Azure Zero-Day Bugs Show Lurking Supply-Chain Risk

Four Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities in the Azure cloud platform’s Open Management Infrastructure OMI — a software that many don’t know is embedded in a host of services — show that OMI represents a significant security blind spot, researchers said. Collectively dubbed “OMIGOD” because of the...

“Secret” Agent Exposes Azure Customers To Unauthorized Code Execution

Wiz Research recently discovered a series of alarming vulnerabilities that highlight the supply chain risk of open source code, particularly for customers of cloud computing services...

Security at Scale in the Open-Source Supply Chain

“We’ve all heard of paying it forward, but this is ridiculous!” That’s probably what most of us think when one of our partners or vendors inadvertently leaves an open door into our shared supply-chain network; an attacker can enter at any time. Well, we probably think in slightly more...

PT-2026-52608

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Parse Server versions prior to 4.10.0 Description A supply chain incident occurred where incorrect version tags were pushed to the official repository. These tags pointed to an unreviewed personal fork of a contributor who had write access...

PT-2026-52607

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Parse Server versions prior to 4.10.0 Description A supply chain issue exists where incorrect version tags were pushed to the repository, linking to unreviewed code from a personal fork. This allows attackers to execute unreviewed and...

FBI warns of ransomware threat to food and agriculture

The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification PIN about cybercriminal actors targeting the food and agriculture sector with ransomware attacks. Farms are literally the first step in one of the most important, if not the most important, supply chain in our economy: The food supply chain. As...

CISA Insights on Risk Considerations for Managed Service Provider Customers

CISA has released a new CISA Insights, Risk Considerations for Managed Service Provider Customers MSPs, which provides Managed Service Provider MSP customers a framework for reducing risk. This framework is designed for government and private sector organizations of all sizes, and it suggests...

SANS Experts: 4 Emerging Enterprise Attack Techniques

In a recent report, a panel of SANS Institute experts broke down key takeaways and emerging attack techniques from this year’s RSA Security Conference. The long and short of it? This next wave of malicious methodologies isn’t on the horizon — it’s here. When it comes to supply-chain and ransomwar...

Feds Warn of Ransomware Attacks Ahead of Labor Day

Though lots of people might be taking some time off over the Labor Day weekend, threat actors likely won’t — which means organizations should remain particularly vigilante about the potential for ransomware attacks, the federal government has warned. Citing historical precedence, the FBI and CISA...

How to prepare for CMMC compliance as a defense industrial base supplier using the Microsoft cloud

In 2020, the US Department of Defense DoD began the phased rollout of a new framework for protecting their supply chain, known as the defense industrial base DIB. This new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification1 CMMC system requires regular audits that will bolster the security of the DIB,...

How to prepare for CMMC compliance as a defense industrial base supplier using the Microsoft cloud

In 2020, the US Department of Defense DoD began the phased rollout of a new framework for protecting their supply chain, known as the defense industrial base DIB. This new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification1 CMMC system requires regular audits that will bolster the security of the DIB,...

Microsoft, Google to Invest $30 Billion in Cybersecurity Over Next 5 Years

Google and Microsoft said they are pledging to invest a total of $30 billion in cybersecurity advancements over the next five years, as the U.S. government partners with private sector companies to address threats facing the country in the wake of a string of sophisticated malicious cyber activit...

US government and private sector agree to invest time, money in cybersecurity

In the wake of several high-profile ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure and major organizations in the last few months, President Biden met with private sector and education leaders to discuss a whole-of-nation effort needed to address cybersecurity threats and bolster the nation’s...

Attackers Actively Exploiting Realtek SDK Flaws

Threat actors zeroing in on command injection vulnerabilities reported in Realtek chipsets just days after multiple flaws were discovered in the software developers kits SDK deployed across at least 65 separate vendors. On Aug. 16 multiple Realtek vulnerabilities were disclosed by IoT Inspector...

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...

Iranian Hackers Target Several Israeli Organizations With Supply-Chain Attacks

IT and communication companies in Israel were at the center of a supply chain attack campaign spearheaded by an Iranian threat actor that involved impersonating the firms and their HR personnel to target victims with fake job offers in an attempt to penetrate their computers and gain access to th...

Brace yourselves: Holiday shopping season is coming

The E-commerce market has seen tremendous revenue growth during the pandemic. Along with that good news for E-business, there has been an increase in fraudulent activities online that may cost retailers over $20 billion in losses by the end of 2021. According to eMarketer, worldwide retail...

Multiple Flaws Affecting Realtek Wi-Fi SDKs Impact Nearly a Million IoT Devices

Taiwanese chip designer Realtek is warning of four security vulnerabilities in three software development kits SDKs accompanying its WiFi modules, which are used in almost 200 IoT devices made by at least 65 vendors. The flaws, which affect Realtek SDK v2.x, Realtek "Jungle" SDK...

How to troubleshoot hardware problems that look like malware problems

Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what exactly is going wrong with your computer. What do you do if you’ve run all the scans, checked all the files, and everything says the PC is malware free? Here’s a list of common problems that resemble cybersecurity issues, but could be caused by something...

Rewards accumaulated can stay constant and oftern not increment

Handle moose-code Vulnerability details Impact rewardsPerToken.accumulated can stay constant while rewardsPerToken.lastUpdated is continually updated, leading to no actual rewards being distributed. I.e. No rewards accumulate. Proof of Concept Line 115, rewardsPerToken.accumulated could stay...