For years, we as security practitioners were promised that AI and machine learning would change our lives for the better, but time and time again, the companies that touted this technology disappointed us. In the first decade or so of AI-branded security tools, we saw plenty of products that demoed well, but were completely undeployable.

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) comes into full effect on January 17, 2025, and aims to prevent and mitigate cyber threats by establishing a comprehensive ICT risk management framework for the EU financial industry. The new EU regulation seeks to ensure that financial institutions and critical ICT providers advance their cybersecurity and operational processes to safeguard their key systems, enhancing the industry’s operational resilience.

All Surface Monitoring users can configure Attack Surface Policies directly from the new Domains page, enabling various combinations of characteristics that were previously unavailable. Users are now alerted when policy breaches occur directly through their integrated tools, such as Slack and Jira.

A high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, CVE-2024-6387, has been discovered in OpenSSH’s server by the Qualys research team. This vulnerability is particularly concerning as it revives an issue that was previously addressed in 2006, highlighting the persistence of hidden bugs in widely used secure software. This discovery follows another significant vulnerability in the XZ Utils library found just a few months ago, underscoring ongoing security challenges.

Mary had a long career in the UK government, working in senior roles in a range of agencies across counter terrorism, national security and law enforcement, including the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Her last executive role was as Director General for Crime, Policing and Fire in the Home Office.

Comprehending and effectively addressing cybersecurity threats is paramount to organizational security. As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, how companies respond to cybersecurity threats and how they take proactive steps to mitigate them will factor heavily into profitability, reputation and long-term success.

On June 25, 2024, Fortra published a security advisory for a vulnerability affecting their FileCatalyst Workflow product. The vulnerability, labelled as CVE-2024-5275, is rated as critical severity due to its low attack complexity and high impact.

On June 28, 2024, Juniper released fixes for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability discovered during internal testing, CVE-2024-3937. Juniper has stated that this vulnerability affects only Session Smart Router (SSR), Session Smart Conductor, and WAN Assurance Router products running in high-availability redundant configurations.

Welcome to the latest from Corelight Labs! This blog continues our tradition of picking a popular malware family from Any.Run and writing a detector for it! Trending consistently at #1 on Any.Run’s malware trends list, Agent Tesla uses multiple protocols to communicate with its C2 infrastructure, making it more difficult to detect robustly than a malware sample utilizing only one network protocol for its C2.

Cybersecurity is no longer solely an IT department’s concern; it's a company-wide responsibility. But with busy schedules and overflowing inboxes, getting employees to truly pay attention to cybersecurity training can feel like an uphill battle. Let’s start off with why too many staffers are apt to mentally tap out when taking an awareness course. Now, let’s look at how to design a cybersecurity awareness program that will keep employees engaged and informed.

OpenSSH, an application installed by default on nearly every Unix-like and Linux system, has recently come under scrutiny due to a critical vulnerability discovered by Qualys. Designated as CVE-2024-6387 and aptly named "regreSSHion," this flaw exposes Linux environments to remote unauthenticated code execution. The implications of this vulnerability are far-reaching, potentially affecting countless servers and infrastructure components across the globe.