How a $10B Enterprise Customer Drastically Increased their SaaS Security Posture with 201% ROI by Using SSPM

SaaS applications are the darlings of the software world. They enable work from anywhere, facilitate collaboration, and offer a cost-effective alternative to owning the software outright. At the same time, the very features that make SaaS apps so embraced – access from anywhere and collaboration ...

TensorFlow CI/CD Flaw Exposed Supply Chain to Poisoning Attacks

Continuous integration and continuous delivery CI/CD misconfigurations discovered in the open-source TensorFlow machine learning framework could have been exploited to orchestrate supply chain attacks. The misconfigurations could be abused by an attacker to "conduct a supply chain compromise of...

New Attacks Target Misconfigured Apache Applications with Monero Miner

Summary: A recently identified attack exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments. This attack stands out due to the attackers utilization of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware, adding an extra layer of complexity and...

Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments. "This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker's use of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware," Aqua...

Setting secure defaults on AWS and avoiding misconfigurations

Wiz cloud security researcher, Scott Piper, suggests measures organizations can adopt to ensure secure defaults on AWS and improve their security posture...

TotalCloud Insights: Hidden Risks of Amazon S3 Misconfigurations

Misconfiguring Amazon S3 Buckets Can Pose Major Risks Amazon Web Services AWS is the world’s largest cloud security provider, and it provides the ability to store massive amounts of cloud-resident data with the Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 bucket. Amazon S3 is an object storage solution known...

Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise

Microsoft observed a surge in cyberattacks targeting identities in 2023, with attempted password-based attacks increasing by more than tenfold in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Threat actors leverage compromised identities to achieve a significant level of access t...

Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise

Microsoft observed a surge in cyberattacks targeting identities in 2023, with attempted password-based attacks increasing by more than tenfold in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Threat actors leverage compromised identities to achieve a significant level of access t...

Updates to Layered Context Enable Teams to Quickly Understand Which Risk Signals Are Most Pressing

Layered Context introduced a consolidated view of all security risks insightCloudSec collects from the various layers of a cloud environment. This enabled our customers to go from visibility into individual security risks on a resource, to understanding all of the risks that impacted that resourc...

Closing the Visibility Gap: How Qualys Cloud Agent Passive Sensor (CAPS) Eliminates Blind Spots Without the Hassle

In modern networks, the most significant risks come from systems that fall through the cracks. Modern networks are full of unknown and unmanaged assets. Some are seemingly benign devices introduced by well-meaning employees or contractors that can turn rogue. While some of these may be genuinely...

Kubernetes Secrets of Fortune 500 Companies Exposed in Public Repositories

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of publicly exposed Kubernetes configuration secrets that could put organizations at risk of supply chain attacks. "These encoded Kubernetes configuration secrets were uploaded to public repositories," Aqua security researchers Yakir Kadkoda and Assaf Morag...

Be Empathetic and Hug Your CISO More!

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud computing, the adoption of multi-cloud environments has become a prevailing trend. Organizations increasingly turn to multiple cloud providers to harness diverse features, prevent vendor lock-in, and optimize costs. The multi-cloud approach offers...

WebSecProbe - Web Security Assessment Tool, Bypass 403

A cutting-edge utility designed exclusively for web security aficionados, penetration testers, and system administrators. WebSecProbe is your advanced toolkit for conducting intricate web security assessments with precision and depth. This robust tool streamlines the intricate process of...

ServiceNow Data Exposure: A Wake-Up Call for Companies

Earlier this week, ServiceNow announced on its support site that misconfigurations within the platform could result in "unintended access" to sensitive data. For organizations that use ServiceNow, this security exposure is a critical concern that could have resulted in major data leakage of...

Qualys Named a Leader in KuppingerCole CSPM Report

Cloud Security Posture Management CSPM is a crucial requirement in cloud security. CSPM is all about identifying misconfiguration issues and compliance risks in cloud environments. Since cloud misconfigurations are the leading cause of data breaches, you want an excellent CSPM solution on your...

Critical Cisco 0day Exploited – Do you have Blind Spots in your Risk Management?

In the dynamic realm of cybersecurity, the importance of exhaustive vulnerability management and robust risk assessment is paramount. While agent-based solutions have garnered favor among organizations bolstering their cyber protections, it prompts the question: "Is an agent-only strategy truly...

CISA Releases New Resources Identifying Known Exploited Vulnerabilities and Misconfigurations Linked to Ransomware

Today, as part of the Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot RVWP, CISA launched two new resources for combating ransomware campaigns: A “Known to be Used in Ransomware Campaigns” column in the KEV Catalog that identifies KEVs associated with ransomware campaigns. A “Misconfigurations and...

GitHub's Secret Scanning Feature Now Covers AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Slack

GitHub has announced an improvement to its secret scanning feature that extends validity checks to popular services such as Amazon Web Services AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Slack. Validity checks, introduced by the Microsoft subsidiary earlier this year, alert users whether exposed tokens found by...

NSA and CISA Release Advisory on Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations

Today, the National Security Agency NSA and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA released a joint cybersecurity advisory CSA, NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations, which provides the most common cybersecurity misconfigurations in large...

NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations

A plea for network defenders and software manufacturers to fix common problems. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The National Security Agency NSA and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA are releasing this joint cybersecurity advisory CSA to highlight the most common cybersecurity...