On 29 July 2024, the researchers at Astra identified a critical vulnerability in UnifiedTransform, a popular school management software. CVE-2024-53573 is an improper access control vulnerability in an admin endpoint, leading to an account takeover.

Security can be a difficult, expensive world to navigate. So we decided to create a comprehensive guide of open-source security tools to cut through the bullsh*t and show what the most critical tools to implement are, what assets you need to protect, and how you can build a long-term security plan using only free and open-source tools.

While Kubernetes’ Role-based access control (RBAC) authorization model is an essential part of securing Kubernetes, managing it has proven to be a significant challenge — especially when dealing with numerous users and pods. Fortunately, KubiScan is here to help address this issue.

Employees often need to access various online services for work and personal purposes. Whether signing up for industry newsletters, registering for webinars, or using online tools, a corporate email address is a convenient way to manage professional communication. However, this seemingly harmless habit can expose employees and their organizations to significant risks.

Trend Micro warns that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor Earth Koshchei (also known as “APT29” or “Cozy Bear”) is using spear phishing emails to trick victims into connecting to rogue Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) relays. “Earth Koshchei’s rogue RDP campaign reached its peak on October 22, when spear-phishing emails were sent to governments and armed forces, think tanks, academic researchers, and Ukrainian targets,” Trend Micro explains.

KnowBe4 is a big believer in focusing on decreasing human risk as the best way to decrease cybersecurity risk in most environments. A big part of decreasing human risk is using effective security awareness training (SAT). You do not want to just focus on SAT, but SAT is a big part of decreasing human risk. To be sure, your human risk management projects need to be broadly focused on more than SAT. We agree.

No, you don’t need more than one Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution to protect your organization if you find one that encompasses zero-knowledge security, granular access control, session management and automated password rotation. Previously, your organization may have needed multiple PAM solutions for various tasks; however, KeeperPAM is a unified platform that provides centralized cloud management of privileged access, passwords, secrets and connections.