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Vulnerability Research

Avamar Zero-Day

Today Digital Defense is disclosing three vulnerabilities identified on Dell EMC Data Protection Suite Family products discovered by the Digital Defense Vulnerability Research Team (VRT). VRT would like to commend Dell EMC for their prompt handling and diligent attention to the issues and their work with Digital Defense engineering staff to understand, resolve and verify the fixes for these...
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Debunking the Fake News Surrounding IBM i Security

Many IT pros have been misled about IBM i security or are making assumptions about features of the platform that were once true but aren’t any longer. This article addresses some common misconceptions.
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Equifax’s Problem and How to Avoid It

Recently, the cause of Equifax’s catastrophic cyber attack was revealed as a hack that exploited a known bug in in Equifax’s web application software, Apache Struts.Since then, the discourse surrounding the event has shifted to two main subjects:The blame game: people want to hold someone responsible. The fallout has claimed the jobs of Equifax’s CSO, CIO, and now, CEO.The preventability of the...