We have all heard of the term infrastructure as code (IaC), however code in this context is not really code in the sense of a programming language. IaC usually refers to the configuration of infrastructure via tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes YAML, or Azure Resource Manager templates, which is really the definition of how the infrastructure will be created.
In 2021, the WhiteSource Diffend automated malware detection platform detected and reported more than 1,200 malicious npm packages that were responsible for stealing credentials and crypto, as well as for running botnets and collecting host information from machines on which they were installed.
Recently, a critical out-of-bounds vulnerability, assigned to CVE-2021-44142, was disclosed in Samba versions prior to 4.13.17. The Samba vulnerability carries a critical CVSS of 9.9 and allows attackers to remotely execute code on machines running a Samba server with a vulnerable configuration. The vulnerability was disclosed as part of the Pwn2Own Austin competition where researchers are challenged to exploit widely-used software and devices with unknown vulnerabilities.
Researcher Moshe Zioni from Apiiro, discovered a major software supply chain critical vulnerability - CVE-2022-24348 - in the popular open-source CD platform Argo CD. Exploiting it enables attackers to obtain sensitive information like credentials, secrets, API keys from other applications. This in turn can lead to privilege escalation, lateral movements, and information disclosure.
We’re almost two months from the disclosure of Log4Shell, and we here at Snyk couldn’t be more excited with the role we’ve gotten to play in finding and fixing this critical vulnerability that’s impacted so many Java shops. For starters, we’ve been able to help our customers remediate Log4Shell 100x faster than the industry average! How have we been able to achieve that?
