Wayward Sheriffs and Confused Deputies: Risks in GCP Third Party Access
February 1, 2022Most GCP third-party vendors ask for permanent service account keys for access -- increasing credential leakage risk. Used correctly, short-lived credentials offer a secure alternative.
What Is IaC and Why Does It Matter to the CISO?
February 1, 2022Many vendors and security companies are buying or building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security into their portfolios, and this trend is only expected to continue. Here’s what you need to know. In...
Securing Critical Infrastructure: The Essential Role of Public-Private Partnerships
January 31, 2022Government collaboration with industry can help drive strategic planning and tactical operations to address cyberthreats. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) states, “P...
Oracle January 2022 Critical Patch Update Addresses 266 CVEs
January 19, 2022Oracle addresses 266 CVEs in its first quarterly update of 2022 with 497 patches, including 25 critical updates. Background On January 18, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Januar...
The 2021 Threat Landscape Retrospective: Targeting the Vulnerabilities that Matter Most
January 19, 2022A review of the year in vulnerabilities and breaches, with insights to help guide cybersecurity strategy in 2022 and beyond.
CVE-2021-44757: ZoHo Patches Authentication Bypass in ManageEngine Desktop Central
January 18, 2022ZoHo patches authentication bypass in ManageEngine Desktop Central that could allow attackers to write arbitrary zip files to the server. Background On January 17, ZoHo issued an advisory and patche...
Testing the Waters: First Impressions of CloudTrail Lake
January 13, 2022Our first impressions of AWS's new managed audit and security lake that allows you to aggregate, immutably store, and query activity logs.
YouTube Shorts: Stolen TikTok Videos Manipulated in Adult Dating, Dubious Products Scams for Views and Subscribers
January 12, 2022As Google's TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts gains viewers, hordes of scammers are quick to follow.
Tracking Adversaries in AWS Using Anomaly Detection
January 11, 2022Here’s how to minimize the impact of a breach by identifying malicious actors’ anomalous behavior and taking action.
Microsoft’s January 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 97 CVEs (CVE-2022-21907)
January 11, 2022Microsoft addresses 97 CVEs in its January 2022 Patch Tuesday release, including four zero-day vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed but not exploited in the wild. 9Critical 88Important...
SEGA’s Saga of Nearly Compromised Credentials
January 6, 2022A look at VPNO’s recent findings of publicly accessible S3 buckets on SEGA’s infrastructure and what we can learn from it.
A Holiday Story, Internet Edition: The Impact Of Assessing And Addressing Log4j Installations Proactively
December 30, 2021A look at our log4j data.