Modernizing your network security strategy

From the global pandemic to recent cyberattacks, our world has faced many challenges during the past 12 months. Some of these challenges we can’t change. However, I’m pleased about the ones we can, and are changing across the cybersecurity landscape. For example, to facilitate remote work and...

Apache Traffic Control Access Control Error Vulnerability

Apache Traffic Control is the United States Apache Apache Foundation's set of distributed , scalable content delivery solutions. The product is mainly used to build large-scale content delivery network. A security vulnerability exists in Apache Traffic Control 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 and 4.0.0 to 4.1.0,...

When Destiny is Knocking on Your Door Again - Data Mining CDN Logs to Refine and Optimize Web Attack Detection

A few years ago, I wrote a blog post trying to explain, with humor, why choosing application security as a career path is destiny derived by my parents calling me "Or", and why a personal name that is a conditional word can sometimes be challenging in daily routines, since some attack payloads...

Authorization Bypass

github.com/apache/trafficcontrol is vulnerable to authorization bypass. The vulnerability exists through the mid tier cache where ipallow.config files can include permissions to push or remove arbitrary content into the CDN cache servers...

CVE-2020-17522

When ORT now via atstccfg generates ipallow.config files in Apache Traffic Control 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 and 4.0.0 to 4.1.0, those files include permissions that allow bad actors to push arbitrary content into and remove arbitrary content from CDN cache servers. Additionally, these permissions are...

CVE-2020-17522

When ORT now via atstccfg generates ipallow.config files in Apache Traffic Control 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 and 4.0.0 to 4.1.0, those files include permissions that allow bad actors to push arbitrary content into and remove arbitrary content from CDN cache servers. Additionally, these permissions are...

Code injection

When ORT now via atstccfg generates ipallow.config files in Apache Traffic Control 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 and 4.0.0 to 4.1.0, those files include permissions that allow bad actors to push arbitrary content into and remove arbitrary content from CDN cache servers. Additionally, these permissions are...

CVE-2020-17522

When ORT now via atstccfg generates ipallow.config files in Apache Traffic Control 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 and 4.0.0 to 4.1.0, those files include permissions that allow bad actors to push arbitrary content into and remove arbitrary content from CDN cache servers. Additionally, these permissions are...

CVE-2020-17522

The CVE-2020-17522 entry concerns Apache Traffic Control's ORT/atstccfg-generated ip_allow.config files for versions 3.0.0–3.1.0 and 4.0.0–4.1.0. The vulnerability is that these files contain permissions that could allow an attacker to push arbitrary content to CDN cache servers and remove conten...

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

When ORT now via atstccfg generates ipallow.config files in Apache Traffic Control to to, those files include permissions that allow bad actors to push arbitrary content into and remove arbitrary content from CDN cache servers. Additionally, these permissions are potentially extended to IP...

Sitadel

This repository is an update for WAScan, making it compatible with Python versions 3.4 and above. It allows for more flexibility in writing new modules and implementing new features, such as frontend framework detection, content delivery network detection, defining risk levels for scans, and a...

h1-ctf: ctf walkthrough

Hi, finally managed to solve all challenges, this was my first h1ctf, some challenges were pretty nice, some others had some frustrating guessing parts, but overall it was fun. Here goes day1 to day12 walkthroughs: Day 1 we have only one asset in scope hackyholidays.h1ctf.com the main page at...

Launching a New Game Studio and Planning for Growth

So, you're starting your own game studio. This is an incredible opportunity! You and your team get to start fresh and build the game of your dreams! But, let's be honest, if you have just founded your own game studio, odds are that you're not a technical architect. You may have some technical...

Cayman Islands Bank Records Exposed in Open Azure Blob

A Cayman Island investment firm has removed years of backups, which up until recently were easily available online thanks to a misconfigured Microsoft Azure blob. The blob’s single URL led to vast stores of files including personal banking information, passport data and even online banking PINs —...

Vxscan

This is a Python script for a comprehensive scanning tool called Vxscan. The tool is designed to perform various scans on a target, including sensitive file detection, WAF/CDN identification, port scanning, fingerprint/service identification, operating system identification, weak password...

Using LL-HLS with byte-range addressing to achieve interoperability in low latency streaming

Introduction HTTP Adaptive Segmented HAS streaming began to be used at scale from 2008 to 2012, with the advent of Move Networks, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, Apple HLS, Adobe HDS, and MPEG DASH. With the typical 10s segment durations of the day, livestream latencies measuring latency as the time...

Why Replace Traditional Web Application Firewall (WAF) With New Age WAF?

At present, web applications have become the top targets for attackers because of potential monetization opportunities. Security breaches on the web application can cost millions. Strikingly, DNS Domain Name System related outage and Distributed denial of service DDoS lead a negative impact on...

Optimize Video Streaming Performance to Reduce Viewer Churn

Why Improve Viewer Experience? Why Now? As online video viewership continues its march to digital mediums and platforms, viewer expectation around the quality of experience is also maturing. Increased video streaming choices and the low cost of switching providers are leading viewers to churn if...

Metrics That Matter: Measuring Streaming Performance

The COVID-19 health crisis created a dramatic shift in our lifestyles. With work, school, and entertainment taking place in home environments now, it's no surprise that screen time is up. Nielsen reports that not only did overall media consumption jump significantly in the first quarter of 2020,...

What's New in Edge Delivery

Welcome to day two of the Akamai Platform Update! Today, we're focusing on Akamai's edge delivery products as well as other complimentary products that help drive great digital experiences. The last several months have been nothing short of unprecedented as lockdowns, quarantines, and other...