In today’s increasingly complex and evolving threat landscape, Security Operations Centers (SOCs) have become the nerve center for protecting critical national and local government assets. Building and maintaining an in-house SOC is often beyond the reach of many government agencies due to budget constraints, the need for skilled personnel, and the rapid growth of cyber threats.

CVE-2024-45409 is a critical vulnerability in the Ruby-SAML (affecting versions up to 12.2 and from 1.13.0 to 1.16.0) and OmniAuth SAML libraries. It hence effectively poses a security risk for unpatched versions of GitLab (read more on the GitLab blog). This vulnerability arises from improper verification of the SAML Response signature. An attacker with access to any signed SAML document can forge a SAML Response or Assertion with arbitrary contents.

Tools like ADUC and ADAC enable Sysadmins to create a new user in an Active Directory quite easily, but they has certain limitations when it comes to bulk user creation. PowerShell is a powerful and flexible tool for creating Active Directory accounts, and much more at scale. This blog reviews the process to create a new Active Directory user with PowerShell cmdlet New-ADUser. We’ll cover the top use cases for this cmdlet and provides its full syntax so you can explore it further.

The Rename-Item cmdlet in PowerShell can be used to change the name of an item. This item can be a file, directory, or any object in a path. The cmdlet can also be used to rename items both locally and in a network environment. Users can also perform batch renaming operations, integrate renaming tasks into scripts for automation, and even manage complex renaming requirements with the help of wildcard characters and regular expressions.

In a world where digital transformation is accelerating, the stakes for safeguarding critical infrastructure, government systems, and financial services have never been higher. These sectors are increasingly targeted by sophisticated payment fraud schemes and AI-powered cyberattacks, leaving them under immense pressure to shield their customers from threats.

It wasn’t too many years ago that only large-scale organizations and enterprises were compelled to worry about cybersecurity. They were the primary targets for malicious actors, and so they seemed to be the only ones thinking about defense. But just like most things, that has completely changed. Small and medium-sized businesses are just as vulnerable to cyberattacks. Without the size and resources to bring security in-house, most turn to managed security service providers (MSSPs) for help.

There are several use cases for a Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution, including secure remote access, credential management and least-privilege access enforcement. PAM helps organizations manage the access of authorized accounts to highly sensitive data, including IT departments, HR or staff who handle payroll systems. Continue reading to learn more about the different use cases for PAM and why you should choose KeeperPAM as your PAM solution.

A recent joint threat advisory from the FBI, CNMF, NSA (18 September 2024), highlights the extent of Chinese-affiliated threat actors’ ongoing botnet campaigns which seek to compromise thousands of internet-connected edge devices over a sustained period. This campaign, known as Oriole, is just one of several such active campaigns observed since 2020. JUMPSEC observations indicate that law enforcement has not yet disrupted the botnet, and indicators of compromise (IOCs) are likely ongoing.

Cato CTRL security researchers have recently discovered a threat actor, ProKYC, selling a deepfake tool in the cybercriminal underground that helps threat actors beat two-factor authentication (2FA) for conducting account fraud attacks. The tool being sold is customized to target cryptocurrency exchanges—specifically ones that authenticate new users leveraging a government-issued document and by enabling the computer’s camera to perform facial recognition.