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A code injection vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed setting arbitrary environment variables from a single environment variable value in GitHub Actions when using a Windows based runner. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need existing permission to control the value of environment variables for use with GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.8.0 and was fixed in versions 3.4.15, 3.5.12, 3.6.8, 3.7.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

A new report from Adaptive Shield looks at the how volume of applications being connected to the SaaS stack and the risk they represent to company data.

By Waqas ProtonVPN is currently available in three packages, including one free and two paid. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ProtonVPN launches extensions for Chrome and Firefox browsers

The threat actor known as Lucky Mouse has developed a Linux version of a malware toolkit called SysUpdate, expanding on its ability to target devices running the operating system. The oldest version of the updated artifact dates back to July 2022, with the malware incorporating new features designed to evade security software and resist reverse engineering. Cybersecurity company Trend Micro said

A stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot, making it a potent threat in the cyber landscape. "This bootkit can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI Secure Boot enabled," Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker News. UEFI

As more businesses shift away from running workloads on dedicated virtual machines to running them inside containers using workload orchestrators like Kubernetes, adversaries have become more interested in them as targets. Moreover, the benefits Kubernetes provides for managing workloads are also extended to adversaries. As adversaries leverage Kubernetes to run their workloads, their understanding of how these platforms work and can be exploited increases.

This blog post runs you through how to enable and configure Linux audit logging on your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) using the Linux auditing subsystem, also known as auditd. Warning The information provided below is accurate as of the release date of this blog post (2023-03) and guidance may change in future.

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows versions prior to 9.11P1 are susceptible to a vulnerability which allows administrative users to perform a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack.

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows versions prior to 9.11P1 are susceptible to a vulnerability which allows unauthorized users to update EMS Subscriptions via unspecified vectors.

The framework-as-a-service signals an intensification of the cat-and-mouse game between defenders detecting lateral movement, and cybercriminals looking to go unnoticed.