29 Jul 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 7/29/2025

New York state cyber chief calls out Trump for cybersecurity cuts During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. And some, including cybersecurity experts and legislators, are not happy about it. One of them is Colin Ahern, the chief cyber officer for the state of New York. In a recent interview with TechCrunch, Ahern said that both he and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are worried that the…
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01 Nov 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/01/2021

All Windows versions impacted by new LPE zero-day vulnerability A security researcher has disclosed technical details for a Windows zero-day privilege elevation vulnerability and a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that gives SYSTEM privileges under certain conditions. A public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit and technical details for an unpatched Windows zero-day privilege elevation vulnerability has been disclosed that allows users to gain SYSTEM privileges under certain conditions. The good news is that the exploit requires a threat…
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