Trellix “Catmen Sanfrancisco” Capture the Flag Results!

Trellix “Catmen Sanfrancisco” Capture the Flag Results! By Trellix · February 28, 2022 This story was written by Steve Povolny. And just like that, it’s all over! Our annual Capture the Flag contest expired at 11:59pm PST, on February 25th. We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our...

What’s Next in Security from Microsoft

One of the biggest challenges in security today is complexity. Not only is there an ever-growing number of threats, but many organizations are defending their companies with a patchwork of security solutions that don’t work well together. This piecemeal approach is costly, less secure, and hinder...

Amy Zegart on Spycraft in the Internet Age

Amy Zegart has a new book: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence. Wired has an excerpt: In short, data volume and accessibility are revolutionizing sensemaking. The intelligence playing field is leveling­ -- and not in a good way. Intelligence collectors are...

Supply Chain Security Is Not a Problem…It’s a Predicament

In the late 19th century, many large cities faced an unpleasant predicament due to too much horse manure piling up in the streets. Aside from the direct impact of the odors and unsightly excrement, it indirectly poisoned the water supply and accelerated the spread of disease. There were some ways...

Behind The Buzzword: Four Ways to Assess Your Zero Trust Security Posture

With just about everything delivered from the cloud these days, employees can now collaborate and access what they need from anywhere and on any device. While this newfound flexibility has changed the way we think about productivity, it has also created new cybersecurity challenges for...

Trellix Launches Annual CTF Competition – Catmen Sanfrancisco!

Trellix Launches Annual CTF Competition – Catmen Sanfrancisco! By Trellix · February 1, 2022 This story was written by Steve Povolny. The Advanced Threat Research team, now with Trellix, is pleased to announce the return of our second annual Capture the Flag contest featuring 12 new challenges of...

Domestic CCTV and audio recording

Last week, we had BBC Morning Live in to film a piece on the legalities and challenges of domestic CCTV systems. You can watch it on iPlayer here, starting at 10:30. It was sparked by a conversation we had with Radio 4 before Xmas, where a journalist had taken an interest in CCTV systems exposed ...

NIST Cybersecurity Framework: A Quick Guide for SaaS Security Compliance

When I want to know the most recently published best practices in cyber security, I visit The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST. From the latest password requirements NIST 800-63 to IoT security for manufacturers NISTIR 8259, NIST is always the starting point. NIST plays a key...

New research shows IoT and OT innovation is critical to business but comes with significant risks

The need for much improved IoT and operational technology OT cybersecurity became clearer this year with recent attacks on network devices,1 surveillance systems,2 an oil pipeline,3 and a water treatment facility,4 to name a few examples. To better understand the challenges customers are facing,...

Congrats to the Winners of the 2021 Metasploit Community CTF

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Metasploit community CTF! Like last year, this CTF ran over the past 4 days and invited community members to solve a series of challenges. This year saw 1,501 users registered across 727 teams. If you participated in the CTF, we have a feedback...

ELFXtract - An Automated Analysis Tool Used For Enumerating ELF Binaries

ELFXtract is an automated analysis tool used for enumerating ELF binaries Powered by Radare2 and r2ghidra This is specially developed for PWN challenges and it has many automated features It almost displays every details of the ELF and also decompiles its ASM to C code using r2ghidra Decompiling...

The dangers of “connected” healthcare: predictions for 2022

For a second consecutive year, the time for Kaspersky to make its predictions for the healthcare sector comes amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the virus still dominates most aspects of our lives, and, of course, the pandemic remained the biggest and most-discussed topic in...

Announcing the 2021 Metasploit Community CTF

It’s time for another Metasploit community CTF! Last year’s beginner-friendly CTF attracted a wider range of audiences and skill levels than in previous years, so we’re replicating our previous game architecture. Players will attack a single Linux target, we’ve spread prizes out across 15 teams,...

[Security Nation] Michael Powell on Being a Cyber Envoy

!\Security Nation\ Michael Powell on Being a Cyber Envoyhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/11/securitynationlogo--1--1.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Michael Powell about his work as specialist cyber representative to North America for the UK's Department f...

Hacking the Sony Playstation 5

I just dont think its possible to create a hack-proof computer system, especially when the system is physically in the hands of the hackers. The Sony Playstation 5 is the latest example: Hackers may have just made some big strides towards possibly jailbreaking the PlayStation 5 over the weekend,...

Why you need to rethink your data security strategy and go beyond DLP

The increasing frequency and scale of data breaches has highlighted the need for organizations to rethink their approach to data security. Data Loss Prevention DLP technologies have been around for decades and formed a large part of many organizations’ data protection strategies. However, there i...

Cybersecurity Trends from the Global Pandemic

The past 18 months have presented new technology and challenges at an accelerated pace. The only way to keep up with a continuous demand for new features, running workloads at scale, and ensuring applications are resilient is to stay one step ahead...

The return of the Malwarebytes CrackMe

This blog post was authored by Hasherezade Update: Malwarebytes Crackme : we already have the winners in the category "the fastest solve", congratulations! 1st: @nazywam 2nd: Suvaditya Sur @x0r19x91 3rd:@evandrix But we are still waiting for your submissions! -- Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence...

CVE-2021-41158

FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. Prior to version 1.10.7, an attacker can perform a SIP digest leak attack against FreeSWITCH and receive the...

2022 Planning: Designing Effective Strategies to Manage Supply Chain Risk

Supply chains are on everyone's mind right now — from consumer-tech bottlenecks to talks of holiday-season toy shortages. Meanwhile, cyberattacks targeting elements of the supply chain have become increasingly common and impactful — making this area of security a top priority as organizations...