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Credential theft is one of the most common methods used by cybercriminals to gain unauthorized access to an organization, according to Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. Credential theft places organizations at a greater risk of data breaches, so steps must be taken to prevent it.

The stereotype of the government as a slow-moving behemoth is not ill-fitting, but when it makes adjustments and changes, it does so with deliberation and intent. An excellent example is the ongoing development and evolution of things like security standards. Technology moves much, much faster than the government can respond to or that even most businesses could adjust to without a significant investment or a time delay.

On April 12, 2024, Palo Alto disclosed a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-3400 in its PAN OS operating system, which carries the highest severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scale. This vulnerability, present in certain versions of Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS within the GlobalProtect feature, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute any code with root privileges on the firewall through command injection.

Microsegmentation represents a transformative approach to enhancing network security within Kubernetes environments. This technique divides networks into smaller, isolated segments, allowing for granular control over traffic flow and significantly bolstering security posture. At its core, microsegmentation leverages Kubernetes network policies to isolate workloads, applications, namespaces, and entire clusters, tailoring security measures to specific organizational needs and compliance requirements.

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) threat groups are placing severe and continuous pressure on the financial and government services sectors in Latin America, according to data compiled by the elite Trustwave SpiderLabs team. RaaS is where developers working for threat actors manage and update the malware while affiliates carry out the actual ransomware attacks.

In the increasing digitisation of essential services, governments worldwide have been enacting legislation to ensure the protection of vital systems. Australia is like no other, and as we in cybersecurity are all aware, the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI Act) stands as a crucial piece of legislation aimed at safeguarding our nation.

We’re excited to bring you two significant updates to Veracode Fix: our AI-powered security flaw remediation tool. Since we launched Fix nearly a year ago, two requests have dominated our customer feedback: We recently launched a new version of Veracode Scan for VS Code that included Fix (with more IDE’s to follow), which answered some of those requests, and now we’re updating Fix to cover more languages and a new mode that will automatically apply the top-ranked fix.

CVEs, or known and cataloged software vulnerabilities, dominate the discussion about open source software (OSS) risk. In 2016, 6,457 CVEs were reported. That number has grown every year since, reaching 28,961 CVEs reported in 2023—an increase of nearly 4.5 times in just seven years. 2024 is already on track to beat 2023, and we will likely see even faster growth once AI is earnestly set to the task of finding vulnerabilities (not to mention creating them).

Managing email services efficiently is essential for any organization’s productivity and security in the modern digital workspace. This blog will discuss Exchange Online administrative tasks and how to streamline their management process. Before we discuss how to manage Exchange Online, we’ll explore its history.

On April 12th, Palo Alto disclosed a vulnerability with a maximum severity rating for the PAN-OS Global Protect Gateway. There was clear evidence that the vulnerability was being actively exploited as early as March 26th. When exploited, this vulnerability enables an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall. Palo Alto expected patches to be released for tested mitigations to block known attacks on April 14th.