ServiceNow - Username Enumeration Vulnerability (CVE-2021-45901)

During a recent engagement Trustwave SpiderLabs discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2021-45901) within ServiceNow (Orlando) which allows for a successful username enumeration by using a wordlist. By using an unauthenticated session and navigating to the password reset form, it is possible to infer a valid username. This is achieved through examination of the HTTP POST response data initially triggered by the password reset web form. This response differs depending on a username's existence.

6 challenges when protecting a distributed workforce

When employees connect to professional networks remotely the cyber-threat level rises. Elements such as the expansion of the security perimeter of organizations when working remotely or the proliferation of threats from COVID-19-related topics have changed the way we understand cybersecurity. But there are other, more specific challenges that make it more difficult for MSPs to protect clients that have a remotely distributed workforce. These 6 challenges are.

How to Protect Cloud Workloads from Zero-day Vulnerabilities

Protecting cloud workloads from zero-day vulnerabilities like Log4Shell is a challenge that every organization faces. When a vulnerability is published, organizations can try to identify impacted artifacts through software composition analysis, but even if they’re able to identify all impacted areas, the patching process can be cumbersome and time-consuming. As we saw with Log4Shell, this can become even more complicated when the vulnerability is nearly ubiquitous.

3 Payment Security Challenges to Expect in 2022 (And How to Overcome Them)

Over the past two years that we have lived with the pandemic, the world has changed dramatically. Those changes provided financial criminals with great opportunities to take advantage of many businesses when they were at their most vulnerable, trying to adjust to a new reality. Remote working environments, the ongoing digitization of services, COVID-19 restrictions – all have contributed to the development of new cyber threats and techniques.

Pentest 101: How to Dodge the Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Directory Traversal might not be considered as a high-impact vulnerability but it can be a stepping stone to information leak and shell upload vulnerability. The lack of directory traversal security can allow an attacker to manipulate the file path to gain unauthorized access to different files in the directory. You need penetration testing to detect the directory traversal vulnerability. This video is a short explanation of how the file traversal vulnerability can be exploited, and how you can avoid it.

Log4Shell remediation with Snyk by the numbers

We’re almost two months from the disclosure of Log4Shell, and we here at Snyk couldn’t be more excited with the role we’ve gotten to play in finding and fixing this critical vulnerability that’s impacted so many Java shops. For starters, we’ve been able to help our customers remediate Log4Shell 100x faster than the industry average! How have we been able to achieve that?

How to Protect Your CI/CD Pipeline

Application Architecture Summit, January 2021 How to protect your CI/CD pipeline so it doesn’t turn into a vulnerability superspreader. CI/CD pipelines bring so much application security good to the development process. They help increase test coverage and reduce human error by automating away toil. But without proper controls, an over-privileged and insufficiently monitored CI/CD pipeline can turn into a vulnerability superspreader. This talk will show you how to manage identity-based access so your CI/CD pipeline stays secure using the open-source solution Teleport and Github Actions.

The Essential Guide to Understanding the DevOps Lifecycle

DevOps has revolutionized how software is developed and deployed by introducing a more collaborative environment for development and bridging the gap between developers and operations. All the while ensuring flexibility to meet any consumer or market demands. However, it would be best if you implemented a proper DevOps lifecycle in your organization to take full advantage of all the benefits offered by DevOps.