The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2023

Here are a few of the top security weaknesses that threaten organizations today: Poor risk management. A lack of a risk management program or support from senior management is a glaring weakness in your cybersecurity strategy. Anemic asset management. Tick-in-the-box training. Lackadaisical set up. Spotty patching.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 7, 2023

Patch management is an essential practice for businesses to maintain the security and stability of their IT infrastructure. Patches are released by software vendors to fix vulnerabilities and enhance performance, and failing to manage these patches can lead to security breaches and system failures.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 3, 2023

Identity security refers to the practices and technologies used to manage and protect user identities within an organization's SaaS portfolio. Once an attacker gains control over a user's account, they can potentially access other connected systems or manipulate data.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 11, 2024

This past week, both JetBrains TeamCity and Atlassian Confluence products have run into more hiccups as their string of vulnerabilities continues. JetBrains and Atlassian users should pay special attention since vulnerabilities continue cropping up in the same products. The fix: Deploy JetBrains TeamCity version 2023.11.4

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

HP is aware of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-1707 (CVSS v3.1 score 9.1), that affects tens of HP Enterprise LaserJet and HP LaserJet Managed Printers models. An attack can trigger the bug to access data transmitted between the vulnerable HP printer and other systems on the same network segment.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2022

Potable water and wastewater management is a top priority for cybersecurity professionals and the Biden administration alike. With new regulations and funding, companies must find the best way to implement and manage cybersecurity to protect these systems. Related: Keeping critical systems patched.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2022

As companies accelerate their reliance on agile software development, cloud-hosted IT infrastructure and mobile applications, vulnerability management (VM) has an increasingly vital security role to play. Related: Log4j vulnerability translates into vast exposures. VM is a well-known and mature segment of cybersecurity.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This week saw some repeat products from previous vulnerability recaps, such as Ivanti Policy Secure and JetBrains TeamCity servers. One of the most notable vulnerabilities for this week is Fortinet’s critical FortiOS issue, which affects Fortinet products that use the affected versions of the network operating system.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

SAP April 2023 security updates include a total of 24 notes, 19 of which are new vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation can potentially lead to full compromise of the system. SAP fixed two critical bugs that affect the Diagnostics Agent and the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

Threat actors are exploiting PaperCut MF/NG print management software flaws in attacks in the wild, while researchers released PoC exploit code. Hackers are actively exploiting PaperCut MF/NG print management software flaws (tracked as CVE-2023-27350 and CVE-2023-27351 ) in attacks in the wild. to the patched version in v21.2.11

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 20, 2021

Patch management is a process that involves the acquisition, review, and deployment of patches on an organization’s systems. Simply put, patch management distributes and applies updates to your software whenever a vulnerability is detected. The post Patch Management Explained.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Related: The demand for ‘digital trust’ Organizations rely on ISO 27001 to guide risk management and customer data protection efforts against growing cyber threats that are inflicting record damage , with the average cyber incident now costing $266,000 and as much as $52 million for the top 5% of incidents.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Within the last couple of months, smart device vulnerabilities have been piling up, prompting businesses to protect their Internet of Things (IoT) environments. Teslas have plenty of vulnerabilities, as cybersecurity researchers have recently discovered. Imagine a corporate office where only two employees drive Teslas.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

Microsoft, as usual, led the pack in quantity for Patch Tuesday this March with fixes for nearly 59 vulnerabilities including two critical flaws. Patching teams may be busy with this anticipated work, but be sure to also address the off-schedule critical vulnerabilities that affect Fortinet, QNAP, Kubernetes, and WordPress plug-ins.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for September 2023 includes 59 vulnerabilities, five of them rated critical and two currently being exploited in the wild. The two vulnerabilities currently being exploited are CVE-2023-36761 , an information disclosure flaw in Microsoft Word with a CVSS score of 6.2;

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 16, 2024

The increased complexity of modern identity systems only intensifies the challenge of securing the identity perimeter. By integrating data from various sources, including HR systems like Workday and customer relationship platforms like Salesforce, Cisco Identity Intelligence constructs a comprehensive identity landscape.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for May 2023 addresses 38 vulnerabilities, the smallest Patch Tuesday in quite a while. “The exploit doesn’t require user interaction and if exploited would give the attack system-level privileges,” he noted.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

An ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware affiliate was spotted exploiting vulnerabilities in the Veritas Backup solution. An affiliate of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang, tracked as UNC4466, was observed exploiting three vulnerabilities in the Veritas Backup solution to gain initial access to the target network. CVSS score: 8.1).

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This data is managed by different entities, such as primary care facilities, acute care facilities and within associated applications that collect, store and track health data, creating numerous exposure vulnerabilities. There are many reasons for the vulnerable state of healthcare data. Dealing with policy-based access.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

And with technology playing a huge part in simplifying and enabling integration activities between two distinct organizations, it is these very systems that attackers are looking to exploit. With any M&A, there is always the “risk of the unknown”, such as an undisclosed breach or vulnerability, that could affect future viability.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

Microsoft Patch Tuesday takes center stage in this week’s vulnerability news, with a notable SharePoint Server vulnerability that’s been seen alongside Qakbot malware. Federal agencies have until June 6 to patch D-Link router vulnerabilities. Federal agencies have until June 6 to patch D-Link router vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

Mirai botnet started exploiting the CVE-2023-1389 vulnerability (aka ZDI-CAN-19557/ZDI-23-451 ) in TP-Link Archer A21 in recent attacks. Last week, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) threat-hunting team observed the Mirai botnet attempting to exploit the CVE-2023-1389 vulnerability (aka ZDI-CAN-19557/ZDI-23-451, CVSS v3: 8.8)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Participants used a variety of ethical hacking techniques to take control of the system used to manage the payload’s global positioning system, attitude control system 1 and onboard camera.” The team identified and exploited several vulnerabilities in the satellite’s systems to inject malicious code.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 17, 2024

By infiltrating systems or exploiting vulnerabilities, adversaries can steal these models, leading to intellectual property theft and competitive disadvantage. AI Hallucinations: These are instances where artificial intelligence systems generate outputs that are not grounded in reality or are inconsistent with the intended task.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2022

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

Researchers from firmware and hardware security firm Eclypsium discovered that the Conti ransomware gang was working on attacks targeting both UEFI/BIOS and the Intel Management Engine (ME) or Intel Converged Security Management Engine (CSME). Fuzzing the Management Engine Interface to discover undocumented commands and zero-day flaws.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

Researchers at cybersecurity vendor Qualys this week disclosed the memory corruption vulnerability in polkit’s pkexec, which if exploited by a bad actor can enable an unprivileged user to gain full root privileges on a system, giving the unprivileged user administrative rights. See also: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 12, 2023

Trellix researchers are disclosing a number of critical data center power management platform vulnerabilities at DEFCON 2023 today. CyberPower offers power protection and management systems for computer and server technologies. effort to secure critical infrastructure. CVE-2023-3261: Buffer Overflow (DOS; CVSS 7.5)

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Third Party Risk Risk Level In the interconnected web of modern business ecosystems, supply chain risks have emerged as insidious threats, leaving even the most vigilant organizations vulnerable to devastating cyber breaches. Remember that you can outsource operations but you can’t outsource risk.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

Microsoft addressed a misconfiguration flaw in the Azure Active Directory ( AAD ) identity and access management service. The vulnerability was discovered by Wiz Research which determined that about 25% of multi-tenant applications turned out to be vulnerable. “We found several high-impact, vulnerable Microsoft applications.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 18, 2021

It shouldn’t be a surprise anymore that patches and updates keep your systems safe by closing vulnerabilities that might lead to dangerous cyber-attacks and help you achieve compliance. Read on to find out exactly how Windows patch management works and what are the best practices for this process!

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

VMware addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability “affecting local domain users” in multiple products. “This critical vulnerability should be patched or mitigated immediately per the instructions in VMSA-2021-0014. . cations of this vulnerability are serious.” ” states VMware.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Taking an active role Your cybersecurity policy should address your employees and technology systems. Consider these four best practices as the core of your finance team and business’ cybersecurity plan: •Regularly update and back-up your data systems. Employee training is crucial. Set access privileges and internal controls.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In reality, security architecture is best served by incorporating SaaS security with IaaS security to achieve a comprehensive design that secures each layer of our cloud environments. As for the SaaS service layer, we see the rise of solutions like SaaS security posture management (SSPM) and SaaS security control plane (SSCP). .

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2024

By infiltrating systems or exploiting vulnerabilities, adversaries can steal these models, leading to intellectual property theft and competitive disadvantage. AI Hallucinations: These are instances where artificial intelligence systems generate outputs that are not grounded in reality or are inconsistent with the intended task.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Volexity researchers discovered that the zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-1040 , in Sophos Firewall was exploited by Chinese threat actors to compromise a company and cloud-hosted web servers it was operating. The vulnerability has been fixed.” The CVE-2022-1040 flaw received a CVSS score of 9.8 MR3 (18.5.3) and earlier. “An

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

Experts found multiple vulnerabilities in Teltonika industrial cellular routers that could expose OT networks to cyber attacks. The researchers discovered eight vulnerabilities that impact thousands of internet-connected devices worldwide. ” reads the advisory from CISA. through 00.07.03.4 ” concludes Otorio.

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