Introducing Azure Least Privilege: Enforce least privilege access for Azure environments

Wiz extends its CIEM capabilities to enable least privilege access for Azure environments...

Global Cyber Risk at Elevated Level

North America Least Prepared for Cyberattacks...

US agencies issue warning about DAIXIN Team ransomware

The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and the Department of Health and Human Services HHS have issued a joint advisory about DAIXIN Team, a fledgling ransomware and data exfiltration group that has been targeting US healthcare. First spotted in June 2022, the DAIXIN Team...

Description of the security update for SharePoint Foundation 2013: October 11, 2022 (KB5002284)

Description of the security update for SharePoint Foundation 2013: October 11, 2022 KB5002284 Summary This security update resolves a Microsoft SharePoint Server remote code execution vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerability, see the following security advisories: Microsoft Common...

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition: October 11, 2022 (KB5002290)

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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk VantagePoint

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.9 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Rockwell Automation Equipment: FactoryTalk VantagePoint software Vulnerabilities: Improper Access Control, SQL Injection 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow...

The 5-Question Test to Assess Your Readiness to Manage Insider Threats

An insider threat is a cyber security risk that originates from within any organization that is being targeted by attackers. Often, insider threats involve a current or former employee, or business associate, who has access to sensitive information or privileged accounts, and who misuses this...

Security Bulletin: Storwize V7000 Unified documentation update available for configuration of Storwize V7000 Unified with LDAP authentication (CVE-2012-0706)

Abstract Storwize V7000 Unified includes a version of the LDAP client which stores the username and the password of the LDAP user in clear text in the local file system. Content VULNERABILITY DETAILS: CVE ID: CVE-2012-0706 DESCRIPTION: Storwize V7000 Unified requires LDAP username called binddn a...

5 Keys To Successful Least Privilege Policy Implementation

By Waqas This article discusses essential keys to successfully implementing the least privilege policy. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5 Keys To Successful Least Privilege Policy Implementation...

Explained: Steganography

Steganography is the prime example of effectively hiding something in plain sight. The word steganography comes from the Greek words "stegos" meaning "cover" and "grafia" meaning "writing." Steganography, then, is defined as "covered writing." In essence, we use the name steganography for every...

Malicious IIS Extensions Gaining Popularity Among Cyber Criminals for Persistent Access

Threat actors are increasingly abusing Internet Information Services IIS extensions to backdoor servers as a means of establishing a "durable persistence mechanism." That's according to a new warning from the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, which said that "IIS backdoors are also harder to...

3 Key Challenges for Cloud Identity and Access Management

Identity and access management IAM is one of the most critical tools for today's cloud-centric environment. Businesses' IT architectures have become more highly distributed than ever, and users need to access a growing suite of cloud services on demand. Determining the identities of users and...

Detecting malicious key extractions by compromised identities for Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL cloud database service for modern app development. It offers a variety of advanced built-in features, such as automatic worldwide data replication, lightning-fast response types, and a variety of APIs. In this blog post, we describe security practices for...

Detecting malicious key extractions by compromised identities for Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL cloud database service for modern app development. It offers a variety of advanced built-in features, such as automatic worldwide data replication, lightning-fast response types, and a variety of APIs. In this blog post, we describe security practices for...

The Added Dangers Privileged Accounts Pose to Your Active Directory

In any organization, there are certain accounts that are designated as being privileged. These privileged accounts differ from standard user accounts in that they have permission to perform actions that go beyond what standard users can do. The actions vary based on the nature of the account but...

How to improve risk management using Zero Trust architecture

“Compliance is all about risk management and lessening risk, and the same is true of Zero Trust.” —Abbas Kudrati Whats risk management and why is it important? Risk management, the process of developing a strategy for addressing risk throughout its lifecycle, normally involves four phases: risk...

How to improve risk management using Zero Trust architecture

“Compliance is all about risk management and lessening risk, and the same is true of Zero Trust.” —Abbas Kudrati Whats risk management and why is it important? Risk management, the process of developing a strategy for addressing risk throughout its lifecycle, normally involves four phases: risk...

Government Agencies Warn of Increase in Cyberattacks Targeting MSPs

Multiple cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. on Wednesday released a joint advisory warning of threats targeting managed service providers MSPs and their customers. Key among the recommendations include identifying and disabling accounts that are ...

Strengthening Cybersecurity of SATCOM Network Providers and Customers

Summary Updated May 10, 2022: The U.S. government attributes this threat activity to Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber actors. Additional information may be found in a statement from the State Department . For more information on Russian malicious cyber activity, refer to...

Five Eyes Alliance Advisory & Using Threat Intelligence

Trellix Global Defenders: Five Eyes Alliance Advisory and Using Threat Intelligence to Protect Against Future Attacks By Taylor Mullins · May 6, 2022 Evolving intelligence continues to indicate that the Russian government is exploring options to launch cyberattacks in retaliation against...