Discussion of public breaches of security
The Myth of Lightning not striking the same place again and again should be broken by now as in tomorrow.io post: What about ransomware, does it hit in the same place twice? Unfortunately just like lightning can hit the same place twice especially if it is a Metal rod on top of a tall building, … Read more
What if you have software with a vulnerability that will not be patched? What does this mean? RCE means Remote Code Execution which means the attacker does not have to be on the system to exploit it (this is the most dangerous attack). If you are running Horde webmail to check your email – … Read more
Remember the Exchange server hack from a year ago (post from 3/16/21)? “Exchange Server Attacks Just Beginning?” “Attacks exploiting the flaws were first spotted in January. They initially were limited and targeted, seemingly for espionage: the adversaries primarily targeted specific email accounts. Microsoft attributed the activity to a group it calls Hafnium, believed to operate … Read more
As a Malwarebytes blogpost states, here are 5 reasons why fileless malware is used by attackers: The most common use cases for fileless malware are: Initial access. The first step of a cyberattack is to gain a foothold on a system. This can be stealing credentials or exploiting a vulnerability in an access point. Harvest … Read more
Rapid7 has found a spring framework vulnerability called Spring4Shell As usual a new vulnerability requires risk management to be reassessed. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22965 Leads to https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22965 Which says the following information which is important. CVE-2022-22965: Spring Framework RCE via Data Binding on JDK 9+ Affected VMware Products and Versions Severity is critical unless otherwise noted. … Read more
