Security

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2023
Exposed Kubernetes configuration secrets can fuel supply chain attacks

Researchers warn of publicly exposed Kubernetes configuration secrets that could pose a threat of supply chain attack for organizations. Aqua Nautilus researchers warn of publicly exposed Kubernetes configuration secrets that put organizations at risk of supply chain attacks. The experts noticed that these misconfigurations impact hundreds of organizations and open-source projects. Impacted entities include SAP’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2023
CISA adds Looney Tunables Linux bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

US CISA adds Looney Tunables Linux flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Looney Tunables Linux vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability CVE-2023-4911 (CVSS score 7.8), aka Looney Tunables, is a buffer overflow issue that resides in the GNU C Library’s dynamic loader ld.so while processing the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2023
Citrix provides additional measures to address Citrix Bleed

Citrix urges admins to kill NetScaler user sessions after patching their appliances against the CVE-2023-4966 Citrix Bleed vulnerability. Citrix is providing additional measures to admins who are patching their NetScaler appliances against the CVE-2023-4966 ‘Citrix Bleed‘ vulnerability. The company is urging admins to drop all active user sessions and terminate all persistent ones.  “If you […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2023
Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education and government sectors

Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education, government, and business services sectors. The Carbon Black Managed Detection & Response team is warning of a surge in the number of new infections related to NetSupport RAT in the last few weeks. The most impacted sectors are education, government, and business services. NetSupport […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2023
The Top 5 Reasons to Use an API Management Platform

Organizations need to govern and control the API ecosystem, this governance is the role of API management. Uber uses APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to connect with third-party services such as Google Maps and Twilio, which helps to improve the user experience; Salesforce provides APIs that allow developers to build custom applications on top of their […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2023
Canadian government impacted by data breaches of two of its contractors

The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors.  The Canadian government declared that two of its contractors,Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services, have been hacked, resulting in the exposure of sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of government employees.  Data belonging […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2023
US teenager pleads guilty to his role in credential stuffing attack on a betting site

US teenager Joseph Garrison pleads guilty to carrying out a credential stuffing attack on a betting website. US teenager Joseph Garrison (19) has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a credential stuffing campaign that targeted user accounts at a fantasy sports and betting website.3 On or about November 18, 2022, the man launched a credential […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2023
Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services

An Israeli hacker has been sentenced to 80 months in prison in the US for his role in a massive spear-phishing campaign. Aviram Azari (52) was sentenced to 80 months in prison for computer intrusion, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with his involvement in a massive spear-phishing campaign targeting companies and individuals […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2023
CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

US CISA added three new vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2023-36584, CVE-2023-1671, and CVE-2023-2551) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below is the list of the three added vulnerabilities: According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2023
A critical OS command injection flaw affects Fortinet FortiSIEM

Fortinet warns of a critical OS command injection vulnerability in FortiSIEM report server that could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands. Fortinet is warning customers of a critical OS command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-36553 (CVSS score 9.3), in FortiSIEM report server. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw to execute commands by sending […]