Tag: mitigation

CISA marks NAKIVO’s critical backup vulnerability as actively exploited

Mar 21, 2025 2:13 PM

Tags: access, advisory, backup, cisa, ciso, cloud, cybersecurity, exploit, kev, mitigation, network, service, update, vulnerability

CISOs advised to push for immediate patching: CISA has advised immediate federal and civilian patching of the flaw. For the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies, the US cybersecurity watchdog has stipulated a patching deadline of April 19, 2025, in accordance with the BOD 22-01 directive.”Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance…
Tomcat RCE Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild Mitigation Steps Outlined

Mar 21, 2025 8:13 AM

Tags: apache, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, malicious, mitigation, rce, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerability

A recent vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, identified as CVE-2025-24813, has sparked concerns among cybersecurity professionals due to its potential for exploitation in unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), severe information leakage, and malicious content injection. This vulnerability was publicly disclosed on March 10, 2025, along with a patch, and has already seen initial exploit attempts by…
The State of Digital Trust in 2025 Consumers Still Shoulder the Responsibility

Mar 20, 2025 2:13 PM

Tags: access, ai, authentication, banking, breach, captcha, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, deep-fake, encryption, finance, fintech, framework, GDPR, government, healthcare, identity, india, insurance, law, login, malicious, metric, mfa, mitigation, password, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool

The State of Digital Trust in 2025 – Consumers Still Shoulder the Responsibility madhav Thu, 03/20/2025 – 04:52 Trust remains the cornerstone of digital interactions, yet its foundations are increasingly fragile in an era of sophisticated cyber threats and evolving consumer expectations. The 2024 Digital Trust Index gave us extremely important insights into the expectations…
How DHS is working to continually improve the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program

Mar 19, 2025 10:13 PM

Tags: cisa, mitigation

Two CISA officials detailed the way agencies are leveraging the program to get the best CDM can offer. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/dhs-cdm-improvement-elasic-shelly-hartsook-matt-house/
360 Privacy Raises $36M to Expand Threat Protection Services

Mar 14, 2025 11:52 PM

Tags: data, mitigation, privacy, risk, service, threat

Investment to Scale Engineering, Expansion from Data Deletion to Threat Reduction. Executive digital protection firm 360 Privacy raised $36 million to expand its engineering team and boost its ability to remove sensitive data from brokers. The company is shifting from a data deletion focus to broader threat mitigation, tackling risks from digital tracking and location…
Generative AI red teaming: Tips and techniques for putting LLMs to the test

Mar 13, 2025 7:52 AM

Tags: ai, attack, best-practice, business, data, defense, detection, exploit, framework, group, guide, infrastructure, injection, LLM, mitigation, mitre, ml, nist, privacy, RedTeam, risk, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability

Defining objectives and scopeAssembling a teamThreat modelingAddressing the entire application stackDebriefing, post-engagement analysis, and continuous improvementGenerative AI red teaming complements traditional red teaming by focusing on the nuanced and complex aspects of AI-driven systems including accounting for new testing dimensions such as AI-specific threat modeling, model reconnaissance, prompt injection, guardrail bypass, and more. AI red-teaming…
Chinese cyberespionage group deploys custom backdoors on Juniper routers

Mar 12, 2025 4:52 PM

Tags: access, attack, authentication, backdoor, backup, botnet, china, control, credentials, cyberespionage, ddos, detection, encryption, endpoint, espionage, exploit, google, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, malicious, malware, mandiant, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, router, software, switch, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, zero-day

File integrity protections were bypassed: Attackers’ initial access to the Juniper MX routers analyzed by Mandiant seems to have been achieved with legitimate credentials. While UNC3886 has developed and used zero-day exploits to compromise network-edge devices in the past, the group actively performs credential collection on compromised networks for lateral movement to support its goal…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: CSA Outlines Data Security Challenges and Best Practices, While ISACA Offers Tips To Retain IT Pros

Mar 7, 2025 8:53 PM

Tags: advisory, ai, awareness, banking, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, corporate, crime, crypto, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, governance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, iot, jobs, mail, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, nis-2, privacy, qr, ransom, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, scam, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vmware, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-day

Check out best practices for shoring up data security and reducing cyber risk. Plus, get tips on how to improve job satisfaction among tech staff. Meanwhile, find out why Congress wants federal contractors to adopt vulnerability disclosure programs. And get the latest on cyber scams; zero-day vulnerabilities; and critical infrastructure security. Dive into six things…
What is DNS Hijacking: Detection, Prevention, and Mitigation

Mar 7, 2025 10:54 AM

Tags: detection, dns, mitigation

Discover how DNS hijacking works, explore real-world examples and discover effective ways to detect, prevent, and fix DNS hijacking with actionable strategies. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/what-is-dns-hijacking-detection-prevention-and-mitigation/
What is risk management? Quantifying and mitigating uncertainty

Mar 7, 2025 7:53 AM

Tags: breach, business, cio, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, data, finance, flaw, framework, governance, healthcare, infosec, infrastructure, insurance, international, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, nist, risk, risk-analysis, risk-assessment, risk-management, software, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerability

How do organizations structure risk management operations?: Risk management has in some organizations traditionally been multicentric, with different departments or individuals within the org implementing risk management techniques in their work: Risk management is a component of good project management, for instance. IT leaders in particular must be able to integrate risk management philosophies and…
Managing Legacy Medical Device and App Cyber Risks

Mar 6, 2025 11:53 PM

Tags: cyber, healthcare, mitigation, risk

Legacy apps and medical devices continue to pose persistent and considerable risk to healthcare IT environments, and many organizations are still unaware of their prevalence in their settings, said Keith Fricke, partner and principal consultant at tw-Security, who discusses mitigation steps to take. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/managing-legacy-medical-device-app-cyber-risks-i-5464
Critical vulnerabilities expose network security risks in Keysight’s infrastructure

Mar 5, 2025 3:34 PM

Tags: access, advisory, attack, best-practice, cisa, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, Internet, malicious, mitigation, network, risk, service, software, strategy, threat, unauthorized, update, vpn, vulnerability

Potential threats to enterprises: Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could have dire consequences, including system crashes, arbitrary file deletions, and unauthorized access to sensitive information. Attackers leveraging these flaws may gain control over affected devices, facilitating further attacks within an enterprise’s network.Furthermore, multiple path traversal vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-21095 and CVE-2025-23416) identified in the affected software versions…
CISA Issues Alert on Actively Exploited VMware Vulnerabilities

Mar 5, 2025 3:34 PM

Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, linux, mitigation, threat, vmware, vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) escalated warnings on March 4, 2025, by adding four severe vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. Federal agencies and private organizations are urged to prioritize mitigation efforts, as threat actors are actively weaponizing these flaws in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and the Linux kernel. CVE-2025-22225:…
Geopolitical tensions fuel surge in OT and ICS cyberattacks

Feb 26, 2025 5:23 AM

Tags: access, attack, authentication, communications, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, data, exploit, flaw, framework, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, linux, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, phishing, russia, threat, ukraine, update, vulnerability

New Russian group focused on Ukraine: The second new group to launch attack campaigns against industrial organizations last year, dubbed GRAPHITE, has overlaps with APT28 activities. Also known as Fancy Bear or Pawn Storm, APT28 is believed to be a unit inside Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).GRAPHITE launched constant phishing campaigns against hydroelectric,…
DNS Amplification Attacks: Examples, Detection Mitigation

Feb 25, 2025 4:22 PM

Tags: attack, ddos, detection, dns, mitigation, network, strategy

Discover DNS amplification attacks, examples, detection methods, and mitigation strategies to protect your network from DDoS threats. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/dns-amplification-attacks-examples-detection-mitigation/
What is SIEM? Improving security posture through event log data

Feb 20, 2025 7:46 AM

Tags: access, ai, api, automation, ciso, cloud, compliance, data, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, fortinet, gartner, google, guide, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, LLM, microsoft, mitigation, mobile, monitoring, network, openai, regulation, risk, router, security-incident, service, siem, soar, soc, software, threat, tool

At its core, a SIEM is designed to parse and analyze various log files, including firewalls, servers, routers and so forth. This means that SIEMs can become the central “nerve center” of a security operations center, driving other monitoring functions to resolve the various daily alerts.Added to this data are various threat intelligence feeds that…
Understanding OWASP’s Top 10 list of non-human identity critical risks

Feb 20, 2025 7:46 AM

Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, blizzard, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, framework, gartner, guide, iam, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, least-privilege, malicious, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, okta, password, programming, radius, risk, saas, security-incident, service, software, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-trust

OWASPThis scenario also occurs with NHIs, and as mentioned above, at a scale that significantly exceeds that of their human counterparts. In this case, the credentials are often tied to applications, services, automated workflows, and systems that are given NHI credentials to facilitate activities but then never cleaned up as the associated applications, services, and…
How to evaluate and mitigate risks to the global supply chain

Feb 17, 2025 8:46 AM

Tags: access, business, ceo, ciso, communications, compliance, control, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, government, intelligence, international, ISO-27001, kaspersky, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, office, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, russia, service, soc, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability

Maintain a diversified supply chain: Organizations that source from international technology suppliers need to ensure they are not overly reliant on a single vendor, single region or even a single technology. Maintaining a diversified supply chain can mitigate costly disruptions from a cyberattack or vulnerability involving a key supplier, or from disruptions tied to regulatory…
Hacker attackieren Bundeswehr-Universität

Feb 15, 2025 5:14 AM

Tags: access, bug, conference, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, google, governance, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, mail, mitigation, password, service, threat

Die Studierenden an der Universität der Bundeswehr dürften wenig begeistert darüber sein, dass Hacker ihre Daten abgegriffen haben.Universität der BundeswehrHacker haben die Universität der Bundeswehr in Neubiberg bei München angegriffen. Laut einem Bericht des Handelsblatts seien dabei auch sensible Daten abgeflossen. Die Attacke sei von verschiedenen Quellen aus Universitätskreisen bestätigt worden, hieß es. Demzufolge habe…
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025: Takeaways, reflections, and learnings for the future

Feb 11, 2025 3:55 PM

Tags: attack, best-practice, ceo, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, finance, fortinet, group, intelligence, international, law, lessons-learned, mitigation, open-source, organized, risk, strategy, tactics, technology, threat

Increasingly sophisticated threat actors in the evolving cybersecurity landscape In a world where cybercriminals often operate with a level of efficiency mirroring that of Fortune 500 companies, it is essential that we look to ways we can better collaborate to counter them. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of room for improvement; in 2023, 87%…
Die besten Cyber-Recovery-Lösungen

Feb 7, 2025 5:06 AM

Tags: access, ai, backup, business, cloud, cyber, cyberattack, data, detection, endpoint, Hardware, incident response, mail, malware, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, ransomware, risk, saas, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trust
Security Consolidation Improves Efficiency, Threat Mitigation

Feb 6, 2025 3:06 PM

Tags: mitigation, threat, tool

Enterprises are shifting toward security tool consolidation as cyberthreats grow in complexity, opting for integrated platforms over fragmented, multi-vendor solutions. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/security-consolidation-improves-efficiency-threat-mitigation/
The Secret to Your Artifactory: Inside The Attacker Kill-Chain

Feb 3, 2025 9:12 PM

Tags: data-breach, leak, least-privilege, mitigation, risk, strategy, supply-chain

Artifactory token leaks are not the most common, but they pose significant risks, exposing sensitive assets and enabling supply chain attacks. This article explores the dangers of leaked tokens and proposes mitigation strategies, including token scoping and implementing least privilege policies. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/the-secret-to-your-artifactory-inside-the-attacker-kill-chain/
Codefinger Ransomware: Detection and Mitigation Using MixMode

Jan 29, 2025 6:36 PM

Tags: control, cyber, detection, encryption, exploit, mitigation, ransomware, threat

The Codefinger ransomware represents a new frontier in cyber threats, specifically targeting AWS S3 buckets. By exploiting Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys (SSE-C), attackers gain control over the encryption process, rendering recovery impossible without their AES-256 keys. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/codefinger-ransomware-detection-and-mitigation-using-mixmode/
Cross-post: Office of the CISO 2024 Year in Review: AI Trust and Security

Jan 29, 2025 4:36 PM

Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, best-practice, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, detection, finance, framework, google, governance, guide, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, lessons-learned, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, office, openai, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability

[written together with Marina Kaganovich, Executive Trust Lead, Office of the CISO @ Google Cloud; originally posted here] In 2024, we shared our insights on how to approach generative AI securely by exploring the fundamentals of this innovative technology, delving into key security terms, and examining the essential policies needed for AI governance. We also discussed…
CISA warns of critical, high-risk flaws in ICS products from four vendors

Jan 29, 2025 5:37 AM

Tags: access, authentication, automation, cisa, cloud, computing, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, leak, mitigation, monitoring, open-source, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, threat, update, vulnerability, windows

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Alliance has issued advisories for 11 critical and high-risk vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) products from several manufacturers.The issues include OS command injection, unsafe deserialization of data, use of broken cryptographic algorithms, authentication bypass, improper access controls, use of default credentials, sensitive information leaks, and more. The flaws…
How to Mitigate a DDoS Attack: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses

Jan 28, 2025 6:36 PM

Tags: attack, ddos, guide, mitigation, network

Explore DDoS mitigation, from choosing providers to understanding network capacity, latency, SLAs, and how solutions like DataDome can protect your assets First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/how-to-mitigate-a-ddos-attack-a-comprehensive-guide-for-businesses/
Barracuda Aims To Boost Email Protection With New Account Takeover, Threat Mitigation Capabilities

Jan 28, 2025 4:37 PM

Tags: email, mitigation, threat

Barracuda is debuting a major set of new email protection capabilities along with new bundles and complimentary support for partners, according to Chief Product Officer Neal Bradbury. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/barracuda-aims-to-boost-email-protection-with-new-account-takeover-threat-mitigation-capabilities
CISOs’ top 12 cybersecurity priorities for 2025

Jan 27, 2025 11:03 AM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, detection, framework, governance, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, mssp, oracle, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, threat, training, usa, zero-trust

Security chief Andrew Obadiaru’s to-do list for the upcoming year will be familiar to CISOs everywhere: advance a zero-trust architecture in the organization; strengthen identity and access controls as part of that drive; increase monitoring of third-party risks; and expand the use of artificial intelligence in security operations.”Nothing is particularly new, maybe AI is newer,…
Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service nur für aktuelle Systeme

Jan 27, 2025 7:03 AM

Tags: microsoft, mitigation, service

Seit September 2021 stellt Microsoft für Exchange Server den Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service (EEMS) zur besseren Exchange-Absicherung bereit. Dieser Dienst funktioniert aber nur auf Systemen, die auch aktuell sind. Auf diesen Sachverhalt hat Microsoft Ende letzter Woche explizit hingewiesen. Rückblick: … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/01/27/exchange-emergency-mitigation-service-nur-fuer-aktuelle-systeme/