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(Yemen) Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air raids, hits grains port (Al Jazeera)

Six people injured after raids hit Houthi-controlled Salif grains port, a warehouse, and a food company’s living quarters. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/saudi-led-coalition-intensifies-yemen-air-raids-hits-grains-port

(Mauritania/Qatar) Mauritania re-establishes diplomatic ties with Qatar (Al Jazeera)

Mauritania had followed Saudi Arabia and its allies in cutting diplomatic relations with Qatar in June 2017. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/mauritania-re-establishes-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar

(Pandemic) COVID-19: The patriarchal pandemic (Al Jazeera)

Belen Fernandez In the past year, the pandemic has negatively affected women disproportionately more than men. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/22/covid-19-the-patriarchal-pandemic

(Cybersecurity) RCE flaw in Apache OFBiz could allow to take over the ERP system (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The Apache Software Foundation fixed a high severity remote code execution flaw in Apache OFBiz that could have allowed attackers to take over the...

(Cybersecurity) Which is the Threat landscape for the ICS sector in 2020? (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in...

(Cybersecurity) CISA releases CHIRP, a tool to detect SolarWinds malicious activity (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini US CISA has released a new tool that allows detecting malicious activity associated with the SolarWinds hackers in compromised on-premises enterprise environments. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115821/security/cisa-chirp-solarwinds-tool.html

(Cybersecurity) Swiss expert Till Kottmann indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Department of Justice announced that Swiss hacker Till Kottmann, 21, has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115808/cyber-crime/till-kottmann-indicted-crimes.html

(Cybersecurity) Microsoft Defender can now protect servers against ProxyLogon attacks (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Microsoft announced that its Defender Antivirus and System Center Endpoint Protection now protects users against attacks exploiting Exchange Server vulnerabilities. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115801/hacking/microsoft-defender-microsoft-exchange.html

(Innovation/Technology) These undergraduates left university to build Flux, a payments startup now in YC (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor Traditional remittance companies, while necessary, currently have two flaws in speed and exorbitant fees. It can take a long while (days to weeks)...

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