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July 12, 2022
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Where, oh where are the new hires?

According to the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), half of US small-business owners said they had open positions they couldn’t fill this June. But look at it this way: that’s better than May 2022, when it was more than … Continue reading →

July 12, 2022
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Red Hat names new CEO

Google Cloud: When it comes to cyber risks, we’re all in it together Read now In a move many will find surprising, Red Hat announced that Paul Cormier, the company’s CEO and president since 2020, is stepping over to become … Continue reading →

July 11, 2022
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Brute Ratel C4: When PenTests Go Bad

The Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Unit 42 threat research team was quietly going about their business when they spotted yet another malware file in VirusTotal, the community site for suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs. This one had gotten a … Continue reading →

July 8, 2022
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Sure, GitHub’s AI-assisted Copilot writes code for you, but is it legal or ethical?

GitHub’s Copilot is an AI-based, pair-programming service. Its machine learning model raises a number of questions. Open source experts weigh in. Endless cyber-threat pressure could leave security staff burnt out. Here’s what you need to change Read…Read More

July 7, 2022
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Akamai Linode now offers Kali Linux instances

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution designed for penetration testing or — yes — hacking. This Debian-based Linux is a security worker’s favorite distribution. And, now Linode, which recently became part of Akamai, is offering Kali as a supported…Read More

July 7, 2022
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Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Kali Linux, the Linux of choice for hackers and security pros, is now available on the Linode cloud. The Linux Foundation and Snyk’s report, The State of Open Source Security, finds open source security faces hard challenges even as it … Continue reading →