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Critical vulnerability in Apache Solr; update patches already available

According to penetration testing specialists, a few weeks ago it was reported the finding of a zero-day vulnerability in Apache Solr, an open source enterprise search platform used by some major companies such as Adobe, Bloomber, eBay, Instagram and Netflix. Although there is even a published proof of concept, the risk of exploitation is still […]

Senate Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Act

Despite its controversial nature, the US Senate has passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). Detractors are concerned because CISA would open up an information exchange between the public and the private sectors: government would give companies classified information about potential threats, but the bill also incentivizes companies to funnel information to local law enforcement […]