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    Fear, panic and Log4j: One year later

    Fears of catastrophic cyberattacks have thus far failed to materialize. But federal authorities stress threat actors are playing the long game.

    By • Dec. 9, 2022
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    Internet Explorer is still a viable zero-day attack vector

    North Korea-linked threat actors are using a technique that has been widely used to exploit Internet Explorer via Office files since 2017, Google found.

    By • Dec. 7, 2022
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    The rapid advancement Ai has changed the debate over secure software in the entrprise.

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    Three-quarters of retail, hospitality applications have security flaws

    Nearly 1 in 5 vulnerabilities in the retail and hospitality industry are considered high severity, Veracode found, creating considerable risks to the organization. 

    By • Nov. 22, 2022
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    Iran-linked threat actors exploiting Log4Shell via unpatched VMware, feds warn

    The actors compromised a federal civilian agency, CISA and the FBI said. Authorities warned VMware users to assume breach and hunt for threats if they skipped patches or workarounds.

    By • Nov. 16, 2022
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    High risk, critical vulnerabilities found in 25% of all software applications and systems

    Research from Synopsys showed weak SSL/TLS configurations were the most prevalent form of vulnerability.

    By • Nov. 15, 2022
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    CISA wants to change how organizations prioritize vulnerabilities

    Federal authorities want to take the guesswork and manual decision making processes out of the messy world of vulnerabilities.

    By • Nov. 14, 2022
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    CISA warns unpatched Zimbra users to assume breach

    Months after warnings to patch the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, government and private sector organizations are under attack from multiple threat actors.

    By • Nov. 11, 2022
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    Citrix CVEs need urgent security updates, CISA says

    Though there's no active exploitation yet, Tenable researchers warn they expect threat actors to target the Citrix systems in the near term.

    By • Nov. 10, 2022
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    Microsoft finally releases security updates for ProxyNotShell zero days

    The company linked a limited set of recent Exchange Server attacks to state-backed threat actors.

    By • Nov. 8, 2022
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    OpenSSL releases patch for 2 high-severity vulnerabilities after prior warning

    The organization pulled back on earlier warnings of a critical vulnerability, however still urged organizations to apply the upgrades.

    By • Nov. 1, 2022
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    Critical OpenSSL vulnerability causes security industry to hold its breath

    Researchers warn the vulnerability could be the most serious in the industry since 2014's Heartbleed. 

    By • Nov. 1, 2022
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    GitHub vulnerability raises risk of open source supply chain attack

    Researchers from Checkmarx said a flaw in the namespace retirement mechanism put thousands of packages at risk of being hijacked by outside threat actors.

    By • Oct. 27, 2022
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    White House plans IoT security labeling program for spring 2023

    Major connected device manufacturers, retailers and industry groups back efforts to boost cyber awareness.

    By • Oct. 21, 2022
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    Apache urges users to upgrade Common Text version to block ‘Text4Shell’ vulnerability

    Any connection to Log4j is misapplied, researchers said, because Log4j is a much more widely used Java library. 

    By • Oct. 19, 2022
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    Critical vulnerability surfaces in Apache Commons Text library

    Researchers warn an attacker can achieve remote code execution, but the vulnerability is not seen as potentially dangerous as Log4j.

    By • Oct. 17, 2022
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    Fortinet attacks escalate as company warns large swath of customers to upgrade

    The number of unique IPs using the exploit has gone from single digits when the vulnerability was originally announced to about 200. 

    By • Oct. 17, 2022
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    CISA adds Fortinet CVE to vulnerability catalog after attacks escalate

    A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the company’s firewall and web proxy software allowed unauthenticated attackers to gain access.

    By • Oct. 12, 2022
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    Microsoft struggles to mitigate Exchange Server CVEs as it races to complete patch

    Security researchers have repeatedly called out the company on interim measures that were quickly bypassed.

    By • Oct. 6, 2022
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    Microsoft updates guidance to prevent future Exchange server attacks

    The company had to revise some of its guidance involving the URL Rewrite rule, while organizations continue to wait for a patch.

    By • Oct. 5, 2022
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    CISA orders federal IT overhaul with automated asset inventory, software scanning

    Civilian agencies will be required to check for vulnerabilities in a push to gain better visibility into IT networks.

    By • Oct. 4, 2022
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    Microsoft warns of potential escalation for Exchange server zero days

    The actor, which Microsoft says is state sponsored, installed Chopper web shells to gain hands-on-keyboard access, conduct Active Directory reconnaissance and exfiltrate data. 

    By • Oct. 3, 2022
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    Microsoft investigating 2 zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server

    One vulnerability is a server-side request forgery, while the second allows remote-code execution when an attacker has access to PowerShell. 

    By • Sept. 30, 2022
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    Strict security rules could push open source community out of federal work, expert says

    Agency CISOs and development experts say federal agencies need to work collaboratively with open source community contributors.

    By • Sept. 27, 2022
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    Organizations rapidly shift tactics to secure the software supply chain

    Synopsys’ 13th annual BSIMM study shows rapid increases in automation and use of SBOMs among software producers and other organizations.

    By • Sept. 22, 2022
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    White House guidance on third-party software seen as a major test of cyber risk strategy

    The U.S. hopes that by forcing software producers to meet a set of minimum security standards for federal use, a new baseline strategy will be adopted industrywide. 

    By • Sept. 19, 2022