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Mainframes are around to stay, it’s time to protect them

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Mainframes are around to stay, it’s time to protect them 01/11/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security While many organizations run their core business applications on the mainframe, IT leaders lack confidence in the effectiveness of their mainframe security compliance, signaling a need for more robust security practices, according to Rocket Software. For decades, mainframe […]

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The hidden costs of Java, and the impact of pricing changes

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The hidden costs of Java, and the impact of pricing changes 01/11/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security An overwhelming 98% of all the businesses surveyed use Java in their software applications or infrastructure, and 57% of those organizations indicate that Java is the backbone of most of their applications, according to Azul. When including

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Logging Made Easy: Free log management solution from CISA

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Logging Made Easy: Free log management solution from CISA 30/10/2023 at 13:17 By Help Net Security CISA launched a new version of Logging Made Easy (LME), a straightforward log management solution for Windows-based devices that can be downloaded and self-installed for free. CISA’s version reimagines technology developed by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre

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Raven: Open-source CI/CD pipeline security scanner

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Raven: Open-source CI/CD pipeline security scanner 27/10/2023 at 08:32 By Help Net Security Raven (Risk Analysis and Vulnerability Enumeration for CI/CD) is an open-source CI/CD pipeline security scanner that makes hidden risks visible by connecting the dots across vulnerabilities woven throughout the pipeline that, when viewed collectively, reveal a much greater risk than when assessed

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GOAD: Vulnerable Active Directory environment for practicing attack techniques

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GOAD: Vulnerable Active Directory environment for practicing attack techniques 26/10/2023 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Game of Active Directory (GOAD) is a free pentesting lab. It provides a vulnerable Active Directory environment for pen testers to practice common attack methods. GOAD-Light: 3 vms, 1 forest, 2 domains “When the Zerologon vulnerability surfaced, it highlighted our

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New Project Analyzes and Catalogs Vendor Support for Secure PLC Coding

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New Project Analyzes and Catalogs Vendor Support for Secure PLC Coding 25/10/2023 at 18:17 By Eduard Kovacs A new project aims to make it easier for PLC programmers to implement secure coding practices by cataloging useful files and functions from each vendor. The post New Project Analyzes and Catalogs Vendor Support for Secure PLC Coding

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Roundcube webmail zero-day exploited to spy on government entities (CVE-2023-5631)

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Roundcube webmail zero-day exploited to spy on government entities (CVE-2023-5631) 25/10/2023 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz The Winter Vivern APT group has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-5631) in Roundcube webmail servers to spy on email communications of European governmental entities and a think tank, according to ESET researchers. “Exploitation of the XSS vulnerability can

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Wazuh: Free and open-source XDR and SIEM

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Wazuh: Free and open-source XDR and SIEM 24/10/2023 at 07:00 By Help Net Security Wazuh is an open-source platform designed for threat detection, prevention, and response. It can safeguard workloads in on-premises, virtual, container, and cloud settings. Wazuh system comprises an endpoint security agent installed on monitored systems and a management server that processes and

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DIY attack surface management: Simple, cost-effective and actionable perimeter insights

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DIY attack surface management: Simple, cost-effective and actionable perimeter insights 16/10/2023 at 11:46 By Help Net Security Modern-day attack surface management (ASM) can be an intimidating task for most organizations, with assets constantly changing due to new deployments, assets being decommissioned, and ongoing migrations to cloud providers. Assets can be created and forgotten about, only

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Dozens of Squid Proxy Vulnerabilities Remain Unpatched 2 Years After Disclosure

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Dozens of Squid Proxy Vulnerabilities Remain Unpatched 2 Years After Disclosure 13/10/2023 at 13:32 By Eduard Kovacs Dozens of Squid caching proxy vulnerabilities remain unpatched two years after a researcher reported them to developers. The post Dozens of Squid Proxy Vulnerabilities Remain Unpatched 2 Years After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Yeti: Open, distributed, threat intelligence repository

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Yeti: Open, distributed, threat intelligence repository 12/10/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Yeti serves as a unified platform to consolidate observables, indicators of compromise, TTPs, and threat-related knowledge. It enhances observables automatically, such as domain resolution and IP geolocation, saving you the effort. With its user-friendly interface built on Bootstrap and a machine-friendly web

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US Government Releases Security Guidance for Open Source Software in OT, ICS

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US Government Releases Security Guidance for Open Source Software in OT, ICS 11/10/2023 at 17:02 By Ionut Arghire CISA, FBI, NSA, and US Treasury published new guidance on improving the security of open source software in OT and ICS. The post US Government Releases Security Guidance for Open Source Software in OT, ICS appeared first

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Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545)

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Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545) 11/10/2023 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz Curl v8.4.0 is out, and fixes – among other things – a high-severity SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545). Appropriate patches for some older curl versions have been released, too. Preparation for the security updates A little over a

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GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641)

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GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641) 10/10/2023 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz If you’re running GNOME on you Linux system(s), you are probably open to remote code execution attacks via a booby-trapped file, thanks to a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2023-43641) in the libcue library. About CVE-2023-43641 Discovered by GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse,

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Be prepared to patch high-severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl

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Be prepared to patch high-severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl 10/10/2023 at 12:20 By Zeljka Zorz Details about two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-38545, CVE-2023-38546) in curl, a foundational and widely used open-source software for data transfer via URLs, are to be released on Wednesday, October 11. Daniel Stenberg, the original author and lead developer, has said that

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Linux Foundation Announces OpenPubkey Open Source Cryptographic Protocol

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Linux Foundation Announces OpenPubkey Open Source Cryptographic Protocol 05/10/2023 at 15:31 By Eduard Kovacs The Linux Foundation has announced OpenPubkey, an open source cryptographic protocol that should help boost supply chain security. The post Linux Foundation Announces OpenPubkey Open Source Cryptographic Protocol appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed

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The root cause of open-source risk

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The root cause of open-source risk 05/10/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security 2023 saw twice as many software supply chain attacks as 2019-2022 combined. Sonatype logged 245,032 malicious packages in 2023. One in eight open-source downloads today poses known and avoidable risks. Vulnerabilities can still be prevented Nearly all (96%) vulnerabilities are still avoidable.

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GenAI in software surges despite risks

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GenAI in software surges despite risks 03/10/2023 at 07:05 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Ilkka Turunen, Field CTO at Sonatype, discusses how generative AI influences and impacts software engineers’ work and the software development lifecycle. According to a recent Sonatype survey of 800 developers (DevOps) and application security (SecOps) leaders,

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Silverfort Open Sources Lateral Movement Detection Tool

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Silverfort Open Sources Lateral Movement Detection Tool 02/10/2023 at 12:16 By Ionut Arghire Silverfort has released the source code for its lateral movement detection tool LATMA, to help identify and analyze intrusions. The post Silverfort Open Sources Lateral Movement Detection Tool appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View

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Securing GitHub Actions for a safer DevOps pipeline

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Securing GitHub Actions for a safer DevOps pipeline 02/10/2023 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz GitHub Actions provides a platform for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), enabling your build, test, and deployment process automation. It allows you to establish workflows that build and test each pull request in your repository and deploy approved pull requests

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