The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

New details have been revealed about a recently remediated critical vulnerability in Netgear smart switches that could be leveraged by an attacker to potentially execute malicious code and take control of vulnerable devices. and Draconian Fear (CVSS score: 7.8)

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Tunstall Netherlands says the attack left the control room struggling to receive distress calls from clients on Sunday November 12, 2023. Under normal circumstances, the control room would relay the distress call to a caregiver so they can check on and provide help. Tunstall says it’s worked hard to remediate the situation.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Narang called special attention to CVE-2024-21410 , an “elevation of privilege” bug in Microsoft Exchange Server that Microsoft says is likely to be exploited by attackers. They include CVE-2022-44698 in December 2022, CVE-2023-24880 in March 2023, CVE-2023-32049 in July 2023 and CVE-2023-36025 in November 2023.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A widely used NPM package called 'Pac-Resolver' for the JavaScript programming language has been remediated with a fix for a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability that could be abused to run malicious code inside Node.js applications whenever HTTP requests are sent. on the CVSS vulnerability scoring system and affects

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Google Security

MAY 31, 2023

As an admin, they can use the Google Admin console to get Chrome to report critical security events to third-party service providers such as Splunk ® to create custom enterprise security remediation workflows. Security remediation is the process of responding to security events that have been triggered by a system or a user.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Security software provider Remediant wants to move beyond basic privileged access management (PAM) to help CSOs secure enterprise networks. It’s adopting a new approach it calls PAM+, aimed at helping enterprises protecting access to their systems and build on Zero Trust initiatives.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Remediation Tip “Fine-grained access controls should be implemented to properly attribute authorization of records/objects as well as functions to the individually authenticated and authorized user.” Remediation Tip “Ensure all client → server calls are checked for proper authorization on the server.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 6, 2022

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Intuit phish says “We have put a temporary hold on your account” The Quad commits to strengthening cybersecurity in software, supply chains Double-whammy attack follows fake Covid alert with a bogus bank call Microsoft Office zero-day “Follina”—it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! (It’s

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

AI can also be programmed to initiate automated remediation actions, also called “self healing,” when issues arise. The real-time threat response is made possible by a software called Insights. Snyk offers protection against security flaws, and DeepArmor combats malware threats.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2022

The ability to block attacks on vulnerabilities in running code is especially important when you consider that it can take developers substantial time to fix, test, and roll out the remediated code. How ‘runtime’ works. Pre-production scrutiny. The benefit of sitting closer to the application also applies in test environments.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 12, 2022

These attacks can cost billions of dollars annually, when adding up the cost of remediating the problem, handling all the user calls for password resets, and changing other operations. . Akamai, in its latest State of the Internet report , says that it has seen over 193 billion credential stuffing attacks in 2020.

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InfoWorld on Security

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Now Finnegan and Massyn are building an internal system for what they call “continuous controls assurance.” Here’s an example of a KPI (key performance indicator): Critical or high severity vulnerabilities are remediated within the organization’s policy timeframe. Another way to say it might be “KPIs as code.”

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

During a vishing call a malicious actor often impersonates a well-known company. Other times, they will call company employees posing as a colleague that needs help or needs to verify information. The truth is, even if we’re aware of these scam calls, we can still fall for them. OSINT can also be done via phone calls.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2023

This means that Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies need to remediate this vulnerability by September 11, 2023 to protect their networks against active threats. The remediation deadline for federal civilian executive branch agencies was April 5, 2023. Exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In another ACT post we talked about a process in cybersecurity that we call “vulnerability management.” Many organizations will hire good guy hackers, also called “white hats”, to test the security of their IT devices. Remediate Once you’ve evaluated the applicability and risk of the vulnerabilities, it’s time to remediate them.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 26, 2023

Protect AI has built a platform called AI Radar that helps organizations build safer AI by providing AI developers, ML engineers, and AppSec professionals a way to see, know, and manage an ML environment.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-Founder at Keeper Security, shared his thoughts on the MOVEit vulnerability with SecureWorld News: "As cyber teams continue to address this spate of attacks, the news should serve as a wakeup call to every organization that this serious Zero-Day vulnerability must be remediated immediately.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 25, 2023

Its overall goal is to help security teams better prioritize vulnerability remediation work. Anonymized data from the Cisco Vulnerability Management platform was used by the creators of EPSS to compare which vulnerabilities were being exploited in the wild to which vulnerabilities organizations were remediating.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Real Time Vulnerability Scanning and Remediation: Scan for vulnerabilities both internally and externally in real time. Also includes an allocation of time every month to remediate any vulnerabilities found in your systems. Incident Response: An expert in cybersecurity is on call whenever an organization needs them.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

WatchGuard indicates that “remediation steps differ from the usual upgrade steps you might be used to.” WatchGuard provides a detailed 4-Step Cyclops Blink Diagnosis and Remediation Plan that includes the following advisories: Use unique passwords for each Firebox. Indeed, applying usual steps would not fix the problem in this case.

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Anton on Security

MARCH 6, 2023

“Our State of Cloud Threat Detection and Response report summarizes the survey responses of 400 security leaders and SecOps practitioners in North America regarding the capabilities, practices, and behaviors of protecting against, identifying, and remediating cloud-based threats.“ Read the official blog , it is serious. Kill toil, automate!

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IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2023

How Data Breaches Happen There are a variety of different ways that a data breach incident can occur based on what Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) calls the four A’s: actor, action, asset, and attribute. This can include legal action against the company.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

My call was transferred to no fewer than three different people, none of whom seemed eager to act on the information. When that call went straight to voicemail, I left a message and called the city’s emergency response team. Eventually, I was routed to the non-emergency line for the Florence police department.

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Webroot

JULY 8, 2021

These are some of those affects inflating the price tag of an attack, which we call The Hidden Costs of Ransomware. Generally, faster detection meant limiting the spread of the infection and less time spent on remediation. A third of incidents were reportedly remediated in 1-3 hours, while 17 percent required 3-5 days of effort.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2021

Remediation. Prioritizing remediation. For developers, prioritizing remediation is often the most difficult part of securing the software development lifecycle. However, 39% of organizations wait to run SCA scans until the testing phase when remediation is more difficult and costly. Customer churn (reputation).

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Veracode Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Forrester Wave™ states, “Veracode is a strong choice for customers that are most interested in remediating vulnerabilities in open source components.” In fact, our SOSS research unveiled that 92 percent of third-party flaws can be remediated with an update and 69 percent of the updates are minor.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 25, 2024

The platform goes beyond data collection by automatically generating actionable remediation tasks with intelligent prioritization and efficient management. Moreover, its Advisor service offers expert guidance to optimize risk assessment and remediation workflows.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

Despite the widespread impact of these vulnerabilities, Marrapese’s research suggests that remediation from vendors is unlikely – and in fact, infeasible. “The nature of these vulnerabilities makes them extremely difficult to remediate for several reasons,” Marrapese wrote.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 9, 2021

CISA is now delivering advice on remediating the vulnerabilities, with part of the message specifically crafted for business and security leaders and another section crafted for security teams. Remediating Exchange vulnerabilities: CISA message to leaders. Remediation for exchange vulnerabilities: message to security teams.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

When that GraphQL API is called, AppSync will assume the role, perform the AWS API call, and interpret the results. “This vulnerability in AWS AppSync allowed attackers to cross account boundaries and execute AWS API calls in victim accounts via IAM roles that trusted the AppSync service. ” concludes the report.

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NetSpi Executives

MAY 1, 2024

Organizations require visibility into assets that need to be protected, prioritization of issues to remediate first, and easy-to-understand reporting on proactive security measures. The cyber attack on Change Healthcare served as a wake-up call, proving the point that cybersecurity can no longer be reactive; it must shift to proactive.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2021

United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) is busy calling startups that could help in shrinking its cyber attack surface by developing new hardware and software tools as per the current cyber landscape.

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Google Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Our plan for OSV-Scanner is not just to build a simple vulnerability scanner; we want to build the best vulnerability management tool—something that will also minimize the burden of remediating known vulnerabilities. VEX support : Automatically generating VEX statements using, for example, call graph analysis.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Omdia analysts called out a a handful of key proactive methodologies: Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (RBVM), Attack Surface Management (ASM), and Incident Simulation and Testing (IST). This is driven primarily by a desire to support better risk-based analytics to prioritize risk and better inform remediations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The integration also enables Cortex XSOAR to interact with STA to apply security remediation actions on user accounts and resources protected by STA. The remediation actions are automated through Cortex XSOAR Security Orchestration Playbooks. The remediation process involves the following steps: 1.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This week, Signet subsidiary Zales.com updated its website to remediate a nearly identical customer data exposure. In December 2018, bling vendor Signet Jewelers fixed a weakness in their Kay Jewelers and Jared websites that exposed the order information for all of their online customers.

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 31, 2024

Here’s the latest on that now it has been remediated, 19 months after our initial disclosure to Airbus. This post is about their EFB management app called Flysmart+ Manager. We understand that aviation software has to be certified to be safe so were not overly surprised by the expected remediation timeline.

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