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...
The 2021 Threat Landscape Retrospective: Targeting the Vulnerabilities that Matter Most
A review of the year in vulnerabilities and breaches, with insights to help guide cybersecurity strategy in 2022 and beyond....
YouTube Shorts: Stolen TikTok Videos Manipulated in Adult Dating, Dubious Products Scams for Views and Subscribers
As Google's TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts gains viewers, hordes of scammers are quick to follow....
Fake Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Cardano, Ripple and Shiba Inu Giveaways Proliferate on YouTube Live
Scammers are leveraging compromised YouTube accounts to promote fake cryptocurrency giveaways for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Cardano, Ripple, Shiba Inu and other cryptocurrencies....
Identifying Server Side Request Forgery: How Tenable.io Web Application Scanning Can Help
Learn how SSRF flaws arise, why three common attack paths are so challenging to mitigate and how Tenable.io Web Application Scanning can help....
TikTok LIVE Scams: Stolen Live Footage Used to Earn TikTok Gifts, Promote Scams to Make Money
Stolen video footage of celebrities, content creators and others is being used by scammers in TikTok LIVE streams to earn TikTok gifts, peddle questionable products and drive users to adult dating websites....
Elon Musk and YouTube Advertising Scams: Fake SpaceX “Coin” Promoted in Ads During Cryptocurrency Videos
Scammers are on pace to steal nearly $1 million USD from unsuspecting users through a popular decentralized finance protocol, Uniswap, by abusing YouTube to promote a fake SpaceX coin as part of ads appearing before and during cryptocurrency videos.BackgroundIn early May, scammers compromised Twitte...
Understanding Cross-Origin Resource Sharing Vulnerabilities
To avoid exposure to a variety of web application vulnerabilities, specific security considerations must be made when implementing Cross-Origin Resource SharingToday’s modern web applications rely heavily on JavaScript to be dynamic, and ensure the best experience for end-users. Providing content an...
Scams Exploit COVID-19 Giveaways Via Venmo, PayPal and Cash App
The economic impact of COVID-19, which is causing record unemployment, creates a golden opportunity for scammers looking to target vulnerable people desperate for cash to help pay their bills.As Cash App steps up the frequency of its giveaways, and celebrities and other notable figures launch giveaw...
What Is VPR and How Is It Different from CVSS?
This blog series will provide an in-depth discussion of vulnerability priority rating (VPR) from a number of different perspectives. Part one will focus on the distinguishing characteristics of VPR that make it a more suitable tool for prioritizing remediation efforts than the Common Vulnerability S...