Sentinel Labs Report Links Black Basta Ransomware Group TTPs to FIN7

On November 3, 2022, Sentinel Labs researchers published a report linking the Black Basta Ransomware group to FIN7 (also known as Carbanak) based on shared tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) between Black Basta tools and FIN7 tools. Key Takeaways Key findings for the report include: SentinelLabs researchers describe Black Basta operational TTPs in full detail,…

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Top 10 Web Application Security Risks

According to the U.S Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales in the first quarter of 2022 accounted for 14.3% of total sales. Secure web applications are essential for modern retailers, but many are still struggling to combat common web application risks, including ones such as cross-site scripting and code injection that have been around for years,…

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OpenSSL Patches Two High Severity Vulnerabilities with Significant Barriers to Exploitation

On November 1, 2022, OpenSSL developers released details of two vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602. Context In an accompanying blog post, OpenSSL explained that they downgraded the severity of the vulnerabilities to high from the originally announced critical level due to technical barriers to exploitation. No in the wild exploits or proofs of concept (POCs) are…

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The Role of WAFs in the DevSecOps Focused World of Modern Application Security

WAFs, or web application firewalls, have been around since the late 1990s, becoming popular in the early 2000s when OWASP formalized its top 10 list of application vulnerabilities. WAFs are designed to monitor and block suspicious HTTP traffic from reaching your web applications. This is typically done based on a series of rules that block…

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Member Spotlight: Pablo Agrio

This month’s member spotlight is Pablo Agrio, vulnerability management lead for SHEIN. Pablo always felt that he had a knack for defense, on the sports field and in debates, pleading his case as a kid, so he looked for a career where he could fuse his interest in IT with his defensive mindset. Knowing he…

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