Wind Turbine Giant Nordex Shuts Down IT Systems in Response to Cyberattack

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Nordex Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, fell victim to a cyberattack that forced it to take down multiple systems.

The Hamburg, Germany-based company announced over the weekend that it detected the intrusion on Thursday, March 31, and that it immediately deployed measures “in line with crisis management protocols.”

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Harnessing Neurodiversity Within Cybersecurity Teams

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Neurodiversity

Neurodivergence, by its name, implies a different way of thinking. The question we wish to examine is whether the inclusion of this neurodiversity can bring something positive beyond the simple expansion of general diversity to and within the cybersecurity teams.

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GitLab Patches Critical Account Takeover Vulnerability

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DevOps platform GitLab has reset the passwords of some user accounts, after addressing a critical account takeover vulnerability.

According to the company, in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) versions prior to 14.7.7, 14.8.5, and 14.9.2, a hardcoded password was set when the account was registered using an OmniAuth provider.

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UK Charges Alleged Lapsus$ Gang Members With Hacking

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The City of London Police on Friday announced that two teenagers were officially charged for their alleged roles in a hacking group that is believed to be the infamous Lapsus$ gang.

The youngsters, aged 16 and 17, were arrested roughly a week ago, along with five other teens supposedly involved in the Lapsus$ attacks.

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