Emissary May Use a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Summary The ChecksumCalculator class within allows for hashing and checksum generation, but it includes or defaults to algorithms that are no longer recommended for secure cryptographic use cases e.g., SHA-1, CRC32, and SSDEEP. These algorithms, while possibly valid for certain...

CISA Issues Advisory on Critical RCE Affecting ME RTU Remote Terminal Units

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Tuesday released an Industrial Control Systems ICS advisory about a critical flaw affecting ME RTU remote terminal units. The security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2131, has received the highest severity rating of 10.0 on the...

A clearer lens on Zero Trust security strategy: Part 1

Todays world is flooded with definitions and perspectives on Zero Trust, so we are kicking off a blog series to bring clarity to what Zero Trust is and what it means. This first blog will draw on the past, present, and future to bring a clear vision while keeping our feet planted firmly on the...

Cost of Account Unlocks, and Password Resets Add Up

There are many labor-intensive tasks that the IT service desk carries out on a daily basis. None as tedious and costly as resetting passwords. Modern IT service desks spend a significant amount of time both unlocking and resetting passwords for end-users. This issue has been exacerbated by the...

Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (important)

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 48.0 to fix security issues, bugs, and deliver various improvements. The following major changes are included: - Process separation e10s is enabled for some users - Add-ons that have not been verified and signed by Mozilla will not load - WebRTC enhancements - The...

Report Recommends Series of Cybersecurity Changes at FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration needs to upgrade and update its information security capabilities–including building a threat-modeling capability and implementing federal security guidelines–in order to ensure the safety of the nation’s aviation infrastructure, according to a new report by th...