Author: DEFENDEDGE
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CISA and NSA Release Kubernetes Hardening Guidance
Original release date: August 2, 2021 | Last revised: August 3, 2021 The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA have released Kubernetes Hardening Guidance, a cybersecurity technical report detailing the complexities of securely managing Kubernetes—an open-source, container-orchestration system used to automate deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications. This report describes the security challenges associated with… Read more
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‘DeadRinger’ Targeted Exchange Servers Long Before Discovery
Cyberespionage campaigns linked to China attacked telecoms via ProxyLogon bugs, stealing call records and maintaining persistence, as far back as 2017. Read more
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‘PwnedPiper’: Devastating Bugs in >80% of Hospital Pneumatics
Podcast: Blood samples aren’t martinis. You can’t shake them. But bugs in pneumatic control systems could lead to that, RCE or ransomware. Read more
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of July 26, 2021
Original release date: August 2, 2021 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info naviwebs — navigatecms In NavigateCMS version 2.9.4 and below, function in `product.php` is vulnerable to sql injection on parameter `products-order` through a post request, which results in arbitrary sql query execution in the backend… Read more
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NSA Warns Public Networks are Hacker Hotbeds
Agency warns attackers targeting teleworkers to steal corporate data. Read more
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CISA Announces Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) Platform
Original release date: July 30, 2021 CISA has announced the establishment of its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) Platform for the federal civilian enterprise, which will allow the Federal Civilian Executive Branch to coordinate with the civilian security research community in a streamlined fashion. The VDP Platform provides a single, centrally managed website that agencies can… Read more
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NSA Releases Guidance on Securing Wireless Devices While in Public
Original release date: July 30, 2021 The National Security Agency (NSA) has released an information sheet with guidance on securing wireless devices while in public for National Security System, Department of Defense, and Defense Industrial Base teleworkers, as well as the general public. This information sheet provides information on malicious techniques used by cyber actors… Read more
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CISA’s Top 30 Bugs: One’s Old Enough to Buy Beer
There are patches or remediations for all of them, but they’re still being picked apart. Why should attackers stop if the flaws remain unpatched, as so many do? Read more
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Reboot of PunkSpider Tool at DEF CON Stirs Debate
Researchers plan to introduce a revamp of PunkSpider, which helps identify flaws in websites so companies can make their back-end systems more secure, at DEF CON. Read more
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Podcast: Why Securing Active Directory Is a Nightmare
Researchers preview work to be presented at Black Hat on how AD “misconfiguration debt” lays out a dizzying array of attack paths, such as in PetitPotam. Read more