7 Facts About Insider Threats That Should Make you Rethink Data Security

In the report, Insider Threats Drive Data Protection Improvements, Forrester Research asserts that most organizations are making positive steps toward protecting the sensitive data they are migrating to the cloud. However, Forrester suggests that many have not devised a comprehensive plan that...

What the New OWASP Top 10 Changes Mean to You?

The Open Web Application Security Project OWASP recently updated its top 10 list of the most critical security risks to web applications after 4 years. It represents the most radical shake up since the list was introduced in 2003. The changes will undoubtedly have a big impact on how businesses...

MAL-2022-1580 Malicious code in bindingx-weex-plugin (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 2ad15e3937f59b8740d5b69e0bf7b6647f01d5302aef2e1089d0d64ad88a69a1 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

CVE-2022-1788

Due to missing checks the Change Uploaded File Permissions WordPress plugin through 4.0.0 is vulnerable to CSRF attacks. This can be used to change the file and folder permissions of any folder. This could be problematic when specific files like ini files are made readable for everyone due to thi...

Tor’s (security) role in the future of the Internet, with Alec Muffett

Tor has a storied reputation in the world of online privacy. The open-source project lets people browse the Internet more anonymously by routing their traffic across different nodes before making a final connection between their device and a desired website. Its something weve discussed previousl...

Streamlining employee onboarding: Microsoft’s response to the Great Reshuffle

In 2021, workers everywhere reevaluated their professional and personal choices, leading to what became known as the Great Resignation. In 2022, a new trend that many are calling the Great Reshuffle has emerged, with 43 percent of the workforce saying they’re very likely to consider changing jobs...

Streamlining employee onboarding: Microsoft’s response to the Great Reshuffle

In 2021, workers everywhere reevaluated their professional and personal choices, leading to what became known as the Great Resignation. In 2022, a new trend that many are calling the Great Reshuffle has emerged, with 43 percent of the workforce saying they’re very likely to consider changing jobs...

Is 3rd Party App Access the New Executable File?

It's no secret that 3rd party apps can boost productivity, enable remote and hybrid work and are overall, essential in building and scaling a company's work processes. An innocuous process much like clicking on an attachment was in the earlier days of email, people don't think twice when connecti...

What’s wrong with automotive mobile apps?

Introduction The recent story about the 19-year-old hacker who took control of several dozen Tesla cars has become something of a sensation. We already know that there was an issue with a third-party app that enabled access to data from Teslas. This made it possible for the security researcher to...

GHSA-C33M-22CR-J9X4 Designate does not enforce the DNS protocol limit concerning record set sizes

Designate does not enforce the DNS protocol limit concerning record set sizes...

Yes, Containers Are Terrific, But Watch the Security Risks

Containers revolutionized the development process, acting as a cornerstone for DevOps initiatives, but containers bring complex security risks that are not always obvious. Organizations that don't mitigate these risks are vulnerable to attack. In this article, we outline how containers contribute...

How iPhones can run malware even when they’re off

Most people think that turning off their iPhone - or letting the battery die - means that the phone is, well, off. The thing is, this isnt quite true. In reality, most of the phones functionality has ended, but there are components that mindlessly continue a zombie-like existence, for the most pa...

GHSA-2QR7-8FP8-4XXR Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin, does not properly implement the `==` operator for comparisons

Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, does not properly implement the == equals sign equals sign operator for comparisons, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors...

GHSA-G2HF-G7FH-VG92 Apache Brooklyn is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

In Apache Brooklyn before 0.10.0, the REST server is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery CSRF, which could permit a malicious web site to produce a link which, if clicked whilst a user is logged in to Brooklyn, would cause the server to execute the attacker's commands as the user. There is...

Securing AWS Lambda function URLs

Learn about the security risks of misconfigured Lambda function URLs and how to properly secure them...

A scanning tool for open-sourced software packages? Yes, please!

The Open Source Security Foundation OpenSSF, a collective of industry leaders aimed at improving the security of open-source software OSS, recently announced the release of a prototype tool that scans for malicious packages in open source repositories. This tool, conveniently called Package...

GHSA-GQ26-CPQ6-W85R SaltStack RSA Key Generation allows remote users to decrypt communications

SaltStack RSA Key Generation allows remote users to decrypt communications...

GHSA-F9QV-J5G6-G5CR Trac is vulnerable to improper policy checks and missing 'raw' role check in docutils

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Trac before 0.11.6 have unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to 1 "policy checks in report results when using alternate formats" or 2 a "check for the 'raw' role that is missing in docutils 0.6."...

Assessing Certificate Risk with Qualys VMDR

Digital certificates and SSL are everywhere. However, managing an accurate inventory of all current certificates in use across your enterprise is an ongoing challenge. This blog examines the scale of the problem, the shortcomings of some popular certificate tracking methods, and how Qualys VMDR’s...

The future of compliance and data governance is here: Introducing Microsoft Purview

The worldwide shift to a hybrid workplace has pushed us all to embrace ubiquitous connectivity. Those new connections have helped us become more collaborative; routinely editing and sharing documents in real-time from wherever we happen to be working. Instant messaging went from being a tool of...