As organizations grow and adopt cloud-native technologies, securing digital infrastructure at scale has become increasingly complex. According to the Cloud Security Alliance, 73% of organizations struggle to secure business-critical cloud applications due to misconfigurations and limited risk visibility. Ransomware alone can cost companies millions, and with the rise in cyber threats, even cyber insurance may not fully protect them from repeated attacks.

Product Name: bodi0’s Easy Cache Vulnerability: Stored XSS Vulnerable Version: Will be disclosed soon CVE: Will be disclosed soon On September 16, 2024, the team of pentesters at Astra Security found a stored Cross-Site Scripting or XSS in bodi0’s Easy Cache plugin. It is a plugin designed for WordPress that helps optimize the caching functionality, thus allowing enhanced page loading and reducing the server load.

This Cyber Security Awareness month, we’re thrilled to launch The 403 Circle, our new community-driven approach to building a safer world. It isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you. We are surrounded by an overwhelming trove of information, from AI chatbots and mile-long whitepapers to social networks or ‘communities’ that treat you like a product—to acquire, upsell, and renew contracts. At Astra, we strive to simplify proactive security.

A penetration test or a pentest is a simulated cyber attack on a computer system by ethical hackers to discover and exploit vulnerabilities, mimicking real-world attackers to assess an organization’s security posture across web apps, networks, apps, and APIs.

Vulnerability scanning is the process of evaluating web and mobile applications, APIs consumed by them, or systems, networks, and cloud infrastructures to identify vulnerabilities. It involves using automated tools trained to scan for known CVEs, misconfigurations, and potential attack vectors.

On 24 September 2024, the security researchers at Astra discovered a critical broken access control vulnerability in the Class Committee Management System, an open-source project. The web-based system allows users to manage files, schedule meetings, generate reports, and access other management features. A broken access control vulnerability occurs when the application does not enforce proper permissions and restrictions.