Authentication, Reference, Security and Systems Review

Securing Azure Service Bus

Xebia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Security should be considered from the initial stages of designing a product rather than as an afterthought. This is particularly important for Service Bus as it often forms a part of a larger system. but due to customer demands for higher security, it now defaults to the higher version. Initially, it was TLS 1.0,

Azure

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CVE-2023-4966 (CitrixBleed): Invalidate Active or Persistent Sessions To Prevent Further Compromise

Tenable

DECEMBER 6, 2023

These session tokens allow an attacker to bypass authentication on a device even if multifactor authentication is enabled. As long as these stolen session tokens remain valid, an attacker can bypass authentication on a Citrix ADC or Gateway device. ransomware group in their exploitation of CitrixBleed.

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. With the new, recently onboarded Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v4.0, she wonders. Well not exactly. The PCI DSS v4.0,

Airlines

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

Tenable

DECEMBER 9, 2022

It was at around this time last year that the discovery of the zero-day Log4Shell vulnerability in the ubiquitous Log4j open source component sent shockwaves through the worlds of IT and cybersecurity. . 2 - OWASP’s top 10 CI/CD security risks. Insecure System Configuration. How long will this Log4Shell problem linger?

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CVE-2020-6207: Proof of Concept Available for Missing Authentication Vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager

Tenable

JANUARY 22, 2021

A researcher has published a proof-of-concept exploit script for a critical SAP vulnerability patched in March 2020 and attackers have begun probing for vulnerable SAP systems. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed by security researchers Pablo Artuso and Yvan Genuer of Onapsis. Background. Proof of concept.

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Architect defense-in-depth security for generative AI applications using the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs

AWS Machine Learning - AI

JANUARY 26, 2024

Many customers are looking for guidance on how to manage security, privacy, and compliance as they develop generative AI applications. We first delve into the vulnerabilities, threats, and risks that arise from the implementation, deployment, and use of LLM solutions, and provide guidance on how to start innovating with security in mind.

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Safeguarding SMEs: GenAI, Cybersecurity, and IP Protection Challenges

Trigent

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Yet, this formidable technology also brings forth risks requiring attention, particularly in cybersecurity and Intellectual Property (IP) rights. This is majorly due to two reasons. These AI-driven threats evade conventional security measures and wreak havoc.

Generative AI

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

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.

Compliance

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA and NSA Dive into CI/CD Security, While MITRE Ranks Top Software Weaknesses

Tenable

JULY 14, 2023

1 – CISA and NSA issue CI/CD defense guidance Looking for recommendations and best practices to improve the security of your continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines? Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending July 14. Check out the joint guidance from the U.S.

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A Reference Architecture for the Cloudera Private Cloud Base Data Platform

Cloudera

JULY 15, 2021

This blog post provides an overview of best practice for the design and deployment of clusters incorporating hardware and operating system configuration, along with guidance for networking and security as well as integration with existing enterprise infrastructure. Further information and documentation [link] .

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Broadcom’s Approach Towards Delivering Customer Value

CIO

AUGUST 1, 2023

Customers can also operate with confidence as a result of our actions in software, such as our migration of Symantec Web Security Service and Cloud Access Security Broker onto Google Cloud. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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How Companies Helps Developers To Not Leak Sensitive Data In Their Repositories

The Crazy Programmer

MAY 4, 2021

Information about code repository protection. The code security is only secured if the creating systems are also secure. The repository needs to be secured as it is the central location of codes storage. When service providers manage any repository, it undergoes against the security cloud principles.

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How Cable Networks Secure Communications

CableLabs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The email you sent, the website you visited, the internet searches you performed, the internet purchases you just made—they all require strong security to protect against eavesdropping, changes to your messages, and those who would make these services unavailable to you. The cable industry created and manages a PKI with strong security.

Network

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The Cable Security Experience

CableLabs

AUGUST 31, 2020

This has increased awareness that our broadband networks are critical – and they need to be secure. The cable industry has long focused on delivering best-in-class network security and we continue to innovate as we move on towards a 10G experience for subscribers. A Review of HFC and PON Architectures. fiber, coax).

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SaaS security: challenges, trends and best practices to follow

Openxcell

JUNE 16, 2023

Organizations should assess their cybersecurity posture on all fronts. This article explores what SaaS security is, its challenges, real-life examples, best practices, and trends for SaaS security. First, let’s start with what SaaS security is. What is SaaS security? Why is SaaS security important?

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The Evolution of Cloud-Native Application Security

Prisma Clud

AUGUST 9, 2023

Application security refers to the practices and strategies that protect software applications from vulnerabilities, threats and unauthorized access so that organizations can ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their application and its data.

Applications

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Cyber Canon Book Review: Hacks that Shocked the World

Palo Alto Networks

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We modeled the Cybersecurity Canon after the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, except for cybersecurity books. We have more than 25 books on the initial candidate list, but we are soliciting help from the cybersecurity community to increase the number. Book Reviewed by: Tracy Z. Please do so!

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The 8 Best Practices for Reducing Your Organization’s Attack Surface

Ivanti

JUNE 20, 2023

Increases in attack surface size lead to increased cybersecurity risk. Thus, logically, decreases in attack surface size lead to decreased cybersecurity risk. As with all things related to security and risk management, being proactive is preferred. Reduce your cybersecurity attack surface by reducing complexity.

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Microsoft’s May 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 59 CVEs (CVE-2024-30051, CVE-2024-30040)

Tenable

MAY 14, 2024

A local attacker with a presence on a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability to gain SYSTEM privileges. All three flaws were disclosed to Microsoft by Zhang WangJunJie and He YiSheng of the Hillstone Network Security Research Institute. Once exploited, an attacker could execute code on the target system.

Windows

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5 Reasons Why NIS2 Directive Preparation Should Start Now, Part Two: Implementation Takes Time

Ivanti

AUGUST 28, 2023

In a previous blog post, I discussed the two main areas to audit before the European Union’s updated Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) becomes ratified law in October 2024. Review your current supply chain security flaws.

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Strengthening the Nessus Software Supply Chain with SLSA

Tenable

APRIL 16, 2024

You know Tenable as a cybersecurity industry leader whose world-class exposure management products are trusted by our approximately 43,000 customers, including about 60% of the Fortune 500. Today we’re sharing our experience adopting the supply-chain security framework SLSA, with the hopes that the lessons we learned will be helpful to you.

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Attack Surface Risk, Challenges and Changes

Palo Alto Networks

MAY 16, 2023

Implementing effective security measures becomes more difficult, especially if you are relying on manual inventory processes. Depending on the company size, systems on the attack surface are responsible for creating millions or even billions of dollars in revenue.

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Code signing: securing against supply chain vulnerabilities

CircleCI

AUGUST 4, 2022

The software supply chain refers to anything that touches or influences applications during development, production, and deployment — including developers, dependencies, network interfaces, and DevOps practices. This assures the security and authenticity of published applications. What is code signing?

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Digital Transformation in Healthcare

N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

” Digital Healthcare System Integrations Implementing digital solutions in healthcare is challenging due to the lack of integration between various software applications, databases, and devices used by various health providers. Some of these have occurred rapidly, forcing executives to adapt or be left behind quickly.”

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Using authentication decorators in Flask

CircleCI

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Writing an authentication decorator. Has your team worked on an API and wanted (somehow) to implement more powerful security features? If you are dissatisfied with the level of security in an API, there are solutions for improving it! Git installed on your system. cd flask-authentication-decorators. Prerequisites.

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CVE-2023-20198: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The vulnerability would allow an authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary code that would be executed as the root user. We strongly recommend referring to the blog post for more information on the observations made during their investigation of compromised devices. This vulnerability was patched by Cisco in March 2021.

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Authentication and Authorization, Post-Auth0: Styra* and Extending Identity to All Layers of the Cloud-Based Application Stack

Battery Ventures

MAY 18, 2021

billion acquisition of identity and authentication startup Auth0 by Okta put a spotlight on this increasingly important sector in enterprise software, particularly as more workloads move to the cloud. Identity and access management (IAM) gained widespread acceptance due to its strategic significance in an increasingly digital world.

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US Cybersecurity Agency CISA Alert: Foreign Threat Actors Continue to Target Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Tenable

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On September 14 and September 15, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published two separate alerts detailing malicious activity from foreign threat actors: AA20-258A : Chinese Ministry of State Security-Affiliated Cyber Threat Actor Activity. Pulse Connect Secure. Pulse Connect Secure.

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How to Tackle OT Challenges: Asset Inventory and Vulnerability Assessment

Tenable

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Here’s how Tenable OT Security can help. The Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity sector is facing new opportunities and challenges as the complexity and vulnerability of formerly isolated OT/ICS networks have expanded due to the convergence of IT, IoT, and OT networks.

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Concept, Benefits and Use Cases

Kaseya

APRIL 6, 2023

This means investing heavily in numerous security products and, with any luck, finding security experts to manage it all. For small and midsize businesses (SMBs), building an in-house security team can be expensive and time-consuming, distracting them from their core business. What is managed detection and response (MDR)?

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Accenture creates a regulatory document authoring solution using AWS generative AI services

AWS Machine Learning - AI

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

By extracting key data from testing reports, the system uses Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and other AWS AI services to generate CTDs in the proper format. Users can quickly review and adjust the computer-generated reports before submission. The user-friendly system also employs encryption for security.

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Cloud Security Basics: Protecting Your Web Applications

Tenable

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While cloud computing providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure offer robust and scalable services, securing your cloud environment brings its own unique challenges. You can reduce risk by addressing these eight common cloud security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

Applications

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FireMon Deployment: What to Expect

Firemon

APRIL 11, 2023

Initiation – FireMon will provide a technical consulting session to review, provide guidance, and assist in planning your installation of FireMon software in your deployment environment. Closeout – This includes a Health & Architecture Review and FireMon Runbook.

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Microsoft’s December 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 33 CVEs (CVE-2023-36019)

Tenable

DECEMBER 12, 2023

authentication will be assigned a per-connector redirect URI automatically. For more information on vulnerabilities discovered by Tenable, please review our Tenable Research Advisories. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability as part of post-compromise activity to elevate privileges to SYSTEM.

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Guidance for CVE-2024-3094: Finding and responding to the latest supply chain compromise with Lacework

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. So it’s entirely possible that the threat actor has already used or has been attempting to use this to infiltrate systems.

Linux

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Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2020 Addresses 402 Security Updates

Tenable

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Oracle’s latest Critical Patch Update surpasses the 400 mark for the second time this year with 402 security patches addressing 230 CVEs, including numerous critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Fusion Middleware products. This update contains fixes for 230 CVEs in 402 security patches across 27 Oracle product families. Background.

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Microsoft’s October 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 103 CVEs (CVE-2023-36563, CVE-2023-41763)

Tenable

OCTOBER 10, 2023

An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using social engineering in order to convince a target to open a link or download a malicious file and run it on the vulnerable system. Alternatively, an attacker could execute a specially crafted application to exploit the flaw after gaining access to a vulnerable system.

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Custom Software Development Services & Modern Practices

Apiumhub

MARCH 30, 2023

Custom software development refers to the creation and maintenance of tailor-made software applications that bring unique features. Security Security is at the core of every software and business because nobody wants an app that can be easily compromised.

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A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents

Kentik

JUNE 5, 2023

In the summer of 2022, I joined a team of BGP experts organized by the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) to draft a comprehensive report covering the security of the internet’s routing infrastructure. Routing security incidents in the wild BGP routing incidents can be problematic for a range of reasons.

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Mobile app security testing: tools and best practices

CircleCI

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

To minimize the security risks of an application, developers need their apps to stand up to stringent security testing. Fortunately, there are tools available that simplify and even automate these security tests. There are also best practices to guide and inform the testing process. Improperly secured data storage.

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Stay away from the Headlines! Cyber Security imperatives for the new normal

Trigent

AUGUST 6, 2021

“ 95% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error.” – Cybint. Rapid technology innovations on multiple fronts pose a complex challenge for those tasked with the security and availability of the IT infrastructure. It was easier to ensure that staff complied with the established security norms.

Infrastructure

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CVE-2020-4006: VMware Command Injection Flaw Exploited by Russian State-Sponsored Threat Actors

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. Background. Conflicting CVSSv3 score assignment.

Linux

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How to Identify Compromised Microsoft Exchange Server Assets Using Tenable

Tenable

MARCH 18, 2021

This was subsequently confirmed by Microsoft Security Intelligence. Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) March 12, 2021. Security Update for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP 3 (March 2021). Identify vulnerable Exchange Server 2010 systems. Security Updates for Microsoft Exchange Server (March 2021).

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FDIC’s New Banker Engagement Site (BES): Improving CRA & Compliance Exam Communication

Perficient

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Already reviewed by Perficient, BES provides a secure and efficient portal to exchange documents, information, and communications for consumer compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations. The list was referred to as a first day letter.

Compliance

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Securing Azure Service Bus

CVE-2023-4966 (CitrixBleed): Invalidate Active or Persistent Sessions To Prevent Further Compromise

Trending Sources

Averting turbulence in the air

Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

CVE-2020-6207: Proof of Concept Available for Missing Authentication Vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager

Architect defense-in-depth security for generative AI applications using the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs

Safeguarding SMEs: GenAI, Cybersecurity, and IP Protection Challenges

Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA and NSA Dive into CI/CD Security, While MITRE Ranks Top Software Weaknesses

A Reference Architecture for the Cloudera Private Cloud Base Data Platform

Broadcom’s Approach Towards Delivering Customer Value

How Companies Helps Developers To Not Leak Sensitive Data In Their Repositories

How Cable Networks Secure Communications

The Cable Security Experience

SaaS security: challenges, trends and best practices to follow

The Evolution of Cloud-Native Application Security

Cyber Canon Book Review: Hacks that Shocked the World

The 8 Best Practices for Reducing Your Organization’s Attack Surface

Microsoft’s May 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 59 CVEs (CVE-2024-30051, CVE-2024-30040)

5 Reasons Why NIS2 Directive Preparation Should Start Now, Part Two: Implementation Takes Time

Strengthening the Nessus Software Supply Chain with SLSA

Attack Surface Risk, Challenges and Changes

Code signing: securing against supply chain vulnerabilities

Digital Transformation in Healthcare

Using authentication decorators in Flask

CVE-2023-20198: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Exploited in the Wild

Authentication and Authorization, Post-Auth0: Styra* and Extending Identity to All Layers of the Cloud-Based Application Stack

US Cybersecurity Agency CISA Alert: Foreign Threat Actors Continue to Target Unpatched Vulnerabilities

How to Tackle OT Challenges: Asset Inventory and Vulnerability Assessment

Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Concept, Benefits and Use Cases

Accenture creates a regulatory document authoring solution using AWS generative AI services

Cloud Security Basics: Protecting Your Web Applications

FireMon Deployment: What to Expect

Microsoft’s December 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 33 CVEs (CVE-2023-36019)

Guidance for CVE-2024-3094: Finding and responding to the latest supply chain compromise with Lacework

Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2020 Addresses 402 Security Updates

Microsoft’s October 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 103 CVEs (CVE-2023-36563, CVE-2023-41763)

Custom Software Development Services & Modern Practices

A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents

Mobile app security testing: tools and best practices

Stay away from the Headlines! Cyber Security imperatives for the new normal

CVE-2020-4006: VMware Command Injection Flaw Exploited by Russian State-Sponsored Threat Actors

How to Identify Compromised Microsoft Exchange Server Assets Using Tenable

FDIC’s New Banker Engagement Site (BES): Improving CRA & Compliance Exam Communication

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