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China-Linked Hackers Infiltrate East Asian Firm for 3 Years Using F5 Devices

A suspected China-nexus cyber espionage actor has been attributed as behind a prolonged attack against an unnamed organization located in East Asia for a period of about three years, with the adversary establishing persistence using legacy F5 BIG-IP appliances and using it as an internal command-and-control (C&C) for defense evasion purposes. Cybersecurity company Sygnia, which responded to

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What is DevSecOps and Why is it Essential for Secure Software Delivery?

Traditional application security practices are not effective in the modern DevOps world. When security scans are run only at the end of the software delivery lifecycle (either right before or after a service is deployed), the ensuing process of compiling and fixing vulnerabilities creates massive overhead for developers. The overhead that degrades velocity and puts production deadlines at risk.

A week in security (June 10 – June 16)

A list of topics we covered in the week of June 10 to June 16 of 2024

Mitigating SSRF Vulnerabilities Impacting Azure Machine Learning

Summary On May 9, 2024, Microsoft successfully addressed multiple vulnerabilities within the Azure Machine Learning (AML) service, which were initially discovered by security research firms Wiz and Tenable. These vulnerabilities, which included Server-Side Request Forgeries (SSRF) and a path traversal vulnerability, posed potential risks for information exposure and service disruption via Denial-of-Service (DOS).

Reducing the significant risk of known exploitable vulnerabilities in Red Hat software

In a previous Red Hat article, VP of Red Hat Product Security, Vincent Danen, discussed the question "Do all vulnerabilities really matter?" He emphasized that "a software vulnerability has the potential to be exploited by miscreants to harm its user." The key word here is "potential". If the potential for exploitation is high, or if an exploit for a vulnerability is already in use in the wild, then these vulnerabilities pose a greater risk and must be prioritized and addressed promptly.Red Hat uses CISA as a source for known exploited vulnerabilitiesThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur

Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years.

Ransomware Attacks Are Getting Worse

Plus: US lawmakers have nothing to say about an Israeli influence campaign aimed at US voters, a former LA Dodgers owner wants to fix the internet, and more.

Apple Intelligence Could Introduce Device Security Risks

The company focused heavily on data and system security in the announcement of its generative AI platform, Apple Intelligence, but experts worry that companies will have little visibility into data security.

Truist bank confirms data breach

On Wednesday June 12, 2024, a well-known dark web data broker and cybercriminal acting under the name “Sp1d3r” offered a significant...

CISO Corner: Apple's AI Privacy Promises; CEOs in the Hot Seat

Our collection of the most relevant reporting and industry perspectives for those guiding cybersecurity strategies and focused on SecOps. Also included: Rockwell's dire ICS warning; a red alert on biometrics; cybersecurity for the Hajj season.