Last week, a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-0185 was disclosed, affecting Linux kernel versions 5.1 to 5.16.1. The security vulnerability is an integer underflow in the Filesystem Context module that allows a local attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the kernel, thus leading to privilege escalation, container environment escape, or denial of service.
Although commercial quantum computing may still be decades away, government agencies and industry experts agree that now is the time to prepare your cybersecurity landscape for the future. The power of quantum computing brings security complexities that we are only beginning to understand. Even now, our cybersecurity climate is getting hotter. The average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high in 2021, and the attack vector grows larger by the minute.
The security operations center (SOC) has been on the front line facing the pandemic-induced escalation of cybersecurity threats in the past eighteen months. A 2020 study by Forrester found that the average security operations team receives more than 11,000 alerts per day and that figure is likely to have grown in the intervening period. While they were deeply engaged responding to the crisis, SOC teams were simultaneously facing the disruption common to all formerly office-based workers.
WannaCry malware was first discovered in May 2017 and a patch was released roughly two months prior to its public release. However, 230,000 computers were globally affected by WannaCry as of 3/31/2021. It is unfortunate to hear, but many companies remain vulnerable to this attack due to unpatched systems. We often see that by the time some companies update their systems, they have already experienced a breach.
CISA recently advised U.S. business leaders to protect their companies from destructive malware that has been seen targeting Ukraine. This emphasizes the importance of having the right technologies in place. The automated detection and protection capabilities of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform protect customers from this malware, provide them with visibility into their environments and allow for intelligent monitoring of cloud resources.
CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA are an ever-present component on any website that requires user interaction. But the risks of embedding CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA plugins on a website can outweigh the benefits. Flawed code can increase the threat of client-side attacks. Who hasn’t encountered a CAPTCHA?
