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Russian state level hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability found in VMware products including virtual workspaces, this according to a cybersecurity advisory issued last week by the the US based, National Security Agency.

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The VMware vulnerability, which is called in CVE-2020-4006 and rated 7.2 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), was disclosed and patched last week.  According to the NSA advisory, threat actors are using the vulnerability t

Throughout the USA, State and County election computer networks are still vulnerable to cyber-attacks and Election Day is only 29 days.  In a little-noticed episode in 2016, an unusual number of voters in Riverside, California, complained that they were turned away at the polls during the primary because their voter registration information had been changed.

The Riverside County district attorney, Mike Hestrin, investigated and determined that the voter records of dozens of people had been tampe

Our friends at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cyber Security and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) shared the follow good practices:

DRIVE CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY, INVESTMENT, CULTURE  [Link to DHS CISA report with helpful active links: 20-02019b - Telework_Essentials-08272020-508.pdf

After rapidly adopting wide-scale remote work practices in response to COVID-19, organizations have started planning for more permanent and strategic teleworking postures. An organization’s executive leade

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other US agencies have issued a warning about increases in bank e-thefts worldwide organized by a hacking group called "BeagleBoyz."  Researchers believe this group has ties to the North Korean government.  The BeagleBoyz group is a subset of the North Korean-backed hacking collective known as the Lazarus Group or Hidden Cobra.  The report with details of how the BeagleBoyz have made off with an estimated $2 billion in funds and cry