Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

SSRF vulnerabilities in four Microsoft Azure services could be exploited to gain unauthorized access to cloud resources. Researchers at the security firm Orca discovered that four different Microsoft Azure services were vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. ” concludes the report.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

Background: Over the past few days, the Zscaler ThreatLabz team has been closely monitoring the reports of potential RCEs in Spring Cloud Framework and Spring Cloud Function. The Spring Cloud Function is one of the subcomponents of Spring Cloud Function which enables developers to do serverless programming.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 16:58. As part of our research efforts, we regularly deploy honeypots, i.e., misconfigured cloud native applications based on Docker and Kubernetes or other widely used applications such as databases,” according to Aqua. Related Posts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Researchers disclosed two critical flaws in Alibaba Cloud’s ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL and AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL. Researchers from cloud security firm Wiz discovered two critical flaws, collectively dubbed BrokenSesame, in Alibaba Cloud’s ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL and AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What cyber security threats should enterprises look out for in 2022? Skilled engineers and security architects from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye offer a preview of how the threatscape might look in 2022 and how these new or evolving threats could potentially impact the security of enterprises, countries, and civilians.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2022

Mon, 04/18/2022 - 16:58. This has driven a buildup of identity-related cybersecurity ‘debt,’” according to the report from CyberArk based on a survey of 1,750 IT security decision makers. Explosion of Machine Identities Creating Cybersecurity ‘Debt’. brooke.crothers. The build-up of cybersecurity debt.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

nuvola is the new open-source cloud security tool to address the privilege escalation in cloud environments. nuvola is the new open source security tool made by the Italian cyber security researcher Edoardo Rosa ( @_notdodo_ ), Security Engineer at Prima Assicurazioni. Cloud Security Context.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2022

Experts identified a spike in phishing content delivered via Azure Front Door (AFD), a cloud CDN service provided by Microsoft. USA) has identified a spike in phishing content delivered via Azure Front Door (AFD), a cloud CDN service provided by Microsoft. Resecurity, Inc. click” and “.xyz” net – amazon-uk[.]azurefd[.]net.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2023

AlienFox is a novel comprehensive toolset for harvesting credentials for multiple cloud service providers, SentinelLabs reported. AlienFox is a new modular toolkit that allows threat actors to harvest credentials for multiple cloud service providers. ” reads the report published by SentinelLabs.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

In light of this Utimaco released its first edition in the Circles of Trust survey series in 2022 focused on a sample of the United Kingdom (UK), Spain and Germany, covering key sectors of automotive cybersecurity to the public and the health sector to uncover consumer perceptions about the digital services that they use every day.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 25, 2022

Wed, 05/25/2022 - 17:24. The Python package ctx, which averages over 20,000 downloads per week, was compromised on the Python Package Index (PyPI), according to both forum and social media posts and a bevy of news reports. . It remained unchanged over the past eight years (as it remains on GitHub) until May 14, 2022.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

With 2022 closing out, you may be wondering what the job market looks like for cybersecurity professionals in the new year. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , jobs in the Information Security field are expected to increase by 35 percent by 2030, which researchers are saying is faster than any other industry growth on average.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. Now researchers from AT&T Alien Labs analyzed the latest variants of the EnemyBot bot and discovered that it included exploits for 24 vulnerabilities, including issues that don’t even have a CVE number.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How can an industrial recycler safely secure its $400,000 hard drive recertification rack with control software that only runs on Windows XP? The devices themselves can’t be secured, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use basic IT techniques to reduce our security risks. Also read: Top IoT Security Solutions for 2022.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

Citrix fixed a critical flaw in Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM), tracked as CVE-2022-27511, that can allow attackers to reset admin passwords. Citrix fixed a critical vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM), tracked as CVE-2022-27511, that can be exploited by attackers to reset admin passwords.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Cybersecurity conferences aren’t usually places where you expect to feel better about the world, but IRISSCON 2022 struck a surprisingly hopeful tone. Mikko Hyppönen, WithSecure chief research officer, looked back at security’s evolution over decades and reached an unexpected conclusion. “I Cybersecurity focused on SMEs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

SentinelLabs researchers have observed the first Linux variant of the Clop ransomware. The researchers noticed that the encryption algorithm implemented in the ELF executable is flawed and can allow victims to decrypt locked files without paying a ransom. ” reads the report published by the experts. clop_extension.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2022

Salt Security today released the latest findings of its bi-annual report on API security trends. Empirical data from the Salt Security SaaS cloud platform shows a 681% increase in attack traffic compared to a 321% increase in overall API call volume.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Companies are struggling with how to get a handle on the vast amounts of unstructured data they generate, and this is going to continue as the new hybrid work model proceeds into 2022. To investigate these issues, this week, Egnyte released its annual 2021 Data Governance Trends Report. They also rate these among the hardest to secure.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 5, 2022

What Can Happen When You Fail to Secure a Continuous Integration (CI) API. Wed, 10/05/2022 - 16:46. What can happen when you fail to secure a continuous integration API. In whose hands does API security rest? And what can be done to secure both API and users from similar scenarios in the future? brooke.crothers.

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The media routinely report incidents and leaks of data that end up publicly accessible on the dark web. As part of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin, the DFI (Digital Footprint Intelligence) and DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response) teams have come up with an overview of threats that will be relevant to the segment in question.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As we were preparing our slides and tools for our DEF CON Cloud Village Talk ( What the Function: A Deep Dive into Azure Function App Security ), Thomas Elling and I stumbled onto an extension of some existing research that we disclosed on the NetSPI blog in March of 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

Vendors and researchers disclosed a wide range of vulnerabilities this week from common Cisco IOS, Fortinet, and Windows Server issues to more focused flaws affecting developers (PyPI), artificial intelligence (Ray, NVIDIA), and industrial controls (Rockwell Automation). visionOS: Version 1.1.1 macOS: Versions Sonoma 14.4.1 or Ventura 13.6.6

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Modus Create , a global provider of digital transformation and product development services, announced today the findings of its original study entitled the “ 2022 State of Digital Transformation.” Key Findings: Digital initiatives are critical to American organizations. Trends by Industry.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 20, 2022

The newly patched security flaw, known as CVE-2022-27511, is defined as an inappropriate access control vulnerability that might allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to compromise the system and force an administrator password reset. What happens when a vulnerability is reported to Citrix.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

It’s not difficult to visualize how companies interconnecting to cloud resources at a breakneck pace contribute to the outward expansion of their networks’ attack surface. Much of the discussion at RSA Conference 2022 , which convenes next week in San Francisco, will boil down to slowing attack surface expansion.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Tue, 11/15/2022 - 15:14. The group is allegedly linked to China, according to reports. While the blog does not speculate on the ultimate contractor of this espionage, Kevin Bocek, Venafi’s VP of Security Strategy and Threat Intelligence, says it “has all the tell-tale signs of a sophisticated nation-state attack.”.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2021

How CIOs Can Protect Data Against Ransomware Attacks in 2022. Treasury Department report linked nearly $600 million in transactions to ransomware payments in “Suspicious Activity Reports” financial services firms have filed to the U.S. A Zero Trust architecture should be at the center of every security strategy.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Fri, 10/14/2022 - 15:58. It’s the season of ghosts, witches and goblins, but that’s not what's keeping cybersecurity professionals up at night…It’s the challenge of how to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize patches, and prevent cyberattacks targeting business-critical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data and systems.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2022

An Introduction to The Onapsis Research Labs. Tue, 04/12/2022 - 12:11. Onapsis was founded over a decade ago when we realized that the world’s most critical enterprise resources were being overlooked. Despite their importance, these applications have been neglected by most of the security community. Elephant Beetle.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

By Tyler Reguly, senior manager, security R&D at cybersecurity software and services provider Fortra. The Nilson Report  estimated $28.6 First launched in 2004 and updated most recently in 2018, the PCI Data Security (PCI DSS) standard is continually updated to reflect the evolving challenges of the cyberthreat landscape.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Since Jan 2022, ThreatLabz has observed a resurgence in targeted attack activity against Ukraine. We identified two attack-chains in the timeframe - Jan to Feb 2022, which we attribute to the same threat actor with a moderate confidence level. The first attack-chain was blogged by the CERT team of Ukraine on 1st Feb 2022 here.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

The Triada Trojan was spotted for the first time in 2016 by researchers at Kaspersky Lab that considered it the most advanced mobile threat seen to the date of the discovery. In March 2018, security researchers at Antivirus firm Dr. Web discovered that 42 models of low-cost Android smartphones are shipped with the Android.Triada.231

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 14, 2022

Mon, 03/14/2022 - 11:50. Robust access control is also the cornerstone of a Zero Trust security approach—the strategy to trust devices, workloads and people in an untrusted environment. The Thales Access Management Index 2021 report illustrates a highly fragmented landscape at the enterprise level. brooke.crothers.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 31, 2022

Our recent participation in two highly-regarded industry evaluations, namely MRG-Effitas and Info-Tech’s Data Quadrant Report, reflects our belief that continual testing and unbiased validation are crucial to our mission to deliver easy, effective, and efficient cyber protection for customers. More resources.

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

How cybersecurity (the market) performed in 2022. Cyber-attacks have risen from last year with the most common forms of attack being credential theft, phishing, misconfigured cloud, and vulnerabilities in third-party software. It’s not all bad news though. Smart IT decision makers are paying attention.

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