI argument injection vulnerability affecting all versions of PHP installed on the Windows operating system. According to DEVCORE security researcher, the shortcoming…
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Microsoft Revamps Controversial AI-Powered Recall Feature Amid Privacy Concerns
Microsoft on Friday said it will disable its much-criticized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature by default and make it an opt-in. Recall, currently in preview and coming exclusively to Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, functions as an “explorable visual timeline” by capturing screenshots of what appears on users’ screens every five seconds, which are…
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Oregon’s biggest cannabis success launches in another East Coast market
Clackamas-based gummy giant begins operations in Massachusetts after four-year effort.
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Ace Hotel Portland rebrands, resurrecting a historic name
Owners of the Ace Hotel in downtown Portland are rebranding it as the Clyde by Kasa, resurrecting a name dead for nearly two decades.
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Nike Alums’ home management startup acquired by Fixle
A pair of Nike innovation alums started a company to help homeowners track and manage their home maintenance. Two years later it has been bought.
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Growing running brand On hiring in Portland for more than a dozen roles
On is among a handful of smaller footwear companies that have come to Portland to take advantage of the local talent fostered by Nike, Adidas and Columbia.
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Pearl District event brings together Latino professionals
An event in the Pearl District on Saturday will gather local Latino professionals for networking.
