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The interruption in demand caused by COVID-19 and the subsequent excess of supply is putting pressure on the Gulf oil and gas sector to innovate and accelerate digital transformation, say a broad cross-section of industry insiders. It’s widely acknowledged that companies in the oil and gas industry were slow to adopt emerging technology, and that many still lack an up-to-date digital transformation strategy. In a survey conducted by the consulting firm EY with oil and…

Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s December 2021 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-978 on Wednesday, December 15th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2021-43890 Up first this month is a vulnerability in the Windows AppX Installer that could allow spoofing. This vulnerability has been actively used in the spread of Emotet malware. Microsoft has rated this as Exploitation Detected on the latest software release on the Exploitability…

Qubes OS defines itself modestly as “a reasonably secure operating system.” It might actually be one of the safest operating systems, often used by pros who are most concerned with computer security. Image: Qubes Qubes OS is a free open-source operating system that’s fully security-oriented. It leverages Xen-based virtualization, which allows the user to create, use and delete easily isolated compartments called qubes. To make it simple to understand, every qube is implemented as a…

Microsoft addresses 67 CVEs in its December 2021 Patch Tuesday release, including a zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild. 7Critical 60Important 0Moderate 0Low Microsoft patched 67 CVEs in the December 2021 Patch Tuesday release, including seven rated as critical, and 60 rated as important. This month’s update includes patches for: Apps ASP.NET Core & Visual Studio Azure Bot Framework SDK BizTalk ESB Toolkit Internet Storage Name Service Microsoft Defender for IoT Microsoft…

Hundreds of financial applications are being targeted by a threat campaign featuring a new strain of the Anubis Android banking trojan malware. The malicious campaign was detected by researchers at cybersecurity company and integrated endpoint-to-cloud provider Lookout. Researchers observed the banking malware masquerading as an account management application created by France’s largest telecommunications company, Orange S.A., to target customers of nearly 400 financial institutions, virtual payment platforms, and crypto-currency wallets. Victims of Anubis suffer their personal data’s being exfiltrated from…

Remember the updates to our product subscription tiers we announced on August 31? You may recall we also announced a grace period for those that need to transition from a free to a paid subscription to use Docker Desktop. This is a friendly reminder that that grace period is ending on January 31, 2022. Docker trusts our customers to be in compliance by January 31, 2022 and Docker Desktop will continue to function normally after…

Cloud-based password manager LastPass is going to emerge from under the wing of LogMeIn and become a standalone business once again. Plans to set up LastPass as an independent company were announced today by LogMeIn, which acquired the password manager back in October 2015 for $125m.  A new chief executive will be hired in 2022 to run LastPass. Until then, LogMeIn chief executive officer and president Bill Wagner and his management team will continue to run the company.  “The substantial scale of LastPass,…