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CISA and State and Local Partners Test Emergency Response Plans at Chevron Salt Lake Refinery

10th November 2021CW Enterprises

The exercise included several objectives related to response procedures at the refinery, including evacuation and shelter-in-place decision-making; roles and responsibilities during investigations; communication [...]

Google Maps gets a local upgrade with new safety features

30th September 2021Hannah Davies

Google announced a number of search and AI updates at this year’s Search On event, one of which was a new way to [...]

Linux Kernel Vulnerability that Allows Local Attackers to Escalate Privileges

8th March 2021GURUBARAN S

The Security Researcher Alexander Popov found vulnerabilities in the kernel of Linux operating systems that could allow an attacker to escalate local privileges [...]

Google Maps adds community news feed for your favourite local spots

1st December 2020Chris Smith

Such are these tumultuous times, our local towns and cities are seeing big changes. Whether it’s businesses unfortunately succumbing to lockdowns, others changing their [...]

DHS Partners with Industry to Offer State, Local Gov'ts Cybersecurity Aid

2nd September 2020Robert Lemos Contributing Writer

The US Department of Homeland Security teams up with Akamai and the Center for Internet Security to provide state and local governments with [...]

Bugtraq: Local information disclosure in OpenSMTPD (CVE-2020-8793)

25th February 2020CW Enterprises

Local information disclosure in OpenSMTPD (CVE-2020-8793) Source: Security Focus – Bugtraq: Local information disclosure in OpenSMTPD (CVE-2020-8793) [...]

Critical WhatsApp Vulnerability Let Hackers to Access the Local System Files on Mac & Windows

5th February 2020BALAJI N

A critical vulnerability in WhatsApp Lets hackers read the local file systems and allows to perform cross-site scripting in Mac and Windows platform [...]

Texas Towns Recover, But Local Governments Have Little Hope For Respite from Ransomware

22nd August 2019Robert Lemos Contributing Writer

Their struggles underscore the difficulties for small towns in dealing with cyberattacks. Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence – Texas Towns Recover, [...]

Vuln: KDE KAuth CVE-2017-8422 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

25th July 2019CW Enterprises

KDE KAuth CVE-2017-8422 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Source: Security Focus – Vuln: KDE KAuth CVE-2017-8422 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability [...]

Vuln: FreeBSD CVE-2019-5607 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabiity

24th July 2019CW Enterprises

FreeBSD CVE-2019-5607 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabiity Source: Security Focus – Vuln: FreeBSD CVE-2019-5607 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabiity [...]