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Zerodium will pay $300K for WordPress RCE exploits (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Zero-day broker Zerodium announced that will triples payouts for remote code execution exploits for the popular WordPress content management system. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/116605/hacking/zerodium-wordpress-exploits.html    

Cisco will not release updates to fix critical RCE flaw in EoF Business Routers (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Cisco announced it will not release security updates to address a critical security vulnerability affecting some of its Small Business routers. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/116598/security/rce-eof-cisco-business-routers.html

The Right Way to Rebuild Cities for Post-Pandemic Work (Bloomberg CityLab)

Amy Liu Cities should structure their economies for the workers they already have — not just to lure new ones. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-09/the-right-way-to-rethink-cities-for-post-covid-work?sref=Y5NzbMHF

USA – To counter extreme politics, revive global democracies’ Rust Belts (Brookings)

Andy Westwood and John C. Austin As the Biden administration attempts to reforge global alliances and reanimate U.S. leadership of the international community, one place to begin...

(Iran) Iran’s middle class and the nuclear deal (Brookings)

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani This week the U.S. and Iranian negotiators met for indirect talks in Vienna and agreed on procedures for the two countries to return to the...

USA – Don’t overreact to inflation data this spring (Brookings)

Jay Shambaugh In the last few months, inflation has been a hotter topic than in recent memory. Google trends search intensity for the word “inflation” hit an all-time high...

USA – What’s stopping automatic retirement savings for more workers? (Brookings)

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro As the nation begins to grapple with the shape of its post-COVID-19 economy, policymakers are exploring how to better (if belatedly) support...

USA/Russia – Nuclear arms control in the 2020s Key issues for the US and Russia (Brookings)

Steven Pifer The Biden administration sees arms control as a tool that can advance security and stability. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/04/08/nuclear-arms-control-in-the-2020s/

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers. April 2021 snapshot (Brookings)

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, Onyeka Nwabunnia, and Sarah Osborne Since 2014, Brookings has developed and maintained a comprehensive database on the global impact bonds market. The below data...

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