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MITRE shares 2024’s top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses
MITRE has shared this year’s top 25 list of the most common and dangerous software weaknesses behind more than 31,000 vulnerabilities disclosed between June 2023 and June 2024. Software weaknesses refer to flaws, bugs, vulnerabilities, and errors found in software’s code, architecture, implementation, or design. Attackers can exploit them to breach systems where the vulnerable software is running, enabling them…
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Ransomware Attacks Growing More Dangerous, Complex
The number of attempted ransomware attacks on Microsoft customers globally have grown dramatically in the last year, according to Microsoft’s Digital Defense report, released on Oct. 15. However, advancements in automatic attack disruption technologies have led to fewer of these attacks reaching the encryption stage. Microsoft reported 600 million cybercriminal and nation-state attacks occurring daily. While ransomware attempts increased by…
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Google asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay, says Epic ruling ‘is dangerous’
The ruling, which Google has appealed, would force Google to distribute third-party app stores within Google Play, no longer require Google Play Billing for apps distributed via Google Play, and more, with many of those changes ordered to begin on November 1st — just over two weeks from today. But echoing many of Google’s arguments during the district court case,…
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Cyber workforce growth slows as tight budgets hit hiring targets — and it’s going to create a more dangerous threat landscape and send burnout through the roof
Growth of the global cybersecurity workforce has slowed for the first time in six years, according to new research, while cyber threats show no signs of slowing. ISC2’s Cybersecurity Workforce Study found the global workforce amounted to 5.5 million people, marking a 0.1% year on year increase, whereas the labor pool had grown by as much as 8.7% year on…
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