Tag: security posture

  • Cloud Blog: Database Center — your AI-powered, unified fleet management solution

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/database-center-preview-now-open-to-all-customers/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Database Center — your AI-powered, unified fleet management solution Feedly Summary: Organizations are grappling with an explosion of operational data spread across an increasingly diverse and complex database landscape. This complexity often results in costly outages, performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps, hindering their ability to extract…

  • The Register: CISA adds fresh Ivanti vuln, critical Fortinet bug to hall of shame

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/cisa_ivanti_fortinet_vulns/ Source: The Register Title: CISA adds fresh Ivanti vuln, critical Fortinet bug to hall of shame Feedly Summary: Usual three-week window to address significant risks to federal agencies applies The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says vulnerabilities in Fortinet and Ivanti products are now being exploited, earning them places in…

  • Hacker News: Nixiesearch: Running Lucene over S3, and why we’re building a new search engine

    Source URL: https://nixiesearch.substack.com/p/nixiesearch-running-lucene-over-s3 Source: Hacker News Title: Nixiesearch: Running Lucene over S3, and why we’re building a new search engine Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text elaborates on the concepts surrounding a new stateless search engine called Nixiesearch, designed to operate over S3 block storage. It discusses the challenges of…

  • Slashdot: Chinese Hack of US ISPs Show Why Apple Is Right About Backdoors

    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/10/025236/chinese-hack-of-us-isps-show-why-apple-is-right-about-backdoors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Hack of US ISPs Show Why Apple Is Right About Backdoors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant cybersecurity incident involving Chinese hackers accessing U.S. ISPs’ systems, which were compromised due to security backdoors created for law enforcement wiretaps. This situation emphasizes…

  • Hacker News: Mozilla fixes Firefox zero-day actively exploited in attacks

    Source URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-fixes-firefox-zero-day-actively-exploited-in-attacks/ Source: Hacker News Title: Mozilla fixes Firefox zero-day actively exploited in attacks Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mozilla has released an emergency update for Firefox to patch a serious use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-9680) that is actively exploited by attackers. This flaw allows unauthorized code execution due to improper memory…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/09/cisa-adds-three-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Vulnerability CVE-2024-9379 Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) SQL Injection Vulnerability CVE-2024-9380 Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) OS Command Injection…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: File hosting services misused for identity phishing

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/08/file-hosting-services-misused-for-identity-phishing/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: File hosting services misused for identity phishing Feedly Summary: Since mid-April 2024, Microsoft has observed an increase in defense evasion tactics used in campaigns abusing file hosting services like SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dropbox. These campaigns use sophisticated techniques to perform social engineering, evade detection, and compromise identities,…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft Defender for Cloud remediated threats 30% faster than other solutions, according to Forrester TEI™ study

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/07/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-remediated-threats-30-faster-than-other-solutions-according-to-forrester-tei-study/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Microsoft Defender for Cloud remediated threats 30% faster than other solutions, according to Forrester TEI™ study Feedly Summary: Forrester found that Microsoft Defender for Cloud markedly enhanced the security, compliance, and operational efficiency of each company participating. The post Microsoft Defender for Cloud remediated threats 30% faster…

  • Hacker News: European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom malware

    Source URL: https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/mind-air-gap-goldenjackal-gooses-government-guardrails/ Source: Hacker News Title: European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom malware Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text presents an extensive analysis of the GoldenJackal APT group’s cyberespionage activities, notably their attacks on air-gapped systems within governmental organizations in Europe. It introduces previously undocumented malware tools employed…

  • Krebs on Security: Patch Tuesday, October 2024 Edition

    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/patch-tuesday-october-2024-edition/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Patch Tuesday, October 2024 Edition Feedly Summary: Microsoft today released security updates to fix at least 117 security holes in Windows computers and other software, including two vulnerabilities that are already seeing active attacks. Also, Adobe plugged 52 security holes across a range of products, and Apple…