Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2020

” For example, Satnam Narang from Tenable notes that two remote code execution flaws in Microsoft Color Management ( CVE-2020-1117 ) and Windows Media Foundation ( CVE-2020-1126 ) could be exploited by tricking a user into opening a malicious email attachment or visiting a website that contains code designed to exploit the vulnerabilities. .

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On January 25, 2024, Microsoft published a blog post that detailed their recent breach at the hands of “Midnight Blizzard”. In this blog post, I will explain the attack path “Midnight Blizzard” used and what Azure admins and defenders should do to protect themselves from similar attacks.

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NetSpi Executives

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Our top resources this year spanned from Blockchain to Attack Surface Management. How to Use Attack Surface Management for Continuous Pentesting Point in time testing is so 2023. Escalating Privileges with Azure Function Apps Dive into privilege escalation with Karl Fosaaen. Get our best resources hand-picked for you.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 6, 2022

In this three part blog series we will explore attack paths that emerge out of Managed Identity assignments in three Azure services: Automation Accounts, Logic Apps, and Function Apps. But first, what exactly are Managed Identities? But what if that task requires some sort of privilege to perform? Intro and Prior Work.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The CVE-2021-1732 zero-day is an elevation of privilege issues that resides in the Windows Win32k component. The flaw was exploited by threat actors to obtain SYSTEM-level access after gaining access to a Windows system. ” reads a blog post published by Microsoft.

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Google Security

MAY 31, 2023

Organizations can use Chrome Browser Cloud Management to help manage Chrome browsers more effectively. The extended security insights into managed browsers will enable SOC teams to perform better informed automated security remediations using Splunk ® Alert Actions. Other supported events can be found on our support page.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This is Part 2 of our webinar and blog post series Defining the Undefined: What is Tier Zero. Alexander Schmitt and Elad Shamir helped produce the content for this blog post. An attacker with write access to the DACL of a container can create an Access Control Entry (ACE) that grants full control inherited down to the child objects.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 15, 2022

They do this by creating access policies based on their documented identities and their assigned attributes. Those policies reflect the principle of least privilege along with device used, asset status, environmental factors, and other security attributes. to guide their security efforts going forward.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

JANUARY 25, 2024

It underlines the necessity of understanding and managing the security risks associated with AI systems. Consider AI-specific risks in user interaction design, applying default secure settings and least privilege principles. Manage data access and the sensitivity of AI-generated content.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 11, 2021

of the forthcoming new 2022 edition of ISO/IEC 27002 recommends having a topic-specific information security policy on "access control". Imagine if you were tasked to draft an access control policy, what would it cover? How about something along these lines, for starters: What is access control intended to achieve? Clause 5.1

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Malwarebytes

JULY 31, 2023

A supply chain attack rendered two ambulance trusts incapable of accessing electronic patient records in the UK. Regular readers of the blog will know of the chaos that accompanies attacks on healthcare providers. Apply the principle of least privilege. Give suppliers the access they actually need and nothing more.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2023

This is the second installment of the Defender’s Guide series. Some services (especially custom services) run with high privilege levels, and are set to restart themselves on boot. If your Windows service must interact with other stations, you will need to access the unmanaged Windows API.”. Introduction. Underlying Technology.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

Duo introduced Device Health App in November 2019 with the goal to close the secure access management gap between user identities and endpoints. If not, the health app guides the user through the actions needed to become compliant. Simply deploy the app using a system management tool and get immediate visibility.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Criminals typically use compromised credentials to escalate privileges and traverse systems and networks laterally. Organizations segment their networks based on the criticality of their systems and data, as well as their business requirements and allow access based on the status of the verified identity - human or machine.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2022

Attacker Reachability (or “Attackability”), is a concept in open source software vulnerability management. It is impossible to manage security posture without considering two key factors in any potential vulnerability or security flaw: reachability and risk. By Malcolm Harkins, Bryan Smith, Rob Lundy.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Malicious actors are increasingly taking advantage of the burgeoning at-home workforce and expanding use of cloud services to deliver malware and gain access to sensitive data. a Brute Force anomaly and an unusual Data Access event—MVISION Cloud automatically generates a Threat. The Anatomy of a Cloud Services Attack.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Part of our Administrator's Guide to Passwordless blog series See the video at the blog post. One such method is looking for a platform authenticator built into the access device, such as Windows Hello, Touch ID/Face ID, or Fingerprint/Face Unlock on Windows, Apple, and Android devices, respectively.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In April 2023, we published a blog post about a zero-day exploit we discovered in ransomware attacks that was patched as CVE-2023-28252 after we promptly reported it to Microsoft. The CLFS driver uses all these arrays, and different functions use different methods to access the CLFS_CLIENT_CONTEXT and CLFS_CONTAINER_CONTEXT structures.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In this blog post, we will describe common scenarios of incorrect sensitive data handling and suggest ways to protect sensitive data. Leaking access control that enables forced browsing to restricted content. Improperly managed sessions. Do not rely on hiding privileged UI as the only authorization check. OWASP Top 10 ???list

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In the case that the user does not belong to the Administrator group the process token will use a clever trick to escalate privileges. The second action is to use one exploit using COM (Component Object Model) objects to try to elevate privileges before finishing its own instance using the “Terminate Process” function.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In the case that the user does not belong to the Administrator group the process token will use a clever trick to escalate privileges. The second action is to use one exploit using COM (Component Object Model) objects to try to elevate privileges before finishing its own instance using the “Terminate Process” function.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. MORE This free PDF guides you in choosing tools for cloud security and compliance.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2022

This blog post reviews how SIEM alerts are generated and the basic steps a security team can take to set alerts that help them sort through the noise and find what matters – fast. In the security monitoring space, an alert is created by a security information event management (SIEM) tool. Setting Alert Rules.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Improper access control. The same-origin policy (SOP) usually controls data access cross-origins. If a user visits a malicious site in the same browser, the malicious site can import that JavaScript file and gain access to sensitive information associated with the user’s session, all thanks to the user’s cookies stored in the browser.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The following guide has been put together for current Secure Network Analytics and Secure Cloud Analytics customers, providing suggested ways to leverage your deployment to assist in your detection and response efforts. Please check the Talos blog regularly for updates. Vulnerability Description. beta9 through 2.14.1 Exploitation.

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SecureList

JULY 25, 2022

One of our industry partners, Qihoo360, published a blog post about an early variant of this malware family in 2017. If so, it would follow that the attackers had prior access to the victim’s computer in order to extract, modify and overwrite the motherboard’s firmware. Affected devices. an evil maid attack scenario).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

Zero Trust Definition and Guiding Principles. are constantly at risk and must be secured through continuous verification of the identity, and the application of “least privilege” principles against any identity?—?human They must be verified every time they seek access and continuously while they are active inside your environment.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Improper access control. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a way of querying a directory service about the system’s users and devices. You should also treat the contents of log files as untrusted input and validate it before accessing or operating on it. XPath injection. Header injection. Host header poisoning.

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NopSec

JULY 18, 2017

It provides a detailed guide for prioritization, implementation and customization of your security controls as well as sequence, test, and achieve continuous automation. With that in mind, in this blog post we’re covering 13 out of the 20 controls. The CIS 20 controls are also known to be relatively difficult to implement fully.

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Kali Linux

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We hope this makes it easier for the people who use self-hosted Proxmox Virtual Environments (VE), virt-manager , or libvirt ! Instead, we automatically post blog posts thus these accounts are mostly unmonitored! yesimxev has released the ultimate Kali NetHunter Complete Kernel Porting Guide. In Kali 2022.3, Thank you guys!

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

At its core, Zero Trust is all about authenticating and authorizing access policies that have been designed to provide the least privilege, for the least amount of time, to the least amount of assets. In 2022 we expect to see organizations increasingly moving identity management systems into the CISO organization.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

In this guide, learn what penetration testing is, how penetration testing is done, and how to choose a penetration testing company. Penetration testing simulates the actions of a skilled threat actor determined to gain privileged access. What is penetration testing? Penetration testing clarifies the business impact of inaction.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2024

This allows for manual, operator-guided LDAP enumeration that can avoid triggering detection mechanisms (e.g., Prior blog posts here and here contain additional background and usage examples. Privileged Session Enumeration The netloggedon BOF makes a NetWkstaUserEnum Windows API call, targeting the computer the operator specified.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 9, 2020

These complex problem definitions have led to the development of a special publication from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – NIST SP 800-190 Application Security Container Guide. The post Securing Containers with NIST 800-190 and MVISION CNAPP appeared first on McAfee Blogs.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 31, 2020

Please note that Android 10 adds certain restrictions to the way storage access is handled. Please update the NetHunter app from the NetHunter store after flashing the image to enable the required access. Please note that Android 10 adds certain restrictions to the way storage access is handled. Nexus 6P with LineageOS 17.1

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

This can be done using a low-privileged account on any Windows SCCM client. Client push installation accounts require local admin privileges to install software on systems in an SCCM site, so it is often possible to relay the credentials and execute actions in the context of a local admin on other SCCM clients in the site.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

Perhaps they’re looking for additional sets of credentials o to enhance their presence and privileges within the network. Identity and Access Management (IAM) With Zero Trust, every user, endpoint, or piece of data has an identity. Enter Zero Trust , coined by Forrester and endorsed by brands like Gartner.

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