Splunk has patched a code execution vulnerability in its Splunk Enterprise deployment server and is – belatedly, according to some – promising to back-port it to earlier versions. The deployment servers are used to distribute configurations and content updates to Enterprise instances such as forwarders, indexers, and search heads. However,Read More…
An international team of researchers has developed a scanning tool to make websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks.Read More…
Cloudflare has announced it has won the Security Software Innovator award in the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards ceremony. Cloudflare’s achievements have helped it rise to the top of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors and services that have integrated their security products and servicesRead More…
Cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint have released “The 2022 Social Engineering Report”, which analyzes key trends and techniques of socially engineered cyber threats observed over the past year. Social engineering is a component of nearly every threat actor’s toolbox who uses email as an initial access vector. From financially motivated cybercrime,Read More…
Kaseya, a provider of unified IT and security management software for managed service providers (MSPs) and mid-market enterprises (MME), has announced it has completed its acquisition of Datto for $6.2 billion, representing a share price of $35.50. With the completion of the transaction, Datto’s stock ceased trading and the companyRead More…
Sophos has released the “Active Adversary Playbook 2022,” detailing attacker behaviors that Sophos’ Rapid Response team saw in the wild in 2021. The findings show a 36% increase in dwell time, with a median intruder dwell time of 15 days in 2021 versus 11 days in 2020. The report alsoRead More…
While tracking the mobile banking trojan FluBot, F5 Labs recently discovered “MaliBot”, a new strain of Android malware. While its main targets are online banking customers in Spain and Italy, its ability to steal credentials, cookies, and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes, means that Android users all over the worldRead More…
Over the last two years, organizations have expanded their use of cloud environments by more than 25%. Many are now struggling to manage the technical complexity of cloud migration, including the ability to secure their applications across the entire application development lifecycle. Palo Alto Networks has announced the addition ofRead More…
