ZuoRAT Can Take Over Widely Used SOHO Routers

A novel multistage remote access trojan RAT that’s been active since April 2020 is exploiting known vulnerabilities to target popular SOHO routers from Cisco Systems, Netgear, Asus and others. The malware, dubbed ZuoRAT, can access the local LAN, capture packets being transmitted on the device an...

Patch Tuesday - April 2022

From Defender to Windows, Office to Azure, this month’s Patch Tuesday has a large swath of Microsoft’s portfolio getting vulnerabilities fixed. 119 CVEs were addressed today, not including the 26 Chromium vulnerabilities that were fixed in the Edge browser. One of these has been observed being...

NSA Releases Network Infrastructure Security Guidance

The National Security Agency NSA has released a new Cybersecurity Technical Report CTR: Network Infrastructure Security Guidance. The report captures best practices based on the depth and breadth of experience in supporting customers and responding to threats. Recommendations include perimeter an...

5 Ways to Determine if you do Cybersecurity or Cybersecurity Theater

For a sentient species, humans, in general, have curious ideas when it comes to reckoning and responding to risk. For example, studies show using seat belts when driving in automobiles save lives. Studies also show when cyclists use helmets more cyclists’ lives are saved. This research drives...

CVE-2021-44961

A memory leakage flaw exists in the class PerimeterGenerator of Slic3r libslic3r 1.3.0 and Master Commit b1a5500. Specially crafted stl files can exhaust available memory. An attacker can provide malicious files to trigger this vulnerability...

Slic3r 缓冲区错误漏洞

Slic3r is a Slic3r open source 3D printing toolkit used to convert various 3-D print model file types to machine code for a specific printer A buffer error vulnerability exists in Slic3r libslic3r that stems from a memory leak flaw in class PerimeterGenerator in Slic3r libslic3r version 1.3.0 and...

How Insider Threats Drive Better Data Protection Strategies

Fifty-eight percent of sensitive data security incidents are caused by insider threats, according to a recent study by Forrester Research. Insider threats originate from inappropriate use of legitimate authorized user accounts. These accounts - assigned to internal employees and business associat...

Cybonet PineApp Mail Relay SQL Injection Vulnerability

Cybonet PineApp Mail Secure is Cybonet Israel's solution for blocking most malicious email threats at the network perimeter, while providing a range of additional options for comprehensive security and messaging control.Cybonet PineApp Mail Relay is vulnerable to a SQL injection vulnerability tha...

Imperva Adds Active Attack Detection to its Data Security Platform

Protecting the data perimeter Organizations are in constant pursuit of technology that provides rapid insight into threats. Early visibility, in combination with context-rich alerting and efficient incident response workflows, streamline threat containment and remediation efforts. Identifying...

Detect active network reconnaissance with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

The Microsoft Compromise Recovery Security Practice has observed how the security industry has evolved over the last few years as consumers, businesses, and industry professionals continue to adapt to the changing landscape. We have seen the emergence of new frameworks, such as the Cybersecurity...

CVE-2021-22813

A CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability exists that could cause arbritrary script execution when a privileged account clicks on a malicious URL specifically crafted for the NMC pointing to an edit policy file. Affected Products:...

The 2021 Naughty and Nice Lists: Cybersecurity Edition

Editor’s note: We had planned to publish our Hacky Holidays blog series throughout December 2021 – but then Log4Shell happened, and we dropped everything to focus on this major vulnerability that impacted the entire cybersecurity community worldwide. Now that it’s 2022, we’re feeling in need of...

Detect Exploitation Attempts With Qualys XDR (Beta)

The recently announced Log4JShell / CVE-2021-44228 exploit is the latest reminder of why it’s so important to maintain an enterprise-wide view of your security posture. The heart of the exploit centers around misuse of the JNDI lookup function built into log4j. Impact: There are multiple proofs o...

5 things you must know about Log4Shell

This is the largest vulnerability we have seen in years. 1. You may still be vulnerable even if your project is not based on Java. Many tech stacks are vulnerable because so many tools use the Log4js including infrastructure, dev-tools, and CI/CD products. 2. Log4Shell will be here for a while...

HTML smuggling surges: Highly evasive loader technique increasingly used in banking malware, targeted attacks

HTML smuggling, a highly evasive malware delivery technique that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features, is increasingly used in email campaigns that deploy banking malware, remote access Trojans RATs, and other payloads related to targeted attacks. Notably, this technique was observe...

Why you need to rethink your data security strategy and go beyond DLP

The increasing frequency and scale of data breaches has highlighted the need for organizations to rethink their approach to data security. Data Loss Prevention DLP technologies have been around for decades and formed a large part of many organizations’ data protection strategies. However, there i...

Defending Assets You Don’t Know About Against Cyberattacks

Back in the 90s, we all used to build massive firewalls around our systems and spent our day-to-day resources looking for holes to patch. In theory, an impenetrable wall around everything you own is a great idea, because it protects even the things you’ve forgotten about. However, if a wall is yo...

Hardware-grade enterprise authentication without hardware: new SIM security solution for IAM

The average cost of a data breach, according to the latest research by IBM, now stands at USD 4.24 million, the highest reported. The leading cause? Compromised credentials, often caused by human error. Although these findings continue to show an upward trend in the wrong direction, the challenge...

Keep Attackers Out of VPNs: NSA, CISA Offer Guidance

Unsecured VPNs can be a hot mess: Just ask Colonial Pipeline which got pwned by the REvil ransomware crooks with an old VPN password or the 87,000 at least Fortinet customers whose credentials for unpatched SSL-VPNs were posted online earlier this month. Vulnerabilities in VPN servers are like...

5 Steps to Securing Your Network Perimeter

When it comes to security, some of tomorrow’s biggest threats will come from yesterday’s vulnerabilities. In that regard, the network perimeter is a primary concern. Network security has been discussed for years, and many best practices are well documented. And yet, according to Positive...