Tag: lateral movement

  • CSA: AI-Enhanced Penetration Testing: Redefining Red Teams

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/12/06/ai-enhanced-penetration-testing-redefining-red-team-operations Source: CSA Title: AI-Enhanced Penetration Testing: Redefining Red Teams Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in enhancing penetration testing practices within cybersecurity. It highlights how AI addresses the limitations of traditional methods, offering speed, scalability, and advanced detection of vulnerabilities.…

  • Cloud Blog: Bridging the Gap: Elevating Red Team Assessments with Application Security Testing

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/red-team-application-security-testing/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Bridging the Gap: Elevating Red Team Assessments with Application Security Testing Feedly Summary: Written by: Ilyass El Hadi, Louis Dion-Marcil, Charles Prevost Executive Summary Whether through a comprehensive Red Team engagement or a targeted external assessment, incorporating application security (AppSec) expertise enables organizations to better simulate the tactics and…

  • CSA: What 2024’s SaaS Breaches Mean for 2025 Cybersecurity

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/what-2024-s-saas-breaches-mean-for-2025-cybersecurity Source: CSA Title: What 2024’s SaaS Breaches Mean for 2025 Cybersecurity Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the evolving landscape of SaaS security, driven by an increase in sophisticated attacks and the integration of AI tools by threat actors. It emphasizes the importance of Zero Trust architectures…

  • The Register: Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/salt_typhoons_us_telcos/ Source: The Register Title: Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos Feedly Summary: Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber-spy crew’s operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its arsenal includes several backdoors, including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider, according…

  • CSA: A Day as a Threat Hunter

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/27/a-wednesday-in-the-life-of-a-threat-hunter Source: CSA Title: A Day as a Threat Hunter Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the critical role of threat hunting in maintaining security within an enterprise. It emphasizes a detective-like mindset for assessing potential security breaches and highlights the importance of data centralization, visibility, automation, and…

  • Hacker News: The Nearest Neighbor Attack

    Source URL: https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/11/22/the-nearest-neighbor-attack-how-a-russian-apt-weaponized-nearby-wi-fi-networks-for-covert-access/ Source: Hacker News Title: The Nearest Neighbor Attack Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the Nearest Neighbor Attack, a novel cyber-espionage technique utilized by the Russian APT group GruesomeLarch to access targets remotely via compromised Wi-Fi networks of nearby organizations. It highlights the importance of strengthening…

  • The Register: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/cisa_red_team_exercise/ Source: The Register Title: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells Feedly Summary: TL;DR: Attackers will break in and pwn you, as a US government red team demonstrated The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency often breaks into critical organizations’ networks – with their permission,…

  • CSA: Are Traditional Groups Fit for Cloud Permissions?

    Source URL: https://www.britive.com/resource/blog/group-based-permissions-and-iga-shortcomings-in-the-cloud Source: CSA Title: Are Traditional Groups Fit for Cloud Permissions? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the limitations of traditional identity governance and administration (IGA) solutions in managing permissions in modern cloud environments. It emphasizes the risks associated with over-reliance on group-based permissions, highlighting the need for…

  • CSA: Zero Standing Privileges: Vendor Myths vs. Reality

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/zero-standing-privileges-zsp-vendor-myths-vs-reality Source: CSA Title: Zero Standing Privileges: Vendor Myths vs. Reality Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging trends and misconceptions surrounding Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) market. It identifies critical myths about ZSP, highlighting their implications for effective identity security in…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: The high security cost of legacy tech

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-the-high-security-cost-of-legacy-tech/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: The high security cost of legacy tech Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for November 2024. Today I’m joined by Andy Wen, Google Cloud’s senior director of product management for Google Workspace, to discuss a new Google survey into the high security…