Auditors: Feds’ Cybersecurity Gets the Dunce Cap

Out of eight U.S. federal agencies identified two years ago with critical cybersecurity failures, seven still don’t meet basic standards, a new audit report found. The Federal government’s overall posture was given just a C-. Audited agencies included the Departments of State, Homeland Security,...

5 Themes for Product Security and Fostering Organizational Growth

In this article we would like to review what Raj Umadas, Product Security Manager at Compass, has shared during our recent webinar highlighting recurring themes that have led to impactful collaborations and organizational risk reduction. Product security ProdSec is crucial in the process of growi...

COVID-19 vaccine appointment system attacked in Italy

In another cyberattack on a healthcare system, threat-actors have tried to throw a wrench into the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in the region of Lazio, Italy. The large and densely populated region is the countrys second most populous and includes the countrys capital, Rome. On Sunday the...

Cynet Empowers IT Resellers and Service Providers to Become Fully Qualified MSSPs

As cyber incidents increase in scope and impact, more and more organizations come to realize that outsourcing their defenses is the best practice—significantly increasing the Managed Security Service Provider MSSP market opportunities. Until recently, IT integrators, VARs, and MSPs haven't...

Spear-phishing now targets employees outside the finance and executive teams, report says

Social engineering attacks have been a longstanding concern for both individuals and organizations alike. The trend, as we know it, is that fraudsters conducting spear phishing attacks—specifically, business email compromise BEC—are likely to target employees either in the finance or executive...

Dell EMC iDRAC9 improper authentication vulnerability

Dell EMC iDRAC9 is an integrated Dell Remote Access Controller that helps IT administrators deploy, update, monitor and maintain servers without installing any additional software.Dell EMC iDRAC9 has an improper authentication vulnerability. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain...

Best Practices to Thwart Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks

Business email compromise BEC refers to all types of email attacks that do not have payloads. Although there are numerous types, there are essentially two main mechanisms through which attackers penetrate organizations utilizing BEC techniques, spoofing and account take-over attacks. In a recent...

Zero Trust Should Not Give IT a Bad Name

Maybe you’ve just found out that your company’s IT organization is implementing Zero Trust. Does that mean they don’t trust you? “Zero Trust” sure sounds that way. Maybe you’ve read about it online or heard somebody talk about it in terms that equate Zero Trust with the idea that users and device...

Risks in Telecommunications IT

We summarize the characteristics, threats, and recommendations to improve the security posture of enterprises' and telecommunications companies' IT infrastructure...

Zero Trust Adoption Report: How does your organization compare?

From the wide adoption of cloud-based services to the proliferation of mobile devices. From the emergence of advanced new cyberthreats to the recent sudden shift to remote work. The last decade has been full of disruptions that have required organizations to adapt and accelerate their security...

Zero Trust Adoption Report: How does your organization compare?

From the wide adoption of cloud-based services to the proliferation of mobile devices. From the emergence of advanced new cyberthreats to the recent sudden shift to remote work. The last decade has been full of disruptions that have required organizations to adapt and accelerate their security...

jenkins-2-plugins/credentials: Reflected XSS vulnerability in Credentials Plugin

The reflected cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability was found in jenkins credentials plugin. On a view it there is no escape from provided by user information user-controlled...

IBM QRadar SIEM Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-55184)

IBM QRadar SIEM is a solution from IBM America that leverages security intelligence to protect assets and information from advanced threats. The solution provides oversight of the entire scope of the IT architecture, generates detailed reports on data access and user activity, etc. IBM QRadar SIE...

CVE-2021-3619

Rapid7 Velociraptor 0.5.9 and prior is vulnerable to a post-authentication persistent cross-site scripting XSS issue, where an authenticated user could abuse MIME filetype sniffing to embed executable code on a malicious upload. This issue was fixed in version 0.6.0. Note that login rights to...

Cross site scripting

Rapid7 Velociraptor 0.5.9 and prior is vulnerable to a post-authentication persistent cross-site scripting XSS issue, where an authenticated user could abuse MIME filetype sniffing to embed executable code on a malicious upload. This issue was fixed in version 0.6.0. Note that login rights to...

Reduce End-User Password Change Frustrations

Organizations today must give attention to their cybersecurity posture, including policies, procedures, and technical solutions for cybersecurity challenges. This often results in a greater burden on the IT service desk staff as end-users encounter issues related to security software, policies, a...

CVE-2021-32775

Combodo iTop is a web based IT Service Management tool. In versions prior to 2.7.4, a non admin user can get access to many class/field values through GroupBy Dashlet error message. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.4 and 3.0.0...

CVE-2021-32776

Combodo iTop is a web based IT Service Management tool. In versions prior to 2.7.4, CSRF tokens can be reused by a malicious user, as on Windows servers no cleanup is done on CSRF tokens. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.4 and 3.0.0...

CVE-2021-32775

Combodo iTop is a web based IT Service Management tool. In versions prior to 2.7.4, a non admin user can get access to many class/field values through GroupBy Dashlet error message. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.4 and 3.0.0...

Design/Logic Flaw

Combodo iTop is a web based IT Service Management tool. In versions prior to 2.7.4, a non admin user can get access to many class/field values through GroupBy Dashlet error message. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.4 and 3.0.0...