A Look Back at the Executive Order on Cybersecurity

It has officially been one year since the release of the Biden administration’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity, which outlines security requirements for software vendors selling software to the U.S. government. These requirements include security testing in the development process and a software bill of materials for the open-source libraries in use so that known vulnerabilities are disclosed and able to be tracked in the future, among other things.

RedLine Stealer Campaign Using Binance Mystery Box Videos to Spread GitHub-Hosted Payload

RedLine Stealer is a malware that emerged in 2020, discovered in underground forums being sold in different plans, starting from $100 per month. The malware offers many capabilities for device reconnaissance, remote control, and information stealing, including: Since its discovery, attackers have used many different vectors to spread this stealer, including through fake installers and fake game hacking tools. Also, RedLine Stealer was found in compromised devices by the DEV-0537 hacking group (a.k.a.

This Password Has Appeared in a Data Leak: How to Respond

“This password has appeared in a data leak, putting this account at high risk of compromise. You should change your password immediately” – if you own an iPhone or iPad running on iOS 14 or above, you may have received this worrying message lately. Apple rolled out this feature across both devices and Macs as a cybersecurity feature. If you have received this notification, you might be wondering what it means and what to do next. Read on to learn more.

Elastic and Tines partner to detect security threats and reduce mean time to respond

Today, we’re happy to announce that Elastic and Tines are partnering to help our joint users detect security threats and reduce mean time to respond. Many of the world’s best security teams rely on the power of Elastic’s high-speed, cloud-scale detection, prevention, and response capabilities to investigate and contain potential security threats within their environments.

New Typosquating Attack on npm Package 'colors' Using Cross language Technique Explained

All developers are prone to mistakes that leave them open to typosquatting attacks. Tiredness, dirty keyboard, or software issues may lead to typing some letters twice. Everyone would like to see a red screen and alarm coming out of the computer in such a case, but sadly, it doesn’t always work that way with most supply chain attacks.

Impact Analysis: CVE-2022-29218, Allows Unauthorized Takeover of New Gem Versions via Cache Poisoning

It’s been a bad month for RubyGems vulnerabilities. Critical CVE-2022-29176 was issued May 8, 2022, and another critical CVE-2022-29218 was discovered less than a week later, on May 11. This new vulnerability would allow for a takeover of new versions of some platform-specific gems under certain circumstances.