Anatomy of an Attack

In today’s rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, organizations face increasingly sophisticated attacks targeting their applications. Understanding these threats and the technologies designed to combat them is crucial. This article delves into the mechanics of a common application attack, using the infamous Log4Shell vulnerability as an example, and demonstrates how Application Detection and

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Artificial intelligence, real anxiety: Why we can’t stop worrying and love AI

Does artificial intelligence really threaten the safety and well-being of huge swaths of the world’s population? With calls to action growing ever more urgent, the UN is now raising alarms.

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Authentik: Open-Source Identity Provider

Authentik is known for its adaptability and flexibility. It seamlessly integrates into existing environments, offering support for various protocols. It simplifies tasks like sign-up and account recovery in applications.

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Update: Ransomware Attack on Indian Payment System Traced Back to Jenkins Bug

A recent ransomware attack on Indian payment systems has been traced back to a vulnerability in the widely used Jenkins automation system. The attack targeted a digital payment system used by many Indian banks.

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Hackers Exploit PHP Vulnerability to Deploy Stealthy Msupedge Backdoor

A previously undocumented backdoor named Msupedge has been put to use against a cyber attack targeting an unnamed university in Taiwan.
“The most notable feature of this backdoor is that it communicates with a command-and-control (C&C) server via DNS traffic,” the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a report shared with The Hacker News.
The origins of the backdoor are

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How Exceptional CISOs Are Igniting the Security Fire in Their Development Team

For years, many CISOs have struggled to influence their development cohort on the importance of putting security first.

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Multiple Microsoft Apps for macOS Vulnerable to Library Injection Attacks

Microsoft has classified the issue as low-severity and has not issued any fixes, except for Teams and OneNote apps. Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word apps remain vulnerable.

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CISA Adds Jenkins CLI Bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Jenkins Command Line Interface (CLI) Path Traversal vulnerability, known as CVE-2024-23897 with a CVSS score of 9.8, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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Microsoft Mandates MFA for all Azure Sign-Ins

Phase 1 in October 2024 will require MFA for accessing Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Intune admin center, with Phase 2 in early 2025 extending enforcement to Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, mobile app, and Infrastructure as Code tools.

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Update: US Agencies Attribute Presidential Campaign Cyberattacks to Iran

The statement — which came Monday from the FBI, CISA, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) — specifically attributes the recently announced cyberattack on the campaign of former President Donald Trump to Iranian actors.

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