[eBook] Why Autonomous XDR Is Going to Replace NGAV/EDR

For most organizations today, endpoint protection is the primary security concern. This is not unreasonable – endpoints tend to be the weakest points in an environment – but it also misses the forest for the trees. As threat surfaces expand, security professionals are harder pressed to detect...

AppSec Bites: What Opportunities Does Remote Working Create for AppSec Teams? (Part 3)

Its no secret that the pandemic has shifted the operational mindset of many organizations as we adapted to a fully remote workspace. In additional to this, many businesses were subjected to tighter budgets, compelling them to find ways to be more efficient and cost effective. The automation of...

A Guide to the Well-Architected Framework

This article explores the five pillars of the Amazon Web Services AWS and Azure Well-Architected Framework, examining best practices and design principles to leverage the cloud in a more efficient, secure, and cost-effective manner...

An issue was discovered in disable_priv_mode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However it does so incorrectly. On Linux and other systems that support "saved UID" functionality the saved UID is not dropped. An attacker with command execution in the shell can use "enable -f" for runtime loading of a new builtin which can be a shared object that calls setuid() and therefore regains privileges. However binaries running with an effective UID of 0 are unaffected.

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SharpAppLocker - C# Port Of The Get-AppLockerPolicy PS Cmdlet

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Password Changing After a Breach

This study shows that most people don't change their passwords after a breach, and if they do they change it to a weaker password. Abstract: To protect against misuse of passwords compromised in a breach, consumers should promptly change affected passwords and any similar passwords on other...

Awspx - A Graph-Based Tool For Visualizing Effective Access And Resource Relationships In AWS Environments

auspex ˈau̯s.pɛks noun : An augur of ancient Rome, especially one who interpreted omens derived from the observation of birds. awspx is a graph-based tool for visualizing effective access and resource relationships within AWS. It resolves policy information to determine what actions affect which...

VMware Fusion USB Arbitrator Setuid Privilege Escalation

This exploits an improper use of setuid binaries within VMware Fusion 10.1.3 - 11.5.3. The Open VMware USB Arbitrator Service can be launched outide of its standard path which allows loading of an attacker controlled binary. By creating a payload in the user home directory in a specific folder, a...

Internet Bug Bounty: Cache Manager ACL Bypass

Summary: ACL Manager can be bypassed giving non authorized users to squid-internal-mgr. Possible to bypass other urlregex, but only focused on manager. with the hostname of the server running squid echo -e "GET https://jeriko.one%252f@:3128/squid-internal-mgr/activerequests HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n" |nc...

Latest LokiBot malware variant distributed as Epic Games installer

By Deeba Ahmed The new variant of the notorious LokiBot malware is more sophisticated and effective than its previous versions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Latest LokiBot malware variant distributed as Epic Games installer...

5 tips for building an effective security operations center (SOC)

Security is more than just tools and processes. It is also the people that develop and operate security systems. Creating systems in which security professionals can work efficiently and effectively with current technologies is key to keeping your data and networks secure. Many enterprise...

Amazon's Blink Smart Security Cameras Open to Hijack

Multiple high-severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in Amazon-owned Blink XT2 security camera systems, which if exploited could give attackers complete control over them. The internet of things IoT cameras not to be confused with the Blink open-source browser engine, consist of a wireless...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18276

An issue was discovered in disableprivmode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux and other systems th...

Effective Way to Download Youtube Playlist

By Uzair Amir How to download YouTube playlist? Here are 3 quick options! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Effective Way to Download Youtube Playlist...

CVE-2011-3145

When mount.ecrpytfsprivate before version 87-0ubuntu1.2 calls setreuid it doesn't also set the effective group id. So when it creates the new version, mtab.tmp, it's created with the group id of the user running mount.ecryptfsprivate...

How a Dedicated Focus on Clarity Can Relieve Disorganization, Distraction and Confusion in Infosec

clar·i·ty /ˈklerədē/ noun the quality of being coherent and intelligible. "For the sake of clarity, each of these strategies is dealt with separately" 1. synonyms: | lucidity, lucidness, clearness, perspicuity, intelligibility, comprehensibility, coherence;More ---|--- It’s been three years on th...

Bread And Butter Attacks

We continuously find that the most basic attack methods that worked ten years ago still work and will probably continue to be effective in the future...

6 Signs of Successful Threat Hunting

When a threat hunting program is established by an organization, their goal is to proactively hunt threats, with a focus on newer, more sophisticated attacks for which reliable signatures or indicators are not yet available. Bonus: Check out the "Top 5 Threat Hunting Myths" However, without an...

Ensure Highly Reliable First Mile Connectivity with Akamai Direct Connect

As linear OTT video services become mainstream, many broadcasters and online video distributors are increasingly looking for new ways to enhance service reliability. Many who manage their own origin infrastructures within a datacenter environment are seeking added assurance for ingest of their...

Why Small Businesses Need Cloud-Based Endpoint Security

If you run security at a small business, you know that you aren’t immune from attacks. In fact, your intellectual property and data is often more at risk, as you are perceived to be an easier target than enterprise vendors. According to the Ponemon Institute, two thirds of SMBs have had at least...