Scope Security CEO Mike Murray Passes Away

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Scope Security has announced the sudden passing of its founder and CEO Mike Murray, a longtime practitioner and executive who was deeply embedded in the cybersecurity industry.

The healthcare security startup said Murray passed away on April 6.  He was 46.

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Spring4Shell Vulnerability Exploited by Mirai Botnet

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Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro on Friday confirmed some earlier reports that the new Spring4Shell vulnerability has been exploited by the Mirai botnet.

Two critical vulnerabilities have been patched recently in the popular Java application development framework Spring: CVE-2022-22965 (aka Spring4Shell and SpringShell) and CVE-2022-22963.

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Zoom Paid Out $1.8 Million in Bug Bounties in 2021

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Video communications giant Zoom this week announced that it paid out roughly $1.8 million in bug bounty rewards in 2021.

The company launched its bug bounty program on the HackerOne platform in 2019, and says it has handed out more than $2.4 million in bounty payouts to date.

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