Trump's DoJ Targets Krebs, Revokes SentinelOne Security Clearance

An executive order is targeting former Trump appointees, including former CISA director Chris Krebs and his current coworkers, in the latest in a series of directives against those who dissented against the president and his associates.

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Trump's DoJ Targets Krebs, Revokes SentinelOne Security Clearance‎‎ An executive order is targeting former Trump appointees, including former CISA director Chris Krebs and his current coworkers, in the latest in a series of directives against those who dissented against the president and his associates.‎‎ Keep Reading →

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Threat Actors Use 'Spam Bombing' Technique to Hide Malicious Motives‎‎ Darktrace researchers detailed "spam bombing," a technique in which threat actors bombard targets with spam emails as a pretense for activity like social engineering campaigns.‎‎

Zero-Day in CentreStack File-Sharing Platform Under Attack‎ Gladinet's platform is widely used among managed service providers, and a critical deserialization flaw could put MSP customers in jeopardy.‎

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Experts Optimistic About Secure by Design Progress‎ Secure by Design is an important step to reduce the number of vulnerabilities present originally, but is it progressing fast enough? According to security experts Chris Wysopal and Jason Healey, the landscape is improving.‎

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AuthZEN Aims to Harmonize Fractured Authorization Controls‎ Managing permissions and authorizations across dozens or hundreds of cloud services and platforms poses significant headaches for companies. An open specification aims to change that.‎

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