It’s been a year since we debated if Santa is an insider threat. For this festive newsletter, I’m going to be following up with how to wrangle in the elves. Historically Santa elves are known for their workshop skills, putting together cute wood toys and sewing holiday stockings. Fast forward to the 21st century and the skills required to be a modern elf have exploded.

Some benefits of using hardware security keys on iOS include protection against various cyber attacks, a smoother login experience and increased privacy. Since all mobile Apple devices use iOS, protecting them with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), such as hardware security keys, is important because requiring another way to verify your identity adds another layer of security.

Founded in 2018, MC2 Data is based in Florida and specializes in background check services. MC2 aggregates data from several records to provide background check services to landlords, employers, and other organizations. The company is said to operate other services, including PeopleSearch USA, PrivateReports, PrivateRecords.net, PeopleSearcher, and ThePeopleSearchers.

Data is everywhere in the digital realm, on cell phones, tablets, PCs, and Macs. Even smart TVs, game controllers, and home appliances have data now. With too much data being generated, should we protect all of this content or specific items relevant to protecting their personal security? Everyone using smart devices must understand how data is generated and how long we should keep the data. How can you determine if someone has compromised your data?

As open-source software, Kubernetes gives a platform to orchestrate containers or control application deployment in a containerized way, simplifying their running. It is a scalable and efficient system that automatically deploys and scales applications so the developers can focus on their coding. In contrast, the system takes care of other underlying infrastructure work.

At 1Password, we offer several developer solutions to make software development and deployments a smoother process. We’ve introduced tools like the tried-and-true 1Password CLI, which enables secure local development, and our SDKs so you can securely access your secrets from the cloud.

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the ability to harness the power of AI is becoming increasingly crucial for businesses. Within Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft recently added capabilities for building AI Skills, making it easier than ever for business users to create and integrate intelligent capabilities into your workflows to answer questions over lakehouse and warehouse tables. AI Skills are basically LLM engines that simplify interactions with data.

The researchers from Astra’s security team, on November 6, 2024, found a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in InstantCMS, a free and open-source CMS that allows you to build websites. The vulnerability was identified in the photo album page’s photo upload function.

On October 9, 2024, the security researchers at Astra Security found an HTML injection vulnerability in the messages section of the Admidio User Management solution. The vulnerability, assigned CVE-2024-47836, allows attackers to inject arbitrary HTML content into the application, which could manipulate webpage behavior, mislead users, and act as a precursor to further attacks.

On 29 July 2024, the researchers at Astra identified a critical vulnerability in UnifiedTransform, a popular school management software. CVE-2024-53573 is an improper access control vulnerability in an admin endpoint, leading to an account takeover.