I have a Samsung Neo QLED 65 inch TV. Its standby power consumption is pretty good: 1,3 Watt. It comes with a soundbar, and its standby power consumption is pretty awful: 5,5 Watt! Quickpost info
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This post details the existing and new functions in BARK that support Azure Key Vault tradecraft research
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By Artem Dinaburg AI-enabled code assistants (like GitHub’s Copilot, Continue.dev, and Tabby) are making software development faster and more productive. Unfortunately, these tools are often bad at Solidity. So we decided to improve them! To make it easier to write, edit, and understand Solidity with AI-enabled tools, we have: Added support for Solidity into Tabby […]
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In the previous post, we introduced the concept of Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and its importance in today’s interconnected world. Now, let us have a look at the practical aspects of building a solid TPRM program and why it is important for your company. 1. Start with a Third-Party Inventory The first step in building … Continue reading The Importance of Establishing a Solid Third Party Risk Management Framework for Risk Mitigation →
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REI's senior application security engineer discusses their program success, evolving goals, and the value of the security researcher community.
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HAQL: HackerOne's simplified query interface for writing performant aggregate queries on tables modeled purposefully for data analysis.
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View survey results and analysis of how AI in SecOps is impacting red and blue team operations.
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Learn how to identify, understand, attack, and remediate SMB shares configured with excessive privilege in active directory environments with the help of new charts, graphs, and LLM capabilities.
The post Hunting SMB Shares, Again! Charts, Graphs, Passwords & LLM Magic for PowerHuntShares 2.0 appeared first on NetSPI.
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Read the official announcement on the PyPI blog as well! For the past year, we’ve worked with the Python Package Index (PyPI) on a new security feature for the Python ecosystem: index-hosted digital attestations, as specified in PEP 740. These attestations improve on traditional PGP signatures (which have been disabled on PyPI) by providing key […]
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Read how HackerOne's internal security team disproved an alleged MFA bypass with a targeted Spot Check.
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The Praetorian team recently discovered a new vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) which serves as a reminder to be aware of legacy systems - patch regularly and test often.
The post Skeletons in the Closet: Legacy Software, Novel Exploits appeared first on Praetorian.
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Introduction In our previous post, we published an analysis of current TIBER implementations ahead of DORA’s TLPT requirements. To recap, this contained: We concluded part 1 by saying that Threat-led Penetration Testing as required by the DORA regulation will be specified in accordance with TIBER-EU and in agreement with the ECB. TIBER can be considered … Continue reading TLPT & ME: Everything you need to know about Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT) in a TIBER world. →
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Take an in-depth look at multiple approaches to application penetration testing, and the organizational requirements that would favor one approach over another. This blog will explore the different approaches and share key considerations for choosing the best approach for your organization.
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SentinelLabs has observed a suspected DPRK threat actor targeting Crypto-related businesses with novel multi-stage malware.
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Improper access control is the #3 most common security vulnerability. Learn what improper access control is, its impacts, and how to prevent it.
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Learn how attackers can escalate privileges in Cloud Composer by exploiting the dedicated Cloud Storage Bucket and the risks of default configurations.
The post Filling up the DagBag: Privilege Escalation in Google Cloud Composer appeared first on NetSPI.
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Information disclosure is the #2 most common security vulnerability. Learn what information disclosure is, its impacts, and how to prevent it.
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Cross-site scripting (XSS) is the number one most common security vulnerability. Learn what XSS is, its impacts, and how to prevent it.
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I have a classic wired doorbell at home: the 230V powered transformer produces 12V on its secondary winding. The circuit on that secondary winding powers an electromechanical doorbell via a pushbutton. The bell rings (“ding-dong”) when the button is pushed (closing the circuit). Since losses occur in all transformers, I wanted to know how much […]
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Learn about the impact, severity, and a real-world example of business logic vulnerabilities.
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The recent discovery of FortiJump (CVE-2024-47575) highlights a critical vulnerability exploited in the wild, prompting an urgent need to understand its impact on centralized management devices. Take a deeper look with Bishop Fox experts.
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For years, cybersecurity teams have fought a persistent battle: overwhelming noise generated by vulnerability tools. It’s a familiar scenario – overtaxed security teams drowning in alerts, many leading to false positives or low-priority issues. Fatigued and lacking priorities, they risk missing critical vulnerabilities. While scanners aren’t intentionally built to generate needless noise, it’s an inevitable […]
The post Cutting Through the Noise: Chariot’s Zero False Positive Guarantee appeared first on Praetorian.
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By Artur Cygan Fuzzing—one of the most successful techniques for finding security bugs, consistently featured in articles and industry conferences—has become so popular that you may think most important software has already been extensively fuzzed. But that’s not always the case. In this blog post, we show how we fuzzed the ZBar barcode scanning library […]
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Introduction In the first part of this mini-series, we explored briefly what kind of impacts AI may have on the CIA Triad and whether we should adjust this fundamental framework. The goal of this and subsequent blogposts is assessing the pillars of the proposed Information Security Hexagon, starting with Confidentiality. Maintaining confidentiality in Artificial Intelligence … Continue reading How AI forces us to expand our thinking about basic cybersecurity concepts: Part 2 – Confidentiality →
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Explore who is and should be accountable for AI risk within organizations and how to empower them to take this significant responsibility.
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The traditional CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) has long been a cornerstone of information security, providing a solid framework to protect data and systems. However, the rising presence of AI in our lives introduces new challenges that extend beyond the current scope of the CIA Triad. In this AI mini-series, we will analyse the … Continue reading How AI forces us to expand our thinking about basic cybersecurity concepts: Part 1 – Introduction →
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Manage your security, your way. Managing a complex, enterprise-level web estate requires robust compliance, streamlined management of audits, and visibility of your security coverage. In other words -
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The strength of our URL Validation Bypass Cheat Sheet lies in the contributions from the web security community, and today’s update is no exception. We are excited to introduce a new and improved IP a
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Learn how security researchers are securing election technology though vulnerability testing and disclosure.
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QR coding phishing is a risk that is being actively exploited globally. This attack hides URLs within QR codes and redirects users to malicious sites. This post will explore how Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) tackles QR code phishing and how you can combine email security methods to safeguard your Microsoft 365 tenant.
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Introduction “You want someone to check whether you’re vulnerable – all the bloody time.” We spend a lot of time talking with our customers. We loved this quote for how directly it strikes at a sentiment we’ve heard across our base for several years now. Reactive security is reaching maturity, as evidenced by the number […]
The post The CTEM Cookbook: Improving Your Vulnerability Program with Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) appeared first on Praetorian.
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By Alan Cao If you love exploit mitigations, you may have heard of a new system call named mseal landing into the Linux kernel’s 6.10 release, providing a protection called “memory sealing.” Beyond notes from the authors, very little information about this mitigation exists. In this blog post, we’ll explain what this syscall is, including […]
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Learn about HackerOne Benchmarks, a set of features designed to provide insights for optimizing your security program’s performance.
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Active Directory services communicate over specific ports needed for authentication, replication, and other directory services. Knowing these ports is crucial for configuring firewalls, ensuring secure communication, and troubleshooting network issues related to Active Directory services. This post will teach you how to get the Active Directory ports with PowerShell.
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Learn about cloud threats, how to hunt for them and how to analyze them in this post based on Alex Delamotte's recent LABScon workshop.
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Explore how modern penetration testing tools uncover vulnerabilities in mainframe applications, highlighting the need for methodical techniques and regular testing to protect these critical systems from threats.
The post Hacking CICS: 7 Ways to Defeat Mainframe Applications appeared first on NetSPI.
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Learn the ins and outs of AWS security configuration testing and why community-driven PTaaS is the best method.
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This post explores Windows Side-by-Side (WinSxS) and DLL hijacking, deep-diving some tooling I've written and some of the fun along the way.
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The term “special relationship,” coined by Winston Churchill, describes the close, longstanding alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom. It has been applied to cooperation during war, to trade and commerce, and even to intelligence sharing. That special relationship has clearly influenced the two nations’ recent policy papers on national cybersecurity. The U.K. […]
The post Protecting Critical Infrastructure: A Tale of Two National Cybersecurity Strategies appeared first on Synack.
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Scoping Adventures is a series of blogs about some of the more interesting penetration tests that the Synack Customer Success teams have worked on over the last few months. Each blog outlines how we engage with the client to achieve the best results from a pentest. Pentesters love colors—red, blue, purple, black, white and grey […]
The post Scoping Adventures: How to Get the Most Out of Your Synack Pentesting appeared first on Synack.
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The Synack Platform & Five Pillars of Strategic Pentesting Why You Need to Think Strategically It’s no great revelation that tactics, techniques, and procedures utilized by nefarious hackers hacking activities are evolving on a daily basis. In 2022, 18,828 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) were published. At the same time, organization attack surfaces are expanding. […]
The post Applying Strategic Thinking in Your Pentesting Program appeared first on Synack.
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One week ago, the Biden administration unveiled its long-awaited U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy, with an eye toward centralizing government cyber resources and holding IT vendors more accountable for their digital defenses. Now that the ink is dry on the 35-page document, top officials like Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden are busy putting it into […]
The post The U.S. has a new cybersecurity strategy. What’s next for CISOs? appeared first on Synack.
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