Author: DEFENDEDGE

Original release date: March 15, 2022 Summary Multifactor Authentication (MFA): A Cybersecurity Essential • MFA is one of the most important cybersecurity practices to reduce the risk of intrusions—according to industry research, users who enable MFA are up to 99 percent less likely to have an account compromised. • Every organization should enforce MFA for… Read more

The “Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel flaw – a high-severity vulnerability in all major distros that grants root access to unprivileged users who have local access – affects most of QNAP’s network-attached storage (NAS) appliances, the Taiwanese manufacturer warned on Monday. Dirty Pipe, a recently reported local privilege escalation vulnerability, affects the Linux kernel on QNAP… Read more

Original release date: March 15, 2022 The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA have updated their joint Cybersecurity Technical Report (CTR): Kubernetes Hardening Guide, originally released in August 2021, based on valuable feedback and inputs from the cybersecurity community.  Kubernetes is an open-source system that automates deployment, scaling, and management of applications run in containers.… Read more

Original release date: March 14, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info a3rev — page_view_count The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.15 does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint, available to both unauthenticated… Read more

Original release date: March 10, 2022 CISA is aware of a privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel versions 5.8 and later known as “Dirty Pipe” (CVE-2022-0847). A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review (CVE-2022-0847) and update to Linux kernel versions 5.16.11,… Read more

A new survey suggests that security is becoming more important for enterprises, but they’re still falling back on old “security by obscurity” ways. Read more

The China-affiliated state-sponsored threat actor used Log4j and zero-day bugs in the USAHerds animal-tracking software to hack into multiple government networks. Read more

Original release date: March 9, 2022 CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the United States Secret Service (USSS) have re-released an advisory on Conti ransomware. Conti cyber threat actors remain active and reported Conti ransomware attacks against U.S. and international organizations have risen to more than 1,000.  CISA,… Read more

The computing giant patched 71 security vulnerabilities in an uncharacteristically light scheduled update, including its first Xbox bug. Read more

Original release date: March 8, 2022 SAP has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the SAP Security Notes for March 2022 and apply the necessary updates.  This product is provided subject… Read more