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Resilience, an introduction.

Xebia

An organization or an IT system is in difficulties when an event results in a decrease of its value output. The decline in the value is the period of time a system absorbs the stress, and recovery is when the value output is on the rise. Taleb stated that there are “systems” that break when exposed to a stressor. See figure 1.

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CVE-2020-1350: Wormable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows DNS Server Disclosed (SIGRed)

Tenable

On July 14, Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) Server as part of Patch Tuesday for July 2020. Microsoft has published its own blog post about the flaw , warning that they consider it wormable. Researchers disclose a 17-year old wormable flaw in Windows DNS servers. Background. 4565524.

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Microsoft’s October 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 103 CVEs (CVE-2023-36563, CVE-2023-41763)

Tenable

An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using social engineering in order to convince a target to open a link or download a malicious file and run it on the vulnerable system. Alternatively, an attacker could execute a specially crafted application to exploit the flaw after gaining access to a vulnerable system.

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5 Tips for Successfully Implementing Behavior-Driven Development in Your Team

Gorilla Logic

It enhances your existing Agile approach , synthesizing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD). You start by defining the desired behavior of the software in terms of concrete examples or scenarios that describe the behavior of the system in a clear, concise way. Net), or Behave (Python).

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CVE-2021-34527: Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Patch for PrintNightmare Vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler

Tenable

This blog post was published on July 7 and reflects VPR at that time. CVE-2021-34527 is an RCE vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler Service , which is available across desktop and server versions of Windows operating systems. Since July 1, researchers have been diligently developing PoCs for PrintNightmare. CVE-2021-34527.

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August Patch Tuesday 2022

Ivanti

systems ( CVE-2022-26832 and CVE-2022-30130 ). Windows Operating System. Due to the public disclosure and known attacks targeting the vulnerability, it is recommended to treat this as a higher priority. You should be planning to retire these legacy operating systems soon. on Windows 8.1 Affected products. Visual Studio.

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July 2023 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

What to expect in July 2023’s updates for Kerberos and Netlogon vulnerabilities Microsoft outlined a phased rollout of enforcement for both vulnerabilities, due to the fact that they are changing some core behaviors in two commonly used authentication mechanisms. For July, Microsoft is stepping up to initial enforcement.