Recent high-profile security incidents, such as the compromises at SolarWinds and CodeCov and the vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server, have drawn attention to the risks posed by the software we invite into the heart of our networks and often trust implicitly. The processes and procedures for identifying and mitigating the risks posed by these third-partyRead more
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now works with Intel’s low level CPU hardware based Threat Detection Technology to spot and block cryptojacking malware. Intel Threat Detection Technology (TDT) uses machine learning to analyse low level telemetry from the CPU’s performance monitoring subsystem to identify that cryptomining is happening and then signals Microsoft Defender to do somethingRead more
Apple has released MacOS 11.3 which patches a critical zero-day bug that allows malware to bypass the built in Gatekeeper and Notarization protections designed to protect users from malicious software. The bug is already under active attack from Shlayer malware and because it is trivial to replicate, you can expect to see a slew ofRead more
An unauthorised change to a script used by Codecov customers to upload software test results has stolen the credentials and API tokens for thousands of organisation’s development environments. Codecov is a tool used to track what percentage of an application’s source code has been exercised during software testing. To do this, it is integrated into theRead more
Security networking vendors SonicWall and Pulse Secure have both issued urgent alerts to customers regarding active zero-day attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in their products. SonicWall 3 zero-day vulnerabilities SonicWall has patched three zero-day vulnerabilities that affect their Email Security product. When chained together the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to create a new administrator account onRead more
As security professionals our job is to safeguard the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the information and assets placed in our care. A Security Incident is anything that happens which places one or more of those aspects at risk. This usually will be as the result of a malicious act such as an attempted networkRead more
The UK National Cyber Security Centre has issued an alert warning organisation to urgently identify and patch Fortinet VPN devices on their networks. The NCSC alert warns : The NCSC is concerned that a significant number of organisations in the UK have not patched the Fortinet VPN vulnerability CVE-2018-13379. This continues to be actively exploitedRead more
The April security patch bundle from Microsoft resolves 108 vulnerabilities, 19 of them Critical and 5 are zero-day with one already under active attack. The majority of the remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed this month are in the Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime. 27 Critical or Important vulnerabilities have been resolved in this software thatRead more
SAP has issued an urgent security report after an increase in attacks against unpatched SAP systems using a variety of attack vectors. A new report from SAP and security firm Onapsis details how criminals are targeting mission critical SAP systems which are vulnerable due to security patches not being applied in a timely manner. TheRead more
Facebook has been in the news this week over a data breach from 2019 when over half a billion user’s details were stolen from the company. What are the security implications for businesses today? In 2019 the Facebook website was scraped to steal the account information for over 500 million users – including combinations ofRead more
