Security Cloud Control: Pioneering the Future of Security Management

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Managing Firewall complexity and Augmenting Effectiveness with AIOps for Cisco Firewall

Explore how AIOps revolutionizes Cisco Firewall management, enhancing security, reducing downtime, and maximizing ROI with intelligent, automated solutions.

4-Step Approach to Mapping and Securing Your Organization's Most Critical Assets

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DevOps Dilemma: How Can CISOs Regain Control in the Age of Speed?

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Black Hat Asia 2024 NOC: Cisco Security Cloud

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(Cyber) Risk = Probability of Occurrence x Damage

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Identities now transcend human boundaries. Within each line of code and every API call lies a non-human identity. These entities act as programmatic access keys, enabling authentication and facilitating interactions among systems and services, which are essential for every API call, database query, or storage account access. As we depend on multi-factor authentication and passwords to safeguard

Microsoft Fixes 149 Flaws in Huge April Patch Release, Zero-Days Included

Microsoft has released security updates for the month of April 2024 to remediate a record 149 flaws, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 149 flaws, three are rated Critical, 142 are rated Important, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated Low in severity. The update is aside from 21 vulnerabilities that the company addressed in its

April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes

If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s patch batch — a record 147 flaws in Windows and related software.

Yes, you read that right. Microsoft today released updates to address 147 security holes in Windows, Office, Azure, .NET Framework, Visual Studio, SQL Server, DNS Server, Windows Defender, Bitlocker, and Windows Secure Boot.

“This is the largest release from Microsoft this year and the largest since at least 2017,” said Dustin Childs, from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). “As far as I can tell, it’s the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.”

Tempering the sheer volume of this month’s patches is the middling severity of many of the bugs. Only three of April’s vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they can be abused by malware or malcontents to take remote control over unpatched systems with no help from users.

Most of the flaws that Microsoft deems “more likely to be exploited” this month are marked as “important,” which usually involve bugs that require a bit more user interaction (social engineering) but which nevertheless can result in system security bypass, compromise, and the theft of critical assets.

Ben McCarthy, lead cyber security engineer at Immersive Labs called attention to CVE-2024-20670, an Outlook for Windows spoofing vulnerability described as being easy to exploit. It involves convincing a user to click on a malicious link in an email, which can then steal the user’s password hash and authenticate as the user in another Microsoft service.

Another interesting bug McCarthy pointed to is CVE-2024-29063, which involves hard-coded credentials in Azure’s search backend infrastructure that could be gleaned by taking advantage of Azure AI search.

“This along with many other AI attacks in recent news shows a potential new attack surface that we are just learning how to mitigate against,” McCarthy said. “Microsoft has updated their backend and notified any customers who have been affected by the credential leakage.”

CVE-2024-29988 is a weakness that allows attackers to bypass Windows SmartScreen, a technology Microsoft designed to provide additional protections for end users against phishing and malware attacks. Childs said one of ZDI’s researchers found this vulnerability being exploited in the wild, although Microsoft doesn’t currently list CVE-2024-29988 as being exploited.

“I would treat this as in the wild until Microsoft clarifies,” Childs said. “The bug itself acts much like CVE-2024-21412 – a [zero-day threat from February] that bypassed the Mark of the Web feature and allows malware to execute on a target system. Threat actors are sending exploits in a zipped file to evade EDR/NDR detection and then using this bug (and others) to bypass Mark of the Web.”

Update, 7:46 p.m. ET: A previous version of this story said there were no zero-day vulnerabilities fixed this month. BleepingComputer reports that Microsoft has since confirmed that there are actually two zero-days. One is the flaw Childs just mentioned (CVE-2024-21412), and the other is CVE-2024-26234, described as a “proxy driver spoofing” weakness.

Satnam Narang at Tenable notes that this month’s release includes fixes for two dozen flaws in Windows Secure Boot, the majority of which are considered “Exploitation Less Likely” according to Microsoft.

“However, the last time Microsoft patched a flaw in Windows Secure Boot in May 2023 had a notable impact as it was exploited in the wild and linked to the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit, which was sold on dark web forums for $5,000,” Narang said. “BlackLotus can bypass functionality called secure boot, which is designed to block malware from being able to load when booting up. While none of these Secure Boot vulnerabilities addressed this month were exploited in the wild, they serve as a reminder that flaws in Secure Boot persist, and we could see more malicious activity related to Secure Boot in the future.”

For links to individual security advisories indexed by severity, check out ZDI’s blog and the Patch Tuesday post from the SANS Internet Storm Center. Please consider backing up your data or your drive before updating, and drop a note in the comments here if you experience any issues applying these fixes.

Adobe today released nine patches tackling at least two dozen vulnerabilities in a range of software products, including Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Commerce, InDesign, Experience Manager, Media Encoder, Bridge, Illustrator, and Adobe Animate.

KrebsOnSecurity needs to correct the record on a point mentioned at the end of March’s “Fat Patch Tuesday” post, which looked at new AI capabilities built into Adobe Acrobat that are turned on by default. Adobe has since clarified that its apps won’t use AI to auto-scan your documents, as the original language in its FAQ suggested.

“In practice, no document scanning or analysis occurs unless a user actively engages with the AI features by agreeing to the terms, opening a document, and selecting the AI Assistant or generative summary buttons for that specific document,” Adobe said earlier this month.

CISO Perspectives on Complying with Cybersecurity Regulations

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Critical Security Flaw Found in Popular LayerSlider WordPress Plugin

A critical security flaw impacting the LayerSlider plugin for WordPress could be abused to extract sensitive information from databases, such as password hashes. The flaw, designated as CVE-2024-2879, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as a case of SQL injection impacting versions from 7.9.11 through 7.10.0. The issue has been addressed in version

Harnessing the Power of CTEM for Cloud Security

Cloud solutions are more mainstream – and therefore more exposed – than ever before. In 2023 alone, a staggering 82% of data breaches were against public, private, or hybrid cloud environments. What’s more, nearly 40% of breaches spanned multiple cloud environments. The average cost of a cloud breach was above the overall average, at $4.75 million. In a time where cloud has become the de facto

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AutoWLAN - Run A Portable Access Point On A Raspberry Pi Making Use Of Docker Containers

This project will allow you run a portable access point on a Raspberry Pi making use of Docker containers.

Further reference and explanations:

https://fwhibbit.es/en/automatic-access-point-with-docker-and-raspberry-pi-zero-w

Tested on Raspberry Pi Zero W.

Access point configurations

You can customize the network password and other configurations on files at confs/hostapd_confs/. You can also add your own hostapd configuration files here.

Management using plain docker

Add --rm for volatile containers.

Create and run a container with default (Open) configuration (stop with Ctrl+C)

docker run --name autowlan_open --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --network=host  autowlan

Create and run a container with WEP configuration (stop with Ctrl+C)

docker run --name autowlan_wep --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --network=host -v $(pwd)/confs/hostapd_confs/wep.conf:/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf autowlan

Create and run a container with WPA2 configuration (stop with Ctrl+C)

docker run --name autowlan_wpa2 --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --network=host -v $(pwd)/confs/hostapd_confs/wpa2.conf:/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf autowlan

Stop a running container

docker stop autowlan_{open|wep|wpa2}

Management using docker-compose

Create and run container (stop with Ctrl+C)

docker-compose -f <fichero_yml> up

Create and run container in the background

docker-compose -f <fichero_yml> up  -d

Stop a container in the background

docker-compose -f <fichero_yml> down

Read logs of a container in the background

docker-compose -f <fichero_yml> logs

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APIs Drive the Majority of Internet Traffic and Cybercriminals are Taking Advantage

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Patch Tuesday, March 2024 Edition

Apple and Microsoft recently released software updates to fix dozens of security holes in their operating systems. Microsoft today patched at least 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows OS. Meanwhile, Apple’s new macOS Sonoma addresses at least 68 security weaknesses, and its latest update for iOS fixes two zero-day flaws.

Last week, Apple pushed out an urgent software update to its flagship iOS platform, warning that there were at least two zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities being used in the wild (CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296). The security updates are available in iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, and iOS 16.7.6.

Apple’s macOS Sonoma 14.4 Security Update addresses dozens of security issues. Jason Kitka, chief information security officer at Automox, said the vulnerabilities patched in this update often stem from memory safety issues, a concern that has led to a broader industry conversation about the adoption of memory-safe programming languages [full disclosure: Automox is an advertiser on this site].

On Feb. 26, 2024, the Biden administration issued a report that calls for greater adoption of memory-safe programming languages. On Mar. 4, 2024, Google published Secure by Design, which lays out the company’s perspective on memory safety risks.

Mercifully, there do not appear to be any zero-day threats hounding Windows users this month (at least not yet). Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, notes that of the 60 CVEs in this month’s Patch Tuesday release, only six are considered “more likely to be exploited” according to Microsoft.

Those more likely to be exploited bugs are mostly “elevation of privilege vulnerabilities” including CVE-2024-26182 (Windows Kernel), CVE-2024-26170 (Windows Composite Image File System (CimFS), CVE-2024-21437 (Windows Graphics Component), and CVE-2024-21433 (Windows Print Spooler).

Narang highlighted CVE-2024-21390 as a particularly interesting vulnerability in this month’s Patch Tuesday release, which is an elevation of privilege flaw in Microsoft Authenticator, the software giant’s app for multi-factor authentication. Narang said a prerequisite for an attacker to exploit this flaw is to already have a presence on the device either through malware or a malicious application.

“If a victim has closed and re-opened the Microsoft Authenticator app, an attacker could obtain multi-factor authentication codes and modify or delete accounts from the app,” Narang said. “Having access to a target device is bad enough as they can monitor keystrokes, steal data and redirect users to phishing websites, but if the goal is to remain stealth, they could maintain this access and steal multi-factor authentication codes in order to login to sensitive accounts, steal data or hijack the accounts altogether by changing passwords and replacing the multi-factor authentication device, effectively locking the user out of their accounts.”

CVE-2024-21334 earned a CVSS (danger) score of 9.8 (10 is the worst), and it concerns a weakness in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), a Linux-based cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. Microsoft says attackers could connect to OMI instances over the Internet without authentication, and then send specially crafted data packets to gain remote code execution on the host device.

CVE-2024-21435 is a CVSS 8.8 vulnerability in Windows OLE, which acts as a kind of backbone for a great deal of communication between applications that people use every day on Windows, said Ben McCarthy, lead cybersecurity engineer at Immersive Labs.

“With this vulnerability, there is an exploit that allows remote code execution, the attacker needs to trick a user into opening a document, this document will exploit the OLE engine to download a malicious DLL to gain code execution on the system,” Breen explained. “The attack complexity has been described as low meaning there is less of a barrier to entry for attackers.”

A full list of the vulnerabilities addressed by Microsoft this month is available at the SANS Internet Storm Center, which breaks down the updates by severity and urgency.

Finally, Adobe today issued security updates that fix dozens of security holes in a wide range of products, including Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Premiere Pro, ColdFusion 2023 and 2021, Adobe Bridge, Lightroom, and Adobe Animate. Adobe said it is not aware of active exploitation against any of the flaws.

By the way, Adobe recently enrolled all of its Acrobat users into a “new generative AI feature” that scans the contents of your PDFs so that its new “AI Assistant” can  “understand your questions and provide responses based on the content of your PDF file.” Adobe provides instructions on how to disable the AI features and opt out here.

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The threat actor known as TA577 has been observed using ZIP archive attachments in phishing emails with an aim to steal NT LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes. The new attack chain “can be used for sensitive information gathering purposes and to enable follow-on activity,” enterprise security firm Proofpoint said in a Monday report. At least two campaigns taking advantage of this

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Introducing Tiny File Manager [WH1Z-Edition], the compact and efficient solution for managing your files and folders with enhanced privacy and security features. Gone are the days of relying on external resources – I've stripped down the code to its core, making it truly lightweight and perfect for deployment in environments without internet access or outbound connections.

Designed for simplicity and speed, Tiny File Manager [WH1Z-Edition] retains all the essential functionalities you need for storing, uploading, editing, and managing your files directly from your web browser. With a single-file PHP setup, you can effortlessly drop it into any folder on your server and start organizing your files immediately.

What sets Tiny File Manager [WH1Z-Edition] apart is its focus on privacy and security. By removing the reliance on external domains for CSS and JS resources, your data stays localized and protected from potential vulnerabilities or leaks. This makes it an ideal choice for scenarios where data integrity and confidentiality are paramount, including RED TEAMING exercises or restricted server environments.

Requirements

• PHP 5.5.0 or higher.
• Fileinfo, iconv, zip, tar and mbstring extensions are strongly recommended.

How to use

Download ZIP with latest version from master branch.

Simply transfer the "tinyfilemanager-wh1z.php" file to your web hosting space – it's as easy as that! Feel free to rename the file to whatever suits your needs best.

The default credentials are as follows: admin/WH1Z@1337 and user/WH1Z123.

:warning: Caution: Before use, it is imperative to establish your own username and password within the $auth_users variable. Passwords are encrypted using password_hash().

ℹ️ You can generate a new password hash accordingly: Login as Admin -> Click Admin -> Help -> Generate new password hash

:warning: Caution: Use the built-in password generator for your privacy and security. 😉

To enable/disable authentication set $use_auth to true or false.

:loudspeaker: Key Features

• :cd: Open Source, lightweight, and incredibly user-friendly
• :iphone: Optimized for mobile devices, ensuring a seamless touch experience
• :information_source: Core functionalities including file creation, deletion, modification, viewing, downloading, copying, and moving
• :arrow_double_up: Efficient Ajax Upload functionality, supporting drag & drop, URL uploads, and multiple file uploads with file extension filtering
• :file_folder: Intuitive options for creating both folders and files
• :gift: Capability to compress and extract files (zip, tar)
• :sunglasses: Flexible user permissions system, based on session and user root folder mapping
• :floppy_disk: Easy copying of direct file URLs for streamlined sharing
• :pencil2: Integration with Cloud9 IDE, offering syntax highlighting for over 150+ languages and a selection of 35+ themes
• :page_facing_up: Seamless integration with Google/Microsoft doc viewer for previewing various file types such as PDF/DOC/XLS/PPT/etc. Files up to 25 MB can be previewed using the Google Drive viewer
• :zap: Backup functionality, IP blacklist/whitelist management, and more
• :mag_right: Powerful search capabilities using datatable js for efficient file filtering
• :file_folder: Ability to exclude specific folders and files from the listing
• :globe_with_meridians: Multi-language support (32+ languages) with a built-in translation feature, requiring no additional files
• :bangbang: And much more...

License, Credit

• Available under the GNU license
• Original concept and development by github.com/prasathmani/tinyfilemanager
• CDN Used - jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome, Highlight js, ace js, DropZone js, and DataTable js
• To report a bug or request a feature, please file an issue

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