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Pentagon Seeking Industry Feedback in Developing New AI Contract Vehicle
The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking industry proposals for a new artificial intelligence contract vehicle to help revamp its multi-domain analytics platform, Advana, according to a newly released draft solicitation. The new contract vehicle could extend through July 2035.

HHS OIG: Current Audit Program Is Not Pushing Entities Enough to Improve Cyber
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights should restart and toughen the scope of its HIPAA audits. A watchdog agency says HHS needs to better assess whether regulated healthcare organizations are taking required actions to reduce their cybersecurity risk.

'You Wonder, Should I Just Spend It on a Place to Stay in America For a Week'
Revisions to U.K. government research funding guidelines and their complex application pose a challenge to early-stage tech companies, experts on Tuesday told a parliamentary committee inquiry. "We have definitely had issues," said Peadar Coyle, founder of AudioStack.

Outpatient Appointments Cancelled at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
A U.K. National Heath Service teaching hospital in northwest England reported a major cyberincident on Tuesday that forced the healthcare facility to cancel outpatient appointments for the day. Maternity services, neo-natal and emergency triage are "running as normal."

Scientists Devise Technique to Make AI Models Mimic Specific People
Researchers have devised a technique to train artificial intelligence models to impersonate people's behavior based on just two hours of interviews, creating a virtual replica that can mimic an individual's values and preferences.

HHS OIG: Current Audit Program Is Not Pushing Entities Enough to Improve Cyber
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights should restart and toughen the scope of its HIPAA audits. A watchdog agency says HHS needs to better assess whether regulated healthcare organizations are taking required actions to reduce their cybersecurity risk.

'You Wonder, Should I Just Spend It on a Place to Stay in America for a Week'
Revisions to U.K. government research funding guidelines and their complex application pose a challenge to early-stage tech companies, experts on Tuesday told a parliamentary committee inquiry. "We have definitely had issues," said Peadar Coyle, founder of AudioStack.

Outpatient Appointments Cancelled at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
A U.K. National Heath Service teaching hospital in northwest England reported a major cyberincident on Tuesday that forced the healthcare facility to cancel outpatient appointments for the day. Maternity services, neo-natal and emergency triage are "running as normal."

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in KDE 1.1.2. This affects an unknown part of the component KApplication. The manipulation leads to improper privilege management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0530. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Blue Yonder, a supply chain software provider, suffered a ransomware attack, impacting operations for clients like Starbucks and grocery stores. A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder disrupted operations for several customers, including Starbucks and U.K. grocery chain Sainsbury. “A ransomware attack has disrupted a third-party software system that Starbucks uses to track and manage its baristas’ schedules, […]

A vulnerability was found in xpcd 2.08 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file xpcd-svga. The manipulation of the argument HOME as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0649. The attack needs to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Neurodivergent talent can add so much to a cybersecurity team. How can companies ensure they have the right hiring and onboarding practices in place to help these employees succeed?

The innocuously named Russian-sponsored cyber threat actor has combined critical and serious vulnerabilities in Windows and Firefox products in a zero-click code execution exploit.

AWS re:Invent 2024 is next week, right after a late Thanksgiving when we’re kicking off the last few weeks of a busy year. For many organizations, now is the time to review costs and plan budgets. For many, that means taking a hard look at cloud spend and thinking about how to optimize it. If you’re using Kubernetes and thinking about how to make sure your infrastructure is optimized and you're attending re:Invent, come by the NetApp booth to learn how Spot by NetApp helps you control costs and optimize your infrastructure. As a premier partner, Fairwinds will be spending some time in the NetApp booth, #1748. Join us to learn how Fairwinds Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service can help you implement Spot by NetApp’s Ocean to optimize for cost and performance.

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A vulnerability was found in MPlayer up to 1.0 Pre3. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Parser. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0386. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Packeteer PacketShaper 7.3.0g2/7.5.0g1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file rpttop.htm of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3151. The attack can be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Vulnerability / Website SecurityTwo critical security flaws impacting the Spam protection, Anti-Sp

As the cybersecurity landscape changes and threats evolve, the Department of Defense (DoD) has updated its Enterprise DevSecOps Fundamentals to align development practices with security imperatives further. This is part of a long-term effort by the DoD to improve how software is developed, deployed, and managed across its network, including its business systems, weapons systems, embedded software, and essential command, control, and combat support systems.

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New York state regulators punish insurers after cybercriminals illegally access customer info they then used to file scam unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic.