Unix SSH Shell, Bind Instance Connect (via AWS API)

Creates an SSH shell using AWS Instance Connect Module Options msf use payload/cmd/unix/bindawsinstanceconnect msf payloadbindawsinstanceconnect show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindawsinstanceconnect set ACTION msf payloadbindawsinstanceconnect show options ...show and set options... msf...

CLSA-2023-1691083401 Fix CVE(s): CVE-2022-3697

SECURITY UPDATE: improper handling of towercallback parameter in amazon.aws collection - debian/patches/CVE-2022-3697.patch: ec2instance - validate options on towercallback - CVE-2022-3697 Enable unit testing...

7 Container Security Best Practices For Better Apps

Explore how to implement 7 container security best practices within a CI/CD pipeline built with tools from Amazon Web Services AWS...

GHSA-2WRH-6PVC-2JM9 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: prometheus-mongodb-exporter, prometheus-adapter-fips, hey, flux, kubernetes-dashboard, aws-load-balancer-controller-fips, kubeflow-katib, src, volume-modifier-for-k8s-fips, k8sgpt-operator, newrelic-infrastructure-agent, terraform, pulumi-language-yaml,...

CVE-2023-3978 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: prometheus-mongodb-exporter, prometheus-adapter-fips, hey, flux, kubernetes-dashboard, aws-load-balancer-controller-fips, kubeflow-katib, src, volume-modifier-for-k8s-fips, k8sgpt-operator, newrelic-infrastructure-agent, terraform, pulumi-language-yaml,...

Researchers Uncover AWS SSM Agent Misuse as a Covert Remote Access Trojan

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new post-exploitation technique in Amazon Web Services AWS that allows the AWS Systems Manager Agent SSM Agent to be run as a remote access trojan on Windows and Linux environments "The SSM agent, a legitimate tool used by admins to manage their...

New InsightCloudSec Compliance Pack for CIS AWS Benchmark 2.0.0

The Center for Internet Security CIS recently released version two of their AWS Benchmark. CIS AWS Benchmark 2.0.0 brings two new recommendations and eliminates one from the previous version. The update also includes some minor formatting changes to certain recommendation descriptions. In this...

How to Leverage the AWS Cost Optimization Pillar

Explore the Cost Optimization pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and gain best practices for designing processes that make it possible to go to market and optimize costs early on...

This Week in Spring - August 1st, 2023

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Can you believe it's already August 1, 2023??? Me either. As I write this, I'm preparing some of my contributions for SpringOne at VMWare Explore 2023, happening next month in lovely Las Vegas, NV. Have you registered yet? I'...

Moderate Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2023-3.0-0623

Updates of 'linux-aws', 'linux', 'linux-secure', 'linux-esx', 'linux-rt' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2023-3.0-0621

Updates of 'linux-aws', 'linux', 'linux-secure', 'linux-esx', 'linux-rt', 'openldap' packages of Photon OS have been released...

PenTales: There Are Many Ways to Infiltrate the Cloud

At Rapid7 we love a good pen test story. So often they show the cleverness, skill, resilience, and dedication to our customer’s security that can only come from actively trying to break it! In this series, we’re going to share some of our favorite tales from the pen test desk and hopefully...

MAL-2023-1118 Malicious code in aws-sdk-js-v3 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis e64c49f08b91cb456113ae44bbd8efc8280a1c79aa45ca1bd0f019c4af6ad873 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'aws-sdk-js-v3' @ 1.3.7 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package...

USN-6252-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-1184 It was discovered tha...

USN-6251-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-3090 Sh...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: Remote Code Execution and AWS IAM Credentials Exfiltration in https://████████/

The host https://██████/ had a vulnerability in the /jenkins/script directory that allowed users to execute system commands on the host. This could have led to the disclosure of AWS IAM credentials, which could have been used by an attacker to manage various AWS resources, create and delete...

Zenbleed: New Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors Puts Encryption Keys and Passwords at Risk

A new security vulnerability has been discovered in AMD's Zen 2 architecture-based processors that could be exploited to extract sensitive data such as encryption keys and passwords. Discovered by Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy, the flaw – codenamed Zenbleed and tracked as...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2023-4.0-0436

Updates of 'linux-aws', 'wireshark', 'linux-secure', 'openssl', 'grub2', 'linux-rt' packages of Photon OS have been released...

PT-2023-10181

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions git-annex versions affected versions not specified Description The issue concerns the storage of embedded credentials on encrypted remotes in git-annex. When embedcreds=yes is set and the remote uses encryption=pubkey or encryption=hybrid, the...

GHSA-RFHG-RJFP-9Q8Q Potential denial of service after connection migration

Impact An issue in s2n-quic results in the endpoint shutting down due to a combination of peer-initiated connection migration and duplicate new connection ID frames being received. No AWS services are affected by this issue, and customers of AWS services do not need to take action. Impacted...