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Content tagged with Cloud posted in April 2019
Database Leaks, Network Traffic Top Data Exfiltration Methods
News  |  4/30/2019  | 
Intellectual property and personally identifiable information tie for the type of data IT practitioners are worried about losing.
Microsoft 365 Updated with New Compliance, Encryption, Privacy Controls
News  |  4/30/2019  | 
New tools, such as Compliance Manager and Advanced Message Encryption, aim to give businesses more options for data privacy.
How to Build a Cloud Security Model
Slideshows  |  4/26/2019  | 
Security experts point to seven crucial steps companies should be taking as they move data and processes to cloud environments.
How a Nigerian ISP Accidentally Hijacked the Internet
Commentary  |  4/25/2019  | 
For 74 minutes, traffic destined for Google and Cloudflare services was routed through Russia and into the largest system of censorship in the world, China's Great Firewall.
Survey Shows a Security Conundrum
Quick Hits  |  4/24/2019  | 
A new report examines and quantifies the conflicts and challenges faced by business security leaders.
Demonstration Showcase Brings DevOps to Interop19
News  |  4/23/2019  | 
Attendees will learn how orchestration and automation can be a part of network operations and security, even at smaller companies.
App Exposes Wi-Fi Credentials for Thousands of Private Networks
Quick Hits  |  4/23/2019  | 
A database used by WiFi Finder was left open and unprotected on the Internet.
Cloud Security Spend Set to Reach $12.6B by 2023
News  |  4/18/2019  | 
Growth corresponds with a greater reliance on public cloud services.
VPN Vulnerabilities Point Out Need for Comprehensive Remote Security
News  |  4/17/2019  | 
VPNs are the primary tool for securing remote access, but recently disclosed vulnerabilities point out the weakness of relying on them as the only tool.
This Week in Security Funding: Where the Money Went
News  |  4/12/2019  | 
Predictions for cybersecurity investment in 2019 are holding true with funding announcements from four startups.
8 'SOC-as-a-Service' Offerings
Slideshows  |  4/12/2019  | 
These new cloud services seek to help companies figure out what their traditional SIEM alerts mean, plus how they can prioritize responses and improve their security operations.
Cloudy with a Chance of Security Breach
Commentary  |  4/12/2019  | 
Businesses must be aware of the security weaknesses of the public cloud and not assume that every angle is covered.
Senate Report on Equifax Raises Questions Ahead of FICO Product Announcement
News  |  4/11/2019  | 
Equifax is slammed in a Senate subcommittee report ahead of the announcement of a joint service with FICO.
In Security, All Logs Are Not Created Equal
Commentary  |  4/11/2019  | 
Prioritizing key log sources goes a long way toward effective incident response.
When Your Sandbox Fails
Commentary  |  4/11/2019  | 
The sandbox is an important piece of the security stack, but an organization's entire strategy shouldn't rely on its ability to detect every threat. Here's why.
25% of Phishing Emails Sneak into Office 365: Report
News  |  4/10/2019  | 
Researchers analyzed 55.5 million emails and found one out of every 99 messages contains a phishing attack.
Merging Companies, Merging Clouds
Commentary  |  4/10/2019  | 
Integrating cloud environments is anything but easy. Evaluating the security risks in doing so must be a starting component of an overall M&A strategy.
A New Approach to Application Security Testing
Commentary  |  4/9/2019  | 
If the appsec industry were to develop a better AST solution from scratch, what would it look like?
6 Essential Skills Cybersecurity Pros Need to Develop in 2019
Slideshows  |  4/3/2019  | 
In a time of disruption in the security and tech worlds, cybersecurity professionals can't afford to become complacent — even in the face of a skills shortage.
Rapid7 Buys Network Monitoring Firm NetFort
Quick Hits  |  4/2/2019  | 
New technology will be integrated into Rapid7's cloud-based security analytics platform.


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I Smell a RAT! New Cybersecurity Threats for the Crypto Industry
David Trepp, Partner, IT Assurance with accounting and advisory firm BPM LLP,  7/9/2021
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Attacks on Kaseya Servers Led to Ransomware in Less Than 2 Hours
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer,  7/7/2021
Commentary
It's in the Game (but It Shouldn't Be)
Tal Memran, Cybersecurity Expert, CYE,  7/9/2021
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Craft is a CMS for creating custom digital experiences. Cross site scripting (XSS) can be triggered by review volumes. This issue has been fixed in version 4.4.7.
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PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
Django-SES is a drop-in mail backend for Django. The django_ses library implements a mail backend for Django using AWS Simple Email Service. The library exports the `SESEventWebhookView class` intended to receive signed requests from AWS to handle email bounces, subscriptions, etc. These requests ar...
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PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
Highlight is an open source, full-stack monitoring platform. Highlight may record passwords on customer deployments when a password html input is switched to `type="text"` via a javascript "Show Password" button. This differs from the expected behavior which always obfuscates `ty...
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PUBLISHED: 2023-05-26
Craft is a CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web.The platform does not filter input and encode output in Quick Post validation error message, which can deliver an XSS payload. Old CVE fixed the XSS in label HTML but didn’t fix it when clicking save. This issue was...
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GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file