Analyzing the Attack Landscape: Rapid7’s 2021 Vulnerability Intelligence Report

Every year, our research team at Rapid7 analyzes thousands of vulnerabilities to understand root causes, dispel misconceptions, and explain why some flaws are more likely to be exploited than others. By continuously reviewing the vulnerability landscape and sharing our research team’s insights, w...

RASP: The World Cup’s Last Line of Cyber Defense

No greater sporting event exists that brings the peoples of the world together more effectively than the FIFA World Cup, with the first match kickoff set for Monday, 21 November 2022, in Doha, Qatar, at the Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor. Football fans from all across the globe will pour into the Gul...

News Corp’s software supply chain attack proves the need for enhanced security posture

By Waqas Journalists from News Corp have been targeted in a recent series of cyberattacks, which underscores the need to… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: News Corps software supply chain attack proves the need for enhanced security posture...

New Argo CD Bug Could Let Hackers Steal Secret Info from Kubernetes Apps

Users of the Argo continuous deployment CD tool for Kubernetes are being urged to push through updates after a zero-day vulnerability was found that could allow an attacker to extract sensitive information such as passwords and API keys. The flaw, tagged as CVE-2022-24348 CVSS score: 7.7, affects...

2021 in Review, Part 4: 5 Cybersecurity Topics to Watch in 2022

One of the core principles of cybersecurity is not letting things “slip through the cracks”. An effective security posture depends on visibility. The more visibility you have into the environments where your data is, the more successful you will be in applying your organization’s security protoco...

Understanding Software Supply Chain and How to Secure It

By Owais Sultan A software supply chain is anything that goes into or has an influence on your code as it moves through your CI/CD pipeline from development to deployment. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Understanding Software Supply Chain and How to Secure It...

CVE-2021-41087

in-toto-golang is a go implementation of the in-toto framework to protect software supply chain integrity. In affected versions authenticated attackers posing as functionaries i.e., within a trusted set of users for a layout are able to create attestations that may bypass DISALLOW rules in the sa...

CVE-2021-41087

CVE-2021-41087 affects the Go implementation of the in-toto framework (in-toto-golang). Affected versions allow an attacker, who is part of the trusted functionaries set, to issue attestations containing disallowed artifacts by using path traversal (e.g., foo vs dir/../foo), potentially bypassing...

How to mitigate security vulnerabilities automatically with RASP

In a world where DevOps is oiling the wheels of accelerated software development, it’s hardly surprising that automation, code re-use and third-party libraries are integral parts of our high-speed app development cycle. But what happens when the pace of development outstrips security? Or when the...

AuraBorealisApp - Do You Know What's In Your Python Packages? A Tool For Visualizing Python Package Registry Security Audit Data

AuraBorealis is a web application for visualizing anomalous and potentially malicious code in Python package registries. It uses security audit data produced by scanning the Python Package Index PyPI via Aura, a static analysis designed for large scale security auditing of Python packages. The...

Malicious NPM Package Caught Stealing Users' Saved Passwords From Browsers

A software package available from the official NPM repository has been revealed to be actually a front for a tool that's designed to steal saved passwords from the Chrome web browser. The package in question, named "nodejsnetserver" and downloaded over 1,283 times since February 2019, was last...

A New Critical SolarWinds Zero-Day Vulnerability Under Active Attack

SolarWinds, the Texas-based company that became the epicenter of a massive supply chain attack late last year, has issued patches to contain a remote code execution flaw in its Serv-U managed file transfer service. The fixes, which target Serv-U Managed File Transfer and Serv-U Secure FTP product...

Moving to AWS Lambda? Here’s what you need to know.

Serverless computing is transforming the way organizations build, ship, automate and scale applications. With no need to worry about infrastructure or who’s going to manage it, developers are free to focus on application development and innovation. The payoffs can be significant: Faster time to...

Dozens of Vulnerable NuGet Packages Allow Attackers to Target .NET Platform

An analysis of off-the-shelf packages hosted on the NuGet repository has revealed 51 unique software components to be vulnerable to actively exploited, high-severity vulnerabilities, once again underscoring the threat posed by third-party dependencies to the software development process. In light...

Google Releases New Framework to Prevent Software Supply Chain Attacks

As software supply chain attacks emerge as a point of concern in the wake of SolarWinds and Codecov security incidents, Google is proposing a solution to ensure the integrity of software packages and prevent unauthorized modifications. Called "Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts" SLSA, and...

Cybersecurity Executive Order 2021: What It Means for Cloud and SaaS Security

In response to malicious actors targeting US federal IT systems and their supply chain, the President released the "Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity Executive Order." Although directed at Federal departments and agencies, the Executive Order will likely have a ripple effect...

How the Biden Administration's cybersecurity order will affect companies

“It is the policy of my Administration that the prevention, detection, assessment, and remediation of cyber incidents is a top priority and essential to national and economic security.” The Biden Administration recently issued Executive Order EO 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” to...

CVE-2021-32934

RESERVED This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided. Recent assessments: NinjaOperator at June 16, 2021 10:40pm UTC reported:...

U.S. Intelligence Agencies Warn About 5G Network Weaknesses

Inadequate implementation of telecom standards, supply chain threats, and weaknesses in systems architecture could pose major cybersecurity risks to 5G networks, potentially making them a lucrative target for cybercriminals and nation-state adversaries to exploit for valuable intelligence. The...

Why Software Supply Chain Attacks Are Inevitable and What You Must Do to Protect Your Applications

Most organizations have limited visibility over their software supply chain and little control of up to 95% of the software code they utilize. With multiple code sources from multiple software vendors, the number of known and unknown vulnerabilities quickly grows beyond the capabilities of intern...