CIO

JANUARY 4, 2024

In the fast-evolving world of finance, data security is of paramount importance. Financial institutions must ensure the protection of sensitive personal information, most commonly payment card data, to maintain, trust and meet various regulatory requirements. This is where a Common Controls Assessment (CCA) can play a pivotal role.

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Tenable

MAY 15, 2020

Here, we focus on ’nix style systems: Linux, Unix and macOS. In this third and final post in the series, I take a look at protecting credentials authenticating against ’nix hosts (by ’nix, we mean Linux, Unix, and macOS), specifically focused on SSH. Securely configure SSH. Credentialed Linux Scans in Tenable.io.

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DevOps.com

MARCH 22, 2022

In this week’s The Long View: Why Apple services were down, Linux gets a huge RNG overhaul, and we wonder if Okta was hacked again. The post Apple Outage Outrage | Linux Random Redo | Okta Hacked (or Not) appeared first on DevOps.com.

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CTOvision

JULY 3, 2019

Over 30 VMware products are affected by SACK Panic and SACK Slowness, two recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely without authentication for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

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Lacework

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

No one likes the tedious, outdated cybersecurity training that companies often require you to complete—you know the ones that won’t let you move onto the next section until you’ve watched an entire video or stayed on the page for a few minutes. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite learning tools for anyone who wants to learn about security.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Department of Homeland Security in its “ Homeland Threat Assessment 2024 ” report. The guide, which covers practices including user authentication, access control and change management, is aimed at developers and security operations teams that want to boost the security of their source code projects on SCM platforms.

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Linux Academy

MAY 31, 2019

This week, we’re discussing secure configurations, and why they matter. Our friends at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) listed “Secure Configurations” as the No. 5 most important security control on this year’s Top 20 hit list. Of course, I need to securely configure my devices.

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DevOps.com

MARCH 12, 2019

The post ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Extends Self-Service Password Management to Linux appeared first on DevOps.com. – March 12, 2019 – ManageEngine, the real-time IT management […]. – March 12, 2019 – ManageEngine, the real-time IT management […].

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Tenable

MAY 9, 2019

A Hard-Coded NULL root user password vulnerability was found in Alpine Linux Docker Images from December 2015’s 3.3 Users are encouraged to disable the root user, or any services that utilize the system shadow file as an authentication database. Since that time, all versions of Alpine Linux from 3.3 Get more information.

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Progress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Over the past several months, I have been engaged in more security related connectivity projects than the previous several years combined. Top 3 security features for SQL Server shops. Let’s break things down into an amazing security toolset you can use for SQL Server data connectivity , as well as other data sources.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Discovery of this flaw is credited to Valentina Palmiotti from IBM X-Force, Quan Jin and ze0r with DBAPPSecurity WeBin Lab and both the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) and Microsoft Threat Intelligence. On August 3, a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) AA23-215A co-authored by multiple U.S.

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Tenable

JANUARY 9, 2024

Critical CVE-2024-20674 | Windows Kerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-20674 is a critical security feature bypass vulnerability affecting Windows Kerberos, an authentication protocol designed to verify user or host identities. The attacker would then be able to bypass authentication via impersonation.

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The Parallax

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If you want to channel those feelings into getting safer in 2018, follow these seven steps, garnered from how-tos we’ve published this year, to better secure your digital life. Step 1: Use two-factor authentication. Step 6: Secure your digital payments. Step 7: Prepare your devices for secure international travel.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 10, 2019

Wireless security is not only a huge subject, but it’s also extremely important. It was patched quickly but this raised wireless security questions about WPA2. This is a great example of being proactive in security. An attempt to help secure open wireless networks with Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE).

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Lacework

MARCH 29, 2024

CVE-2024-3094 is a reported supply chain compromise of the xz libraries, with a resulting interference with sshd authentication, potentially enabling an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system. xz is used for data compression/decompression across nearly all Linux distributions. x [link] Arch Linux xz 5.6.0-1,

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 23, 2023

It should come as no surprise that cybersecurity is, once again, priority #1 for state CIOs. Perhaps it’s because none of the other initiatives on the list (not even hybrid work, legacy modernization or cloud adoption) can succeed without a solid cybersecurity foundation. And, they’re innovating faster than ever before.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 26, 2019

In today’s interconnected world, data security has never been more important. By training your IT staff to keep your systems secure, you can prevent harmful or costly data breaches. If your organization handles either of these sensitive data types, you must follow guidelines to keep your systems secure. Security policies.

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Tenable

AUGUST 28, 2020

Vulnerability scanning represents one of the most important tools for a modern organization to include in its information security arsenal. But as is true of many cybersecurity practices, it has its variations, chief among them being credentialed and non-credentialed scanning. Sign up now to get your free 7-day trial.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The National Security Agency warns that Russian state-sponsored threat actors are exploiting an important VMware vulnerability in the wild. The vulnerability was disclosed by the NSA to VMware, which published details in a security advisory, VMSA-2020-0027.2 , on November 23. Linux versions: /opt/vmware/horizon/workspace/webapps/cfg.

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TechBeacon

MAY 31, 2019

More than 95% of enterprises use Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) as their primary source of identity and access management. But with the advent of cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) models, a growing number of devices now live outside of traditional AD.

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Lacework

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These algorithms identify deviations from normal behavior, flagging potential security incidents such as data breaches or unauthorized access. Lacework supports every major Linux distribution, Windows servers, container runtime, container orchestrator, and serverless runtimes, like Fargate and Cloud Run.

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Ivanti

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ransomware is a strain of malware that blocks users (or a company) from accessing their personal data or apps on infected iOS, iPadOS, and Android mobile devices, macOS laptops, Windows personal computers and servers, and Linux servers. Then the exploit demands cryptocurrency as payment to unblock the locked or encrypted data and apps.

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Aqua Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A new severe vulnerability was found in Unix and Linux operating systems that allows an unprivileged user to exploit this vulnerability using sudo, causing a heap overflow to elevate privileges to root without authentication, or even get listed in the sudoers file.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 4, 2023

It’s been known to impersonate Linux, help developers learn new programming languages, and even improve traditional college courses (where its ability to make mistakes can be turned into an asset). ChatGPT’s training set included a lot of information about Linux, so you can tell it to act like a Linux terminal.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Windows Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP). Windows Subsystem for Linux. CVE-2022-44698 | Windows SmartScreen security feature bypass vulnerability. CVE-2022-44698 | Windows SmartScreen security feature bypass vulnerability. CVE-2022-44698 is a security feature bypass vulnerability in the Windows operating system.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 15, 2019

Welcome back to our weekly blog post as we look at how to better secure your infrastructure. Last week, we discussed the use of password managers and multi-factor authentication (MFA). Early on in my security days, I was introduced to policies, which, at the time, I thought were a waste of time. Policies are our foundation.

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Tenable

JUNE 8, 2022

With over 6,000 vulnerabilities disclosed this year, cybersecurity teams have faced, as usual, a challenge to keep up, especially as a number of these software bugs have captured significant media attention. Dirty Pipe - Linux Kernel Vulnerability. Google released an emergency update with a security fix in Chrome 99.0.4844.84.

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Palo Alto Networks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

When we launched Cortex XDR a year and a half ago, we upended a status quo of siloed security tools by introducing the industry’s first extended detection and response platform. which introduces a massive list of new host visibility and protection capabilities to help your team further bolster endpoint security and streamline operations. .

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Supporting enterprise security during a cloud migration can be rife with pitfalls that can derail the initiative and ruin the customer experience. She joined the company in the middle of a corporate cloud transformation initiative and inherited a new Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution as part of an enterprise cybersecurity overhaul.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 10, 2020

By now you’ve heard the stories that Microsoft loves Linux and fully embraces the open-source world. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Contact them via email: linux@microsoft.com. The only requirement is a Linux VM. Cloud sandboxes are included with your Linux Academy subscription. Visual Studio Code.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

On August 25, Atlassian published a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in its Confluence Server and Data Center software. Initial confusion surrounding authentication requirement. Join Tenable's Security Response Team on the Tenable Community. Organizations should apply patches immediately. Background. Description.

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Lacework

JUNE 14, 2022

Move over Windows, Linux is next. While ransomware operators have historically focused on attacking Windows environments, the ability to monetize expanding Linux/container environments is quickly becoming essential for ransomware operations. The adoption of containers and Linux has increased the attack surface. Best practices .

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Tenable

MARCH 6, 2020

Multiple widely used Linux distributions are impacted by a critical flaw that has existed in pppd for 17 years. CVE-2020-8597 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in pppd due to a logic flaw in the packet processor of the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We’re seeing important articles about AI infiltrating security, programming, and almost everything else; even biology. Contributions of code to open source software projects appear to be declining, possibly because of security concerns. Mitre’s D3FEND is a public knowledge graph of cybersecurity countermeasures.

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The Crazy Programmer

JUNE 6, 2022

For instance, the key benefit is a strong focus on security. Django is known as the most reliable and secure solution among many Python frameworks. In addition, it follows an architecture called MVC-MVT, which has authentication support, URL routing, and other important features. Final Thoughts.

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Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

We Azure, just like Microsoft Linux! Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications, check out this blog post if you’re wondering where to get started in Azure. Identity and security. Implement authentication. Implement secure data solutions. Hybrid cloud.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

On February 23, VMware released a security advisory (VMSA-2021-0002) to address two vulnerabilities in vCenter Server , a centralized management software for VMware vSphere systems, as well as a vulnerability in the VMWare ESXi hypervisor. The issue stems from a lack of authentication in the vRealize Operations vCenter Plugin.

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