Cynet's Keys to Extend Threat Visibility

We hear about the need for better visibility in the cybersecurity space – detecting threats earlier and more accurately. We often hear about the dwell time and the time to identify and contain a data breach. Many of us are familiar with IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report that has been tracking th...

2021 Cybersecurity Superlatives: An InsightIDR Year in Review

We laughed, we cried, we added over 750 new detections. It's been a rollercoaster of a year for everyone. So let's have some fun with our 2021 year in review — shall we? The last year was an exciting one for InsightIDR, Rapid7's industry-leading extended detection and response XDR and SIEM...

How Wazuh Can Improve Digital Security for Businesses

2021 was a year peppered by cyberattacks, with numerous data breaches happening. Not only that, but ransomware has also become a prominent player in the hackers' world. Now, more than ever, it's important for enterprises to step up cybersecurity measures. They can do this through several pieces o...

Webinar: How to See More, But Respond Less with Enhanced Threat Visibility

The subject of threat visibility is a recurring one in cybersecurity. With an expanding attack surface due to the remote work transformation, cloud and SaaS computing and the proliferation of personal devices, seeing all the threats that are continuously bombarding the company is beyond...

Cyber Threat Protection — It All Starts with Visibility

Just as animals use their senses to detect danger, cybersecurity depends on sensors to identify signals in the computing environment that may signal danger. The more highly tuned, diverse and coordinated the senses, the more likely one is to detect important signals that indicate danger. This,...

Automating Agent-less Vulnerability Assessment for Intune Enrolled Mobile Devices

Most Mobile Device Management solutions lack critical functionality such as vulnerability assessment and patch management. Integration with a popular MDM like Microsoft Intune allows Qualys to provide automated onboarding and continuous scanning of your mobile devices, among other functions to...

Exploit for Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Siemens 6Bk1602-0Aa12-0Tp0_Firmware

vuln4japi A vulnerable Java based REST API for demonstrating C...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-45046) impacts IBM® QRadar User Behavior Analytics add on to IBM® QRadar SIEM.

Summary There is a vulnerability in Apache Log4j which is used by IBM® QRadar User Behavior AnalyticsUBA to log system events. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-45046 DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could result in remote code execution, caused by an incomplete fix of CVE-2021-44228 in certain...

Security Bulletin: Apache HTTP Server as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF) (CVE-2021-40438)

Summary Apache HTTP Server as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to server-side request forgery SSRF CVE-2021-40438 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-40438 DESCRIPTION: Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by an error in modproxy. By sending a specially...

Ransom DDoS Enters its Fourth Wave

Extortionists target industries with most to lose from an outage Cybercriminals continue to target organizations threatening Denial of Service DDoS attacks in exchange for a ransom payment, traditionally demanded in bitcoin BTC. And it seems that no matter how many times these ransom threat cycle...

Build successful data security evaluation criteria with help from your peers

When you evaluate data security products it is imperative to have the end goal in sight. If you look forward 365 days from now, what is the best way to predict how your team will use the product so that you can communicate the value that it will provide? One approach is to examine operational...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM Application Framework v1 (CentOS6) is End of Life

Summary IBM QRadar SIEM's App Framework V1, based on CentOS 6, contains known vulnerabilities and is based on technologies that are no longer being supported. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-9636 DESCRIPTION: Python urllib.parse.urlsplit and urllib.parse.urlparse components could allow a...

RANSOMWARE: Ranzy Locker

On 25 October 2021, the FBI released a report documenting their findings about a ransomware variant known as Ranzy Locker. While Ranzy Locker has not been used as prolifically as Conti or Darkside, it does leverage some of the same old ransomware tricks to attack its victims. In conjunction with...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to using weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms (CVE-2021-20400)

Summary IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to using weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-20400 DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. CVSS Base score...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affects IBM QRadar SIEM (CVE-2021-2161)

Summary A vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8 used by IBM QRadar SIEM. IBM QRadar SIEM has addressed the applicable CVE. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-2161 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related t...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM Application Framework Base Image is vulnerable to using components with Known Vulnerabilities

Summary The product includes vulnerable components e.g., framework libraries that may be identified and exploited with automated tools. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-3541 DESCRIPTION: GNOME libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an exponential entity expansion attack whic...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to server side request forgery (SSRF) (CVE-2021-29863)

Summary IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to server side request forgery SSRF Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-29863 DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to server side request forgery SSRF. This may allow an authenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from the system, potentially...

Security Bulletin: Apache CXF as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to denial of service (DOS) (CVE-2021-30468)

Summary Apache CXF as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to denial of service Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-30468 DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter function. By sending a specially-crafted JSON...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to using components with known vulnerabilities

Summary The product includes vulnerable components e.g., framework libraries that may be identified and exploited with automated tools. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-7226 DESCRIPTION: Cryptacular is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an excessive memory allocation during a decod...

Security Bulletin: Apache PDFBox as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to denial of service (DOS) (CVE-2021-31811, CVE-2021-31812)

Summary Apache PDFBox as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to denial of service Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-31811 DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory exception while loading a file. By persuading a victim to open a...