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As energy storage surges, second Portland flow battery startup emerges
Skip Techology, like higher-profile ESS, has a novel large-scale energy storage solution.
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Vacasa plans to lay off 800 as hedge fund takes 9% stake
New York hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management has amassed a 9% stake, partly with shares purchased from Vacasa’s founder. PBJ outlines details of an email sent to employees today and what another round of cuts means for the vacation rental company that was one of the region’s fastest growing companies.
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The Portland Clinic appoints new CEO from within its ranks
Mulcaster replaces Patrick Menzies, who was in the role for about two years.
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Camping nonprofit expands headquarters in downtown Portland
Portland nonprofit Camp Fire Columbia has moved into a new, expanded headquarters downtown.
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New TunnelVision Attack Allows Hijacking of VPN Traffic via DHCP Manipulation
Researchers have detailed a Virtual Private Network (VPN) bypass technique dubbed TunnelVision that allows threat actors to snoop on victim’s network traffic by just being on the same local network. The “decloaking” method has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-3661 (CVSS score: 7.6). It impacts all operating systems that implement a DHCP client and has
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Oregon Department of Transportation starts graffiti cleanup along Portland highways
It’s been nearly a month since crews officially started to paint over graffiti along Portland highways — but the work is far from being complete. Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers granted the Oregon Department of Transportation $20 million to clean up Portland’s highways. ODOT split the funds four ways: $4 million will each go to…
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Kremlin-Backed APT28 Targets Polish Institutions in Large-Scale Malware Campaign
Polish government institutions have been targeted as part of a large-scale malware campaign orchestrated by a Russia-linked nation-state actor called APT28. “The campaign sent emails with content intended to arouse the recipient’s interest and persuade him to click on the link,” the computer emergency response team, CERT Polska, said in a Wednesday bulletin. Clicking on the link
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New Guide: How to Scale Your vCISO Services Profitably
Cybersecurity and compliance guidance are in high demand among SMEs. However, many of them cannot afford to hire a full-time CISO. A vCISO can answer this need by offering on-demand access to top-tier cybersecurity expertise. This is also an opportunity for MSPs and MSSPs to grow their business and bottom line. MSPs and MSSPs that expand their offerings…
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Mirai Botnet Exploits Ivanti Connect Secure Flaws for Malicious Payload Delivery
Two recently disclosed security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) devices are being exploited to deploy the infamous Mirai botnet. That’s according to findings from Juniper Threat Labs, which said the vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 have been leveraged to deliver the botnet payload. While CVE-2023-46805 is an authentication bypass flaw,
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Critical F5 Central Manager Vulnerabilities Allow Enable Full Device Takeover
Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in F5 Next Central Manager that could be exploited by a threat actor to seize control of the devices and create hidden rogue administrator accounts for persistence. The remotely exploitable flaws “can give attackers full administrative control of the device, and subsequently allow attackers to create accounts on any…
