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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – September 4, 2023 – Attackers Hit Network Devices and More

eSecurity Planet

Citrix, Juniper, VMware and Cisco are just a few of the IT vendors whose products made news for security vulnerabilities in the last week. Collectively, these episodes highlight the need for comprehensive cybersecurity defenses and timely patch management for risk mitigation. out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability scale.

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VulnRecap 1/29/24 – Apple, Apache & VMware Under Attack

eSecurity Planet

The most significant risk for enterprises isn’t the speed at which they are applying critical patches; it comes from not applying the patches on every asset,” noted Brian Contos, CSO of Sevco Security. However, the flaw does not bypass two-factor authentication (2FA), so implementation of MFA can provide initial remediation.

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RSAC insights: Introducing ‘CWPP’ and ‘CSPM,’ new frameworks to secure cloud infrastructure

The Last Watchdog

I recently had the chance to sit down with Kevin Simzer, chief operating officer of Trend Micro, to discuss two of them: Cloud Workload Protection Platform ( CWPP ) and Cloud Security Posture Management ( CSPM.) Here are the key takeaways: Cloud migration risks. The summer of 2019 was a heady time for the financial services industry.

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6 Takeaways From the Changes in OWASP’s Top 10 Vulnerability Ranking

CyberSecurity Insiders

A fresh round of updates to reflect the kind of risks and new cyber attacks organizations are dealing with appears to be in order. In September this year, the update happened as the nonprofit Open Web Application Security Project refreshed the content of the OWASP Top 10 2021 website. As the name suggests, it is seventh on the list.

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Quantum Computing Threats: A How-to Guide for Preparing Your Company’s Cybersecurity Defenses

CyberSecurity Insiders

However, its growth also presents significant challenges to cybersecurity, as it has the potential to render traditional cryptographic algorithms obsolete. The following sections detail the most vulnerable systems and provide recommendations on how to upgrade security defenses to withstand these emerging threats.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 14, 2023 – Old or New, Vulnerabilities Need Management

eSecurity Planet

August 7 , 2023 Microsoft Visual Studio Code Flaw Can Lead to Unauthorized Access Cycode researchers discovered that malicious extensions running in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) can allow attackers to retrieve authentication tokens stored in Windows, Linux, and macOS credentials managers.