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Many organizations find it challenging to locate and fix the vulnerabilities in their containers. But the team at Okta knew that securing the containers that support Auth0 (their identity and access (management platform), was imperative. The team also knew these security processes had to be developer-friendly: making finding and fixing container vulnerabilities as simple as possible.

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a web security vulnerability that happens when cybercriminals inject client-side scripts into web pages accessible by other users. These scripts compromise the web page and allow cybercriminals to inject malicious scripts into a user’s browser, leading to the exposure of data, session hijacking or manipulation of the web page’s content and functionality.

Have you ever found yourself worrying about the safety of your data? In the contemporary digital-first world, where cyber threats only seem to be growing more sophisticated, such concerns hardly come as a surprise.

Developing quality software applications can be arduous, as many moving parts must come together to create a working solution. That’s why developers need all the help and convenience they can get, especially when securing their applications. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is one of the most popular open source code editors for various reasons.

Containers bring new flexibility and agility to software development and deployment. However, they also introduce a new attack surface that malicious actors can exploit. A compromised container can give an attacker access to other containers and even the host system. Smaller images that contain fewer artifacts are already a great help in achieving a smaller attack surface.

CISA added CVE-2023-24489 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog in August 2023. CVE-2023-24489 is an access control vulnerability impacting the use of Citrix ShareFile StorageZones Controller version 5.11.24 and below. Citrix ShareFile is a real-time collaboration platform. While ShareFile primarily offers a cloud-based file-sharing application, there are some features that accommodate data storage through the use of a storage zone controller.

Kroll’s findings for Q2 2023 reveal a notable shift toward increased supply chain risk, driven not only by the CLOP ransomware gang’s exploitation of the MOVEit transfer vulnerability, but by a rise in email compromise attacks. This and other key security trends are shaping a threat landscape in which diverse cyber threats are present.

Recently, the Kubernetes Security Response Committee disclosed three interrelated vulnerabilities affecting the Windows versions of Kubelet and the Kubernetes CSI proxy. These vulnerabilities pose a significant risk, allowing even users with limited permissions to escalate their privileges to administrator level on affected nodes.

On August 21, 2023, Ivanti published a knowledge base article on a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting Ivanti Sentry (CVE-2023-38035). For this vulnerability to be exploited, the System Management Portal which is hosted on port 8443 by default must be exposed to the internet. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a remote unauthenticated threat actor making configuration changes to the server and the underlying Operating System (OS) as root.

Managing dependencies for a project is a task that requires consistent effort and attention. Surely, you’ve found yourself concerned about any of the following while maintaining a project: Luckily, we’ve been able to use GitHub bots to automate dependency management to an extent with solutions like Dependabot and GreenKeeper. However, these bots mostly automate the creation of a new code pull request that proposes the changes to be made.