GaussDB Kernel: Resource Labels

You can add a resource label to a group of database resources to control them, improving resource management efficiency. Therefore, you are advised to enable enablesecuritypolicy. Copyright C 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are...

Forrester TEI study: Azure Sentinel delivers 201 percent ROI over 3 years and a payback of less than 6 months

2020 has been a transitional year, ushering in broad changes in how, and where, we work. Security operations SecOps teams face more significant challenges than ever as they protect the organization in this rapidly changing environment. These teams need a flexible, cost-effective, and efficient...

Forrester TEI study: Azure Sentinel delivers 201 percent ROI over 3 years and a payback of less than 6 months

2020 has been a transitional year, ushering in broad changes in how, and where, we work. Security operations SecOps teams face more significant challenges than ever as they protect the organization in this rapidly changing environment. These teams need a flexible, cost-effective, and efficient...

Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-65155)

Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions is a video extension application from Microsoft USA. The application enables computers and devices to read High Efficiency Video Coding or HEVC videos. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions. No detailed vulnerability detail...

Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions is a video extension application from Microsoft USA. The application enables computers and devices to read High Efficiency Video Coding or HEVC videos. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft HEVC Video Extensions. No detailed vulnerability detail...

x86: Race condition in Xen mapping code

ISSUE DESCRIPTION The Xen code handling the updating of the hypervisor's own pagetables tries to use 2MiB and 1GiB superpages as much as possible to maximize TLB efficiency. Some of the operations for checking and coalescing superpages take non-negligible amount of time; to avoid potential lock...

Vulnerability fixed in Windows

Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in the Windows Codecs Library. Users who had installed the HEVC codec from the Microsoft Store had installed it were vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code by a remote malicious person. The malicious party to do this must induce the victim to play a rogu...

2021 Detection and Response Planning, Part 2: Driving SOC Efficiency With a Detections-First Approach to SIEM

This is the second installment of our series around 2021 security planning. In part one, Rapid7 Detection and Response Practice Advisor Jeffrey Gardner offered tips and advice for ramping up annual security planning. In this installment, we’ll explore the importance of reliable and comprehensive...

Three Cloud-First Akamai Initiatives to Support Your Cloud Journey

61% of organizations plan to focus on cloud migration this year. 93% have a multi-cloud strategy.1 This means that on average your organization is using 2.2 public clouds, multiplying your complexity and your costs. While the cloud has delivered on a lot of promises, it isn't getting simpler or...

CMAF... This is the Way

Optimize your streaming content catalog The debate is over. Common Media Application Format CMAF has delivered on its promise: one package to serve them all. Two of the highest profile direct-to-consumer DTC streaming service launches recently made the leap, validating that the time has come for...

Decentralize Remediation Efforts to Gain More Efficiency with InsightVM

Let’s talk about the reality of the remediation process today. We know it is often a cumbersome and time-consuming process, and it can be challenging for a Security team to work with IT Operations and Development teams, servicing many assets and owners. There isn’t a vulnerability management team...

AWS Recon - Multi-threaded AWS Inventory Collection Tool With A Focus On Security-Relevant Resources And Metadata

A multi-threaded AWS inventory collection tool. The creators of this tool have a recurring need to be able to efficiently collect a large amount of AWS resource attributes and metadata to help clients understand their cloud security posture. There are a handful of tools e.g. AWS Config,...

Greening the Digital Economy

COVID-19 and related quarantine protocols have pushed the world even more online than it already was. Global energy consumption for all things digital has been increasing by about 9% per year between 2015 and 2020, and is tracking to be responsible for about 8% of greenhouse gas GHG emission by...

Is 97% Network Traffic Offload Interesting?

Sports, gaming, and other live events have the potential to overwhelm network capacity due to the sheer volume of traffic generated when large numbers of viewers or gamers engage. These "peak" events may only occur once a month or even once a year sports championships, election results, gaming...

PT-2020-3001 · Microsoft · Windows Codecs Library

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows Codecs Library affected versions not specified Description: A remote code execution issue exists due to errors in handling objects in memory. This can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially...

Me on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

I was quoted in BuzzFeed: "My problem with contact tracing apps is that they have absolutely no value," Bruce Schneier, a privacy expert and fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, told BuzzFeed News. "I'm not even talking about the privacy concerns, I mea...

Applied ThreadFix: Security teams collaborating with development teams

Modern enterprises are distributed. Most ThreadFix deployments have stakeholders spanning development and security teams and those team members are spread around the globe. To support these distributed organizations, ThreadFix has a number of collaboration features that make teams more efficient...

Ensuring Business Continuity During Peak Times: 6 Recommendations to Optimize Streaming and Download Bandwidth Usage

A sudden and dramatic surge in internet traffic, much of which is driven by video streaming and game and software download events, is testing network infrastructures with unprecedented volume. The 30% increase in global traffic Akamai delivered from the edge during the past month, compared to the...

Managing Team Burn Out

According to the World Health Organization: “Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion increased mental distance from one’s job, or...

Manage Origin Offload and Egress Fees for Live and On-Demand

Origin offload has received more attention in the past few years as more customers have moved their origins to the cloud. As such, the cost to access data has become an important issue. To support this move, Akamai has developed Cloud Wrapper to provide customers with a way to securely connect to...