Experts Reveal Google Cloud Platform's Blind Spot for Data Exfiltration Attacks

Malicious actors can take advantage of "insufficient" forensic visibility into Google Cloud Platform GCP to exfiltrate sensitive data, a new research has found. "Unfortunately, GCP does not provide the level of visibility in its storage logs that is needed to allow any effective forensic...

Experts Reveal Google Cloud Platform's Blind Spot for Data Exfiltration Attacks

Malicious actors can take advantage of "insufficient" forensic visibility into Google Cloud Platform GCP to exfiltrate sensitive data, a new research has found. "Unfortunately, GCP does not provide the level of visibility in its storage logs that is needed to allow any effective forensic...

USN-5917-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Upper Level Protocol ULP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle sockets entering the LISTEN state in certain protocols, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execut...

SUSE CVE-2018-17450

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. There is Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF via the Kubernetes integration, leading for example to disclosure of a GCP service token...

SUSE CVE-2020-8903

A vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform's guest-oslogin versions between 20190304 and 20200507 allows a user that is only granted the role "roles/compute.osLogin" to escalate privileges to root. Using their membership to the "adm" group, users with this role are able to read the DHCP XID from th...

SUSE CVE-2020-8933

A vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform's guest-oslogin versions between 20190304 and 20200507 allows a user that is only granted the role "roles/compute.osLogin" to escalate privileges to root. Using the membership to the "lxd" group, an attacker can attach host devices and filesystems. Within ...

USN-5793-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the iouring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-3910 ...

USN-5757-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-427...

USN-5727-2: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handl...

Real-Time Risk Mitigation in Google Cloud Platform

With Google Cloud Next happening this week, there’s been some recent water cooler talk - okay, informal, ad hoc Zoom calls - where discussions about what makes Google Cloud Platform GCP unique when it comes to security. A few specific differences have popped up here and there default data...

CVE-2022-38299

An issue in the Elasticsearch plugin of Appsmith v1.7.11 allows attackers to connect disallowed hosts to the AWS/GCP internal metadata endpoint...

USN-5514-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the implementation of the 6pack and mkiss protocols in the Linux kernel did not handle detach events properly in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-1195...

MAL-2022-4906 Malicious code in nodejs-gcloud-pubsub-module (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 40eb63d0a4ed52650bf16d9a4d3a4cc2a9e305ba71dadfa7f7276be2f36ab743 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

GSD-2022-1002525 IP address filtering in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) version All versions as of 2022-06-07 and later (unfixed as of yet)

In Google Cloud Platform GCP, all versions as of 2022-06-07 and later unfixed as of yet an IP address filtering vulnerability exists in the Kubernetes control plane that can be attacked via other systems within Google Cloud Engine's network filtering is only applied to external IP addresses...

Update for CIS Google Cloud Platform Foundation Benchmarks - Version 1.3.0

The Center for Internet Security CIS recently released an updated version of their Google Cloud Platform Foundation Benchmarks - Version 1.3.0. Expanding on previous iterations, the update adds 21 new benchmarks covering best practices for securing Google Cloud environments. The updates were broa...

Microsoft Security delivers new multicloud capabilities

In times of great change, challenges and opportunities can be found in many directions. This is certainly true in IT and cybersecurity. Today, while navigating a pandemic, frequent supply chain shocks, and global talent shortages, organizations around the world are forced to confront sophisticate...

USN-5294-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Packet network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-22600 Szymon Heidrich discovered that the USB Gadget...

Google Cloud Storage Bucket Detected

Google Cloud Storage is a public cloud storage service available in Google Cloud Platform GCP which provides a programmatic way to store and retrieve data objects in storage containers called buckets. Web applications often rely on storage buckets to serve static assets images or scripts for...

USN-5162-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform size validations on incoming packets in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2021-3655 It was discovered that the AMD...

Hackers Using Compromised Google Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrency

Threat actors are exploiting improperly-secured Google Cloud Platform GCP instances to download cryptocurrency mining software to the compromised systems as well as abusing its infrastructure to install ransomware, stage phishing campaigns, and even generate traffic to YouTube videos for view cou...