NETGEAR Router Misconfiguration Opens The Door For Remote Attacks
Tenable Research has discovered a configuration issue impacting NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Routers commonly used in small offices and large homes. Organizations need to manually apply firmware updates....
Cloud Security Basics: Protecting Your Web Applications
While cloud computing providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure offer robust and scalable services, securing your cloud environment brings its own unique challenges. You can reduce risk by addressing these eight common cloud security vulnerabilities...
Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021
International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. We identified vulnerabilities associated with these strains....
The Ransomware Ecosystem: In Pursuit of Fame and Fortune
The key players within the ransomware ecosystem, including affiliates and initial access brokers, work together cohesively like a band of musicians, playing their respective parts as they strive for fame and fortune....
Brazen, Unsophisticated and Illogical: Understanding the LAPSUS$ Extortion Group
Having gained the industry’s attention in the first months of 2022, the LAPSUS$ extortion group has largely gone quiet. What can we learn from this extortion group’s story and tactics?...
Securing Critical Infrastructure: What We've Learned from Recent Incidents
Learn about well-known vulnerabilities and attacks and how they affected critical infrastructure —from Phone Phreaking to recent ransomware....
Understanding the Ransomware Ecosystem: From Screen Lockers to Multimillion-Dollar Criminal Enterprise
Ransomware is a constantly evolving cyberthreat, and it is through its evolution that ransomware has managed to not only survive, but thrive....
Identifying XML External Entity: How Tenable.io Web Application Scanning Can Help
XML External Entity (XXE) flaws present unique mitigation challenges and remain a common attack path. Learn how XXE flaws arise, why some common attack paths are so challenging to mitigate and how Tenable.io Web Application Scanning can help....
Microsoft Azure Synapse Pwnalytics
Since March 10, Tenable Research has attempted to work with Microsoft to address two serious flaws in the underlying infrastructure of Azure Synapse Analytics....
So Many CVEs, So Little Time: Zero In and ‘Zero Click’ into the Current Vulnerability Landscape
Among the thousands of vulnerabilities disclosed so far in 2022, we highlight five and explain why they matter....
Twitter Crypto Scams: Bored Ape Yacht Club, Azuki and Other Projects Impersonated to Steal NFTs, Digital Currencies
Scammers are using verified and unverified accounts to impersonate notable NFT projects like Bored Ape Yacht Club and others, tagging Twitter users to drive them to phishing websites....
Behind the Scenes: How We Picked 2021’s Top Vulnerabilities – and What We Left Out
The 2021 Threat Landscape Retrospective explored the top five vulnerabilities of the year. Learn about other high-impact vulnerabilities that nearly made our list. When putting together the Threat Landscape Retrospective (TLR) for 2021, the Security Response Team had a particularly difficult chal...