Takeaways from the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack

If you feel like you’ve read a lot about ransomware in recent months, it’s because these attacks have indeed intensified. In 2020, ransomware attacks surged by 150 percent, with the average payment size increasing by more than 170 percent. Some of the notable victims include United Health Service...

Attack Surface Analysis Part 1: Vulnerability Scanning

In this three-part series, we’ll explore key considerations and strategies for choosing an attack surface analysis strategy, and the ways it can be used to increase awareness of both technical and process-related risks. We’ll start with vulnerability assessment below. BREACH!!! A word you may hea...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2021:14714-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:14714-1 advisory. - In BIND 9.8.5 - 9.8.8, 9.9.3 - 9.11.29, 9.12.0 - 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.9.3-S1 - 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 - 9.16.13-S1 of BIND 9...

CVE-2020-15378

The OVA version of Brocade SANnav before version 2.1.1 installation with IPv6 networking exposes the docker container ports to the network, increasing the potential attack surface...

Information disclosure

The OVA version of Brocade SANnav before version 2.1.1 installation with IPv6 networking exposes the docker container ports to the network, increasing the potential attack surface...

MTN Group: Blind SSRF External Interaction on https://mtngbissau.com/

Hii Security Team, I am S Rahul MCEHMetaxone Certified Ethical Hacker and a Security Researcher I just checked your website and found Blind SSRF External Interaction on https://mtngbissau.com/ What is SSRF? Server-side request forgery also known as SSRF is a web security vulnerability that allows...

Do you know your OpSec?

Open Source Intelligence OSINT is any information in the public domain that an attacker can dig up about you. Because of that it forms the basis of every Red Team engagement, as threat actor scenarios are created using publicly available information. Bearing that in mind it makes sense to review...

Biden’s Cybersecurity EO: The Wrong Issues

It’s no secret that foreign adversaries are making a concerted effort to target U.S. government agencies and companies. As technology advances and foreign superpowers gain influence, the game is shifting beneath our feet here in the U.S. Motivated in part by the extent and consequences of the...

BSA-2021-1481

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2021-1481 Component : IPv6 networking Revision : 1.0 The OVA version of Brocade SANnav before version 2.1.1 installation with IPv6 networking exposes the docker container ports to the network, increasing the potential attack surface. When IPv6 networking is enabled on t...

How to apply a Zero Trust approach to your IoT solutions

For many, 2020 was a year of survival as they rapidly transformed their businesses in response to a new normal. From enabling new remote and hybrid work models to implementing new technology to help optimize operations, the last year has seen a significant uptick in the proliferation and role of...

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.10.1 — Mozilla

The Maintenance Service granted SERVICESTART access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grants normal remote users access to start or stop the service. This could be used to prevent the browser update service from operating if an attacker spammed the 'Stop' command; but also exposed atta...

Mozilla Firefox ESR < 78.10.1

"The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 78.10.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2021-18 advisory. - The Mozilla Maintenance Service granted SERVICESTART access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grant...

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.10.1 — Mozilla

The Mozilla Maintenance Service granted SERVICESTART access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grants normal remote users access to start or stop the service. This could be used to prevent the browser update service from operating if an attacker spammed the 'Stop' command; but also...

Mozilla Thunderbird < 78.10.1

"The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 78.10.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2021-19 advisory. - The Maintenance Service granted SERVICESTART access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grants normal...

CISA Emergency Directive 21-03: VPN Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited

On April 20, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA released an alert on the exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities with Alert AA21-110A: Exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities, as well as Emergency Directive ED...

CVE-2021-25216 A second vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack

In BIND 9.5.0 - 9.11.29, 9.12.0 - 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 - 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 - 9.16.13-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 - 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version an...

Designing sockfuzzer, a network syscall fuzzer for XNU

Posted by Ned Williamson, Project Zero Introduction When I started my 20% project – an initiative where employees are allocated twenty-percent of their paid work time to pursue personal projects – with Project Zero, I wanted to see if I could apply the techniques I had learned fuzzing Chrome to...

4 Ways Cyberattackers Hunt for Security Bugs

Blue teamers are in constant battle against hackers — faceless adversaries whose persistence can seem unending. But these actors have processes just like corporate operations, even if theirs are bootlegged. Attackers seek the path of least resistance: Gain access with as little effort as possible...

Threat matrix for storage services

The move to cloud is happening faster than ever before and organizations are increasing their dependency on cloud storage services. In fact, Microsoft Azure Storage services are one of the most popular services in the cloud. Companies need effective threat protection and mitigation strategies and...

Threat matrix for storage services

The move to cloud is happening faster than ever before and organizations are increasing their dependency on cloud storage services. In fact, Microsoft Azure Storage services are one of the most popular services in the cloud. Companies need effective threat protection and mitigation strategies and...