The cloud revolution has firmly taken hold, and businesses of all sizes are adopting cloud-native technologies. This new paradigm has also created newer attack surfaces for cybercriminals, who are eager to exploit known security gaps in cloud environments. Sysdig is collaborating with Docker to deliver a more efficient process for identifying risks and opportunities for accelerated remediation in Docker Scout using runtime insights.
In the tech security scene, we’re always on the lookout for new vulnerabilities, especially when they are already exploited in the wild. The latest zero-day CVE-2023-20269 is hitting Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance VPN features. The attack surface scan conducted by IONIX research on a sample of organizations indicates that 13% of these appliances are potentially vulnerable through at least one interface.
Cyberattacks are on the rise around the globe. Recent data suggest that there are 2,200 cyberattacks every day and that the average cost of a data breach is $9.44 million. Of those cyberattacks, 92% are delivered via email in the form of malware and phishing. In 2022 alone, businesses reported 255 million phishing attacks with an average cost of $4.91 million.
While regulations like Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 have expanded in size and scope in the past several years, my experience with CMMC actually dates back to early 2017. At the time, I was working with a client who was a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense. They were looking to jump into the deep end and start implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which CMMC is based upon.
On 2023-10-04 at 13:00 UTC, Atlassian released details of the zero-day vulnerability described as “Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server” (CVE-2023-22515), a zero-day vulnerability impacting Confluence Server and Data Center products. Cloudflare was warned about the vulnerability before the advisory was published and worked with Atlassian to proactively apply protective WAF rules for all customers.
