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Federated Analytics: Analyze Data Wherever It Resides for Rapid and Holistic Security Visibility

Data is everywhere, sprawling across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. As security practitioners, we need fast access to this data to analyze it, draw insights, and uncover potential threats. However, the sheer volume of data and complexity of threats makes it difficult to maintain visibility, detect stealthy attacks, and respond quickly to security incidents.

The Botnet is Back: SSC STRIKE Team Uncovers a Renewed Cyber Threat

A silent danger is sweeping through the world’s critical infrastructure. The SecurityScorecard STRIKE Team has uncovered a resurgence of Volt Typhoon—a state-sponsored cyber-espionage group from the Asia-Pacific region, known for its precision and persistence. This is no ordinary attack. Volt Typhoon exploits unprotected, outdated edge devices within targeted critical infrastructure.

How Fidelis Network DLP Outsmarts Cyber Attackers

Data breaches and network security threats are becoming a major problem for companies. The goal is not only to detect attacks but to stop them from happening in the first place. Fidelis Network DLP gives businesses a strong and integrated system to protect sensitive data. By preventing data leaks across all network traffic, Fidelis Network DLP helps businesses protect themselves from both external cyber-attacks and insider threats.

LUMMASTEALER Delivered Via PowerShell Social Engineering

The Kroll Security Operations Center (SOC) has recently detected and remediated a trend of incidents that involved socially engineering a victim into pasting a PowerShell script into the “Run” command window to begin a compromise. These incidents have typically begun with the victim user attempting to find “YouTube to mp3” converters, or similar, then being redirected to the malicious webpages.

Secure Python code faster with Code Sight: Real-time issue detection in Visual Studio | Black Duck

Join David Bohannan, an R&D engineer at Black Duck, as he demonstrates using Black Duck's IDE plug-in, Code Sight to run static analysis on Python code within Visual Studio. Watch as Code Sight instantly detects vulnerabilities like OS command injection and cross-site request forgery while code is being written, helping developers fix issues early in the software lifecycle. David will demonstrate how leveraging Coverity's Rapid Scanning engine through Code Sight can allow developers to tackle issues such as secret scanning and ensure hardcoded secrets are flagged before they become risks to applications further downstream.

Understanding CVE-2024-50340 - Remote Access to Symfony Profiler

According to security researcher nol_tech CVE-2024–50340 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS: 7.3) affecting Symfony applications when the PHP directive register_argc_argv is enabled. By appending ?+--env=dev to a URL, attackers can force the application into the dev environment, granting remote access to the Symfony profiler. This exposure can lead to the leaking of sensitive information and potentially executing arbitrary code.