The vulnerability of the Mark of the Web operating system mechanism, which allows a hacker to circumvent existing security restrictions

The vulnerability of the Mark of the Web operating system mechanism is related to security configuration errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to bypass existing security restrictions remotely...

QSC 2022: Qualys’ Threat Research Unit (TRU) – Our Shield Is Your Shield

Day two of QSC profiled the special launch of the Qualys Threat Research Unit, TRU. Taking the audience through a madcap tour of what the threat research unit is doing to provide intelligence and actionable insights into its census was Travis Smith, VP of Qualys Threat Research Unit. He dove deep...

Threat Source newsletter (Nov. 3, 2022): Mastodon, evolution, and LiveJournal oh my!

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Im fascinated by how things live and die on the internet. Things that are ubiquitous to our daily lives are simply gone the next. LiveJournal and Myspace we hardly knew you. Elon Musks purchase of Twitter and the subsequent exodus led...

Default credentials

Fedora CoreOS supports setting a GRUB bootloader password using a Butane config. When this feature is enabled, GRUB requires a password to access the GRUB command-line, modify kernel command-line arguments, or boot non-default OSTree deployments. Recent Fedora CoreOS releases have a...

Why Identity & Access Management Governance is a Core Part of Your SaaS Security

Every SaaS app user and login is a potential threat; whether it's bad actors or potential disgruntled former associates, identity management and access control is crucial to prevent unwanted or mistaken entrances to the organization's data and systems. Since enterprises have thousands to tens of...

Microsoft Security tips for mitigating risk in mergers and acquisitions

Sixty-two percent of organizations that undertake mergers and acquisitions face significant cybersecurity risks or consider cyber risks their biggest concern post-acquisition.1 Threat actors that focus on corporate espionage often target the acquiring company, which we will refer to as the Parent...

How Imperva Mitigates Security Threats in Oracle Cloud Infrastructures

Most organizations today rely on an unprecedented number of computing resources to build, deploy and scale the workflows and applications they need to succeed. They are responsible for more data than ever before, on-premises and in the cloud, which presents them with challenges they’ve never face...

Monkey365 - Tool For Security Consultants To Easily Conduct Not Only Microsoft 365, But Also Azure Subscriptions And Azure Active Directory Security Configuration Reviews

Monkey365 is an Open Source security tool that can be used to easily conduct not only Microsoft 365, but also Azure subscriptions and Azure Active Directory security configuration reviews without the significant overhead of learning tool APIs or complex admin panels from the start. To help with...

Common Cloud-Native Security Misconfigurations & Fixes

Cloud configuration errors are a major concern for modern DevOps teams, introducing a new attack surface with numerous potential points of vulnerability. Read on to discover some of the most common errors and learn how to resolve them...

Improve your security posture with Wazuh, a free and open source XDR

Organizations struggle to find ways to keep a good security posture. This is because it is difficult to create secure system policies and find the right tools that help achieve a good posture. In many cases, organizations work with tools that do not integrate with each other and are expensive to...

SaaS Eliminates Barriers to Applying Security Controls to Your Entire AWS and Azure Data Repository

Businesses today widely regard data as “the new oil,” the most valuable resource on earth. At the same time, we are in the midst of the most dynamic IT landscape in history which is increasing the risk to this most valuable asset. Organizations, without sufficiently skilled staff to effectively...

Microsoft Teams' GIFShell Attack: What Is It and How You Can Protect Yourself from It

Organizations and security teams work to protect themselves from any vulnerability, and often don't realize that risk is also brought on by configurations in their SaaS apps that have not been hardened. The newly published GIFShell attack method, which occurs through Microsoft Teams, is a perfect...

PT-2022-4910 · Talos · Talos

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Talos versions prior to 1.2.2 Description: The issue is related to improper validation of the request while signing a worker node CSR, which might allow a Talos control plane node to issue a Talos API certificate with full access to the Talos...

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to bypass the secure boot mechanism and gain increased privileges.

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to security configuration errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to bypass secure boot mechanisms and increase their privileges...

Vulnerabilities are Beyond What You Think

A software vulnerability is a weakness in an operating system or application that can be exploited by an attacker to invade an IT network. When publicly disclosed, these software vulnerabilities are usually assigned a CVE identifier. CVE is a popular term when referring to a vulnerability, and 50...

Internet Bug Bounty: Off-by-slash vulnerability in nodejs.org and iojs.org

Original Report: https://hackerone.com/reports/1631350 The reason for submitting this report is written in the comment of the original report. ---- Summary: Configuration files for Nginx in nodejs/build repository have multiple off-by-slash misconfigurations. Because nodejs.org and iojs.org are...

The vulnerability of the XFCE desktop environment application library allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the XFCE desktop environment application library is related to security configuration errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code using a specially created .desktop file from a remote location...

Node.js: Off-by-slash vulnerability in nodejs.org and iojs.org

Summary: Configuration files for Nginx in nodejs/build repository have multiple off-by-slash misconfigurations. Because nodejs.org and iojs.org are deployed using those files, it is possible for an attacker to gain access to unexpected directories. This report is not related to nodejs/node...

Cloud Complexity Requires a Unified Approach to Assessing Risk

There has been an unprecedented acceleration in the shift to the cloud as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. McKinsey experts estimate companies have moved to the cloud “24 times faster ... than they thought” over the past two years. As organizations move quickly to scale, drive innovation, and...

CVE-2021-41635

When installed as Windows service MELAG FTP Server 2.2.0.4 is run as SYSTEM user, which grants remote attackers to abuse misconfigurations or vulnerabilities with administrative access over the entire host system...