Akamai IP Accelerator: A Holistic Approach to Security and Performance

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Phobos: Stealthy Ransomware That Operated Under the Radar - Until Now

Phobos: Stealthy Ransomware That Operated Under the Radar - Until Now By Jambul Tologonov, John Fokker and Duy-Phuc Pham · November 20, 2024 On November 18th, the US Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against a Russian national for allegedly administering the sale, distribution, and...

Your AppSec Journey Demystified: Driving Effective API Security with Wallarm and StackHawk

There is no doubt that attackers have shifted their attention to APIs. Wallarm’s API ThreatStats research identifies that 70% of attacks now target APIs instead of Web Applications. While APIs have become the backbone of innovation and connectivity for businesses, they have also introduced a vast...

Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users

Google's cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication MFA for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security. "We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out to all users...

A Sherlock Holmes Approach to Cybersecurity: Eliminate the Impossible with Exposure Validation

Sherlock Holmes is famous for his incredible ability to sort through mounds of information; he removes the irrelevant and exposes the hidden truth. His philosophy is plain yet brilliant: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Rather tha...

How Security Edge Revolutionizes API Security

Wallarm’s Security Edge is setting a new standard in API security—far beyond the reach of traditional Content Delivery Networks CDNs. Let’s get it straight: Security Edge is not just a new addition to the API security market; it’s a disruption. Designed to deliver fast, effective, and advanced AP...

OneDev Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

This module exploits an unauthenticated arbitrary file read vulnerability CVE-2024-45309, which affects OneDev versions use auxiliary/gather/onedev/arbitraryfileread msf undefinedarbitraryfileread show actions ...actions... msf undefinedarbitraryfileread set ACTION msf undefinedarbitraryfileread...

Qualys Launches Enterprise TruRisk™ Management: The Industry’s First Cloud-Based Risk Operations Center

In today’s complex cybersecurity landscape, Chief Information Security Officers CISOs and business leaders require more than just a collection of disconnected tools to manage risks effectively—they need a unified, integrated approach. Today, we proudly announce the launch of Qualys Enterprise...

Qualys VMDR Rated as the Only Leader and Outperformer by Independent Analyst Firm for the Second Consecutive Year

Qualys VMDR received the highest possible scores for risk-based assessment, cloud-native and serverless function scanning, and flexibility of deployment, among 20 vendors evaluated in this report. As the threat landscape evolves, vulnerability management remains a cornerstone of security...

How to Plan and Prepare for Penetration Testing

As security technology and threat awareness among organizations improves so do the adversaries who are adopting and relying on new techniques to maximize speed and impact while evading detection. Ransomware and malware continue to be the method of choice by big game hunting BGH cyber criminals, a...

Three Recommendations for Creating a Risk-Based Detection and Response Program

It should come as little surprise to most security professionals that keeping pace with the evolution of threat actors has become harder and harder. Maintaining visibility into the threat landscape and on top of external risk vectors is more than a matter of incorporating more point solutions. It...

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

ibexa/fieldtype-richtext is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting XSS. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation due to a blacklist approach that can be circumvented by using uppercase characters. This allows attackers with content editing permissions to inject malicious scripts into...

6 Types of Applications Security Testing You Must Know About

Application security testing is a critical component of modern software development, ensuring that applications are robust and resilient against malicious attacks. As cyber threats continue to evolve in complexity and frequency, the need to integrate comprehensive security measures throughout the...

CVE-2024-37016

The vulnerability CVE-2024-37016 affects Mengshen Wireless Door Alarm M70. The provided documents describe an authentication bypass achieved via a capture-replay approach (no exploit details disclosed). The affected device is the M70 series; remediation status and patched versions are not specifi...

Exploit for Improper Authentication in Hikvision Ds-2Cd2032-I_Firmware

HikVision-CVE-2017-7921 Identify potential vulnerabilities w...

HUMINT in a cyber world

TL;DR HUMINT / Human Intelligence is gathered from a person in the location in question. It’s the sort of information we think of in the context of spying. A modern intelligence apparatus is multi-discipline with many different collection methods. HUMINT sources include officers, agents, diplomat...

AI jailbreaks: What they are and how they can be mitigated

Generative AI systems are made up of multiple components that interact to provide a rich user experience between the human and the AI models. As part of a responsible AI approach, AI models are protected by layers of defense mechanisms to prevent the production of harmful content or being used to...

PCI DSS 4.0: Get Audit-Ready for the New Requirements

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS originated in 2004 and is managed by the PCI Security Standards Council to ensure security for the global payment industry. This mandate applies to all entities worldwide that store, process, or transmit payment cardholder data or sensitive...

Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 < 7.0.100 multiple vulnerabilities

The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 7.0.100. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the fixedinapachetomcat7.0.100security-7 advisory. - When using the Apache JServ Protocol AJP, care must be taken when trusting incoming connections to...

GHSA-H97C-QP24-439V Insecure State Generation in laravel/socialite

laravel/socialite versions prior to 2.0.9 are found to have an insecure state generation mechanism, potentially exposing the OAuth authentication process to security risks. The issue has been addressed in version 2.0.9 by ensuring that the state is generated using a truly random approach, enhanci...