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AI-Powered Deception is a Menace to Our Societies
Wherever there’s been conflict in the world, propaganda has never been far away. Travel back in time to 515 BC and read the Behistun Inscription, an autobiography by Persian King Darius that discusses his rise to power. More recently, see how different newspapers report on wars, where it’s said, ‘The first casualty is the truth.’ …
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Cisco Confirms Salt Typhoon Exploited CVE-2018-0171 to Target U.S. Telecom Networks
Cisco has confirmed that a Chinese threat actor known as Salt Typhoon gained access by likely abusing a known security flaw tracked as CVE-2018-0171, and by obtaining legitimate victim login credentials as part of a targeted campaign aimed at major U.S. telecommunications companies. “The threat actor then demonstrated their ability to persist in target environments…
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Portland’s third-largest engineering firm acquired for $300M
The company will keep its local leadership team, it said this week.
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Rural Oregonians are already choking on utility bills; Trump’s executive orders could make matters worse
The president is messing with the BPA — Oregon’s cheapest source of electricity and an agency that pays its own way
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Nike sees $5B market cap boost with launch of NikeSkims brand
Nike announced a new brand earlier this week, and Wall Street already seems pleased. In the 48 hours since, Nike’s market cap has increased nearly $5 billion.
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Here is what we know about federal cuts’ Oregon impacts so far
The scope of federal job and spending cuts on Oregon is only just beginning to emerge.
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North Korean Hackers Target Freelance Developers in Job Scam to Deploy Malware
Freelance software developers are the target of an ongoing campaign that leverages job interview-themed lures to deliver cross-platform malware families known as BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. The activity, linked to North Korea, has been codenamed DeceptiveDevelopment, which overlaps with clusters tracked under the names Contagious Interview (aka CL-STA-0240), DEV#POPPER, Famous Chollima,
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PCI DSS 4.0 Mandates DMARC By 31st March 2025
The payment card industry has set a critical deadline for businesses handling cardholder data or processing payments- by March 31, 2025, DMARC implementation will be mandatory! This requirement highlights the importance of preventative measures against email fraud, domain spoofing, and phishing in the financial space. This is not an optional requirement as non-compliance may result…
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Microsoft’s End of Support for Exchange 2016 and 2019: What IT Teams Must Do Now
For decades, Microsoft Exchange has been the backbone of business communications, powering emailing, scheduling and collaboration for organizations worldwide. Whether deployed on-premises or in hybrid environments, companies of all sizes rely on Exchange for seamless internal and external communication, often integrating it deeply with their workflows, compliance policies and security frameworks
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Citrix Releases Security Fix for NetScaler Console Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw impacting NetScaler Console (formerly NetScaler ADM) and NetScaler Agent that could lead to privilege escalation under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12284, has been given a CVSS v4 score of 8.8 out of a maximum of 10.0 It has been described as a case…
