A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24. Silicon hacks this week…. The dives into the M1 chip by Ashai Linux discloses another issue apparently…

More than half of websites today support HTTP/2 for an improved user experience as web developers continue to move off HTTP 1.1. That’s for several good reasons. HTTP 1.1 can support six concurrent TLS tunnels with one session each to download web objects in popular web browsers, but HTTP/2 uses multiplexing to support thousands of sessions in one TLS tunnel and download web objects much faster.

Prudential Standard CPS 234 Information Security (CPS 234) is an APRA prudential standard. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) mission is to establish and enforce prudential standards designed to ensure that, under all reasonable circumstances, financial promises made by its regulated entities are met within a stable, efficient, and competitive financial services sector.

If your development team isn’t yet using shift-left testing, you could be wasting time, money, and energy. Teams that practice shift-left testing are able to identify potential roadblocks early in the process, change scope when needed, and improve design to avoid buggy code. When a bug does occur, it can be identified and dealt with quickly so as not to impact the project later on. Shift-left testing proposes to help agile teams become more agile.

When it comes to GDPR compliance, contracts are some of the most powerful tools you have to show to regulators. They allow you to receive legal guarantees from your service providers and third parties that protect you from liability in the event of a breach in compliance. You aren’t off the hook for everything, but at the very least you won’t be liable for negligence.

There are more than 250,000 merchants using the Magento open commerce platform around the world, resulting in millions of users accessing a Magento website every day. That was before the Covid-19 pandemic hit and drove a colossal surge in online activity and, unsurprisingly, consumers significantly exceeded spending predictions. In 2019 there were two days of digital sales that reached $2 billion, and in 2020 there were more than 130.

On Friday, 7th May, the organisation confirmed that a ransomware attack had forced it to shut down all its IT infrastructure – an infection attributed to the DarkSide cybercrime gang. However, just one week later, amid reports that a ransom of around $5 million had been paid out, DarkSide announced that it had stopped operating entirely.

When running Splunk Phantom with AWS services, it can be tricky to make sure Splunk Phantom has the right access. When you’re managing multiple AWS accounts, the effort to configure Splunk Phantom’s access to every account can feel insurmountable. Fortunately, Amazon has the Security Token Service to solve this problem with temporary credentials, so we’ve integrated it with Splunk Phantom!

We are honored to share that Snyk has been named to the ninth annual CNBC Disruptor 50 List, coming in at #15! The full list, unveiled earlier this week, identifies 50 private companies “aligned with today’s rapid pace of technological change and poised to emerge from the pandemic as the next generation of business leaders.” The pandemic accelerated digital transformation and associated cybersecurity concerns.

A squid proxy server has two major functions. First, it is an intermediary proxy. Second, it provides cache services for popular network protocols including HTTP and FTP. The use of proxies and cache services makes up a better internet user experience. Proxies provide added layers of security and cache services that make loading processes faster. Obviously, getting both services from a single provider is highly efficient.