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A vulnerability is a flaw or weakness in a system that, if exploited, would allow a user to gain unauthorized access to conduct an attack. One of the most common types of vulnerabilities is bugs, or vulnerabilities that exist within software such as operating systems or applications. When one of these bugs is discovered after…

A vulnerability assessment is a comprehensive review of your information system, designed to identify weaknesses causing risk for your organization. Vulnerability assessments are essential in order to proactively prevent attacks and stay in compliance with regulatory requirements. The end result of a vulnerability assessment is a report that you can use as a roadmap for…

Context On June 7, 2022, researchers at Zimperium reported technical details of an adware campaign targeting Russian gaming, social media, and ecommerce site users. The campaign uses more than 350 variations of malicious browser extensions using the Google Translate extension ID to trick victims into downloading the malicious files. Researchers named the extension group “ABCsoup.”…

According to F5’s The State of the State of Application Exploits in Security Incidents report, web application attacks were the leading incident pattern among data breaches for six of the last eight years. Meanwhile, the number of new vulnerabilities discovered each year continues to rise, making it difficult for security teams to effectively keep up,…

In 2021, there were more than 20,000 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) added to the MITRE database. This number of annually reported vulnerabilities has been gradually climbing since the database’s creation in 1999, with a significant increase in volume over the last five years. As a result, it’s now become impossible for security teams to…

Context On June 28, 2022, ReversingLABS researchers reported a phishing campaign using malicious Microsoft Office files to distribute the new 2.0 version of the AstraLocker ransomware. Researchers assess that the threat actors behind the campaign likely obtained the AstraLocker 2.0 code from the Babuk leak in September of 2021, based on shared code and campaign…

A vulnerability is a flaw or weakness in a system that, if exploited, would allow a user to gain unauthorized access to conduct an attack. Vulnerability management is the process of identifying, prioritizing, and remediating these vulnerabilities to reduce an organization’s overall risk. Prioritization of vulnerabilities is essential because not all vulnerabilities are going to…

Context On June 28, 2022, Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers reported technical details and a proof of concept (PoC) exploit code for CVE-2022-30137, which they have designated FabricScape. CVE-2022-30137 is rated at 6.7 or medium severity, and affects Microsoft Service Fabric. Service Fabric is commonly used with Azure and hosts over one million applications daily. Microsoft released a patch…

Summary The Common Weakness Enumeration (CEV) organization has released their 2022 Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list. This list demonstrates the most common and impactful software weaknesses occurring during the year of 2022. To create the list, the CWE Team leveraged Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) data found within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability…

A vulnerability is a flaw or weakness in a system that, if exploited, would allow a user to gain unauthorized access to conduct an attack. Vulnerabilities can exist within applications, operating systems, software, hardware, or anywhere else in your network. They can  result from a misconfiguration in a security setting, an organizational policy that falls…