Ensure PCI 4.0 Readiness with File Integrity Monitoring for Containers

Compliance isn’t optional. But it’s never been more complex. The rise of containers has revolutionized modern infrastructure—enabling faster innovation and greater scalability. But with this transformation comes a new wave of compliance challenges. PCI DSS 4.0 introduces stricter requirements for...

PCI DSS 4.0 Mandates DMARC By 31st March 2025

The payment card industry has set a critical deadline for businesses handling cardholder data or processing payments- by March 31, 2025, DMARC implementation will be mandatory! This requirement highlights the importance of preventative measures against email fraud, domain spoofing, and phishing i...

PCI DSS. Where to start?

TL;DR Determine your role: Merchant or service provider Determine your level and requirements Identify your validation method: SAQ or RoC Use the PCI website Introduction The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS, outlines essential requirements for protecting both you and your...

PCI DSS Compliance : Security End of Life Software

According to its version, the following software is no longer maintained by its vendor or provider. Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it may contain security vulnerabilities. The PCI Data Security Standard requires...

Prove PCI DSS Compliance with Automation

Meet PCI DSS compliance needs without interrupting your workflow...

Looking Back and Moving Forward With Rapid7’s Cloud Security Solution

This blog post was co-authored by Jamie Gale and Charles Stokes. Done with Q1 The DivvyCloud by Rapid7 team has had a busy and productive start to 2021, and we anticipate that the rest of this year will be equally exciting for our valued customers. In the first three months alone, we incorporated...

A week in security (August 31 – September 6)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we dug into security hubris on the Lock and Code podcast, explored ways in which Apple’s notarization process may not be hitting all the right notes, and detailed a new web skimmer. We also explained how to keep distance learners secure, talked about PCI DSS...

PCI DSS Compliance - Information Leakage

The remote host is vulnerable to one or more conditions that are considered to be 'information leakage' and so are not automatic failures according to the PCI DSS Approved Scanning Vendors Program Guide version 3.1. These information leakage issues include one or more of the following : - Detaile...

The HOW, WHY, and HUH? Blog on Disputes

As you may know, performing vulnerability scans is a requirement for PCI DSS compliance. One of those specific requirements, described in section 11.2.2, states that quarterly external scanning must be done by a qualified Approved Scanning Vendor. Coalfire just so happens to be an ASV, so if you...

What You Should Know About the Changing Nature of Telephone-Based Payments

In March 2011, the PCI SSC released the initial version of the "Protecting Telephone-Based Payments Card Data" Information Supplement as a guide to help assessors assess environments where cardholder data was stored, processed, and/or transmitted over the telephone. It was a pivotal guidance...

Web Form Sending Credentials Using GET (PCI-DSS check)

The remote web application has a form that sends credentials using an HTTP GET request. This can cause sensitive information such as usernames and passwords to be logged by the server in access logs. Authors of services which use the HTTP protocol SHOULD NOT use GET based forms for the submission...

PCI DSS Compliance : Scan Interference

Interference from either the network or the host did not allow the scan to fulfill the PCI DSS scan validation requirements. This report is insufficient to certify this server. There may be a firewall, IDS or other software blocking Nessus from scanning. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

PCI DSS Compliance : Point-of-Sale (POS) Software

Due to increased risk to the cardholder data environment when a point-of-sale system is visible on the Internet, 1 confirm that this system needs to be visible on the Internet, that the system is implemented securely, and that original default passwords have been changed to complex passwords, or ...

Threat Intelligence for WAF

It’s all about security rules Stephen Hawking said, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”. One could say much the same of web application firewalls and WAF security rules. With web applications now one of the most attacked components of IT infrastructures, organizations have a critical...

What's new in RIPS 2.0.0?

The new release RIPS 2.0.0 includes the following major changes: A complete new interface with optimized performance demo.ripstech.com A new extensive REST API for full feature automation api.ripstech.com Team and user privilege management Application-specific analysis profiles More detailed code...

Aker SSH Gateway

Aker SSH Gateway Aker is a security tool that helps you configure your own Linux ssh jump/bastion host. Named after an Egyptian mythology deity who guarded the borders, Aker would act as choke point through which all your sysadmins and support staff access Linux production servers. Aker SSH gatew...

[dotDefender] Web Application Security

dotDefender is the market-leading software Web Application Firewall WAF. dotDefender boasts enterprise-class security, advanced integration capabilities, easy maintenance and low total cost of ownership TCO. dotDefender is the perfect choice for protecting your web site and web applications today...

Free and low-cost tools for PCI DSS Compliance

Complying with the PCI DSS requires policies and processes plus implementing and managing a variety of software tools. As a QSA who has performed many PCI assessments for merchants and service providers, Ive seen and assessed a variety of free and low-cost under $200 software tools that help our...

PCI DSS Compliance : Database Reachable from the Internet

The remote host is running a database server that is reachable from the Internet. This violates PCI DSS, section 1.3.7. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid57581; scriptversion"1.13"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate", value:"2020/04/27"...

PHPKIT WCMS 1.6.5 Reflected Cross Site Scripting

MajorSecurity SA-078PHPKIT WCMS - Reflected Cross Site Scripting Issue Details ============= Product: PHPKIT WCMS Security-Risk: low Remote-Exploit: yes Vendor-URL: http://www.phpkit.com/ Advisory-Status: published Credits ============= Discovered by: David Vieira-Kurz of MajorSecurity Original...