Phishing remains a top initial access vector for threat actors, according to researchers at ReliaQuest. Phishing and other social engineering tactics can bypass security technologies by targeting humans directly. “The enduring dominance of phishing as an initial access technique underscores its effectiveness and persistence in the face of cybersecurity advancements and more sophisticated methodologies,” the researchers write.

Vulnerability management is absolutely critical to protecting an organization’s IT and cloud infrastructure, systems, or applications from incoming threats. The ability to remediate the most relevant vulnerabilities quickly is the only way to keep your perimeter safe. Yet, security teams struggle with managing vulnerabilities. Why? At the core lies a fundamental communication and collaboration problem.

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break! Better get patching!

The SecOps Cloud Platform (SCP) helps managed security service providers (MSSPs) improve their response times in several ways. Here is an overview of the most significant use cases.

An X-Powered-By header is a type of HTTP response in the header field (most headers prefixed with an ‘X-‘ are non-standard) that informs the user which technology stack or framework is running on the web server. For example, if a web server is running Node.js, the header would be “X-Powered-By:Express”, which indicates an Express framework is being used.

Blockchain technology continues to grow in prominence, and as it expands, a wide range of businesses are looking to develop digital asset products. At the same time, many startups are launching with digital assets at the center of their businesses. If you are running a digital asset business or building a blockchain product, it’s important to consider what type of custody management solution will best support your business.

On September 3, 2024, Zyxel released patches for a critical OS command injection vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-7261, affecting Access Points (APs) and security routers. This vulnerability stems from improper handling of special elements in the “host” parameter within the CGI program of certain AP and router versions, potentially allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute OS commands by sending a specially crafted cookie to the vulnerable device.

On September 4, 2024, Cisco released fixes for two critical vulnerabilities in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU), a tool used to manage licenses across Cisco products in a network. Cisco has stated that these vulnerabilities are only exploitable if the Smart Licensing Utility is actively running and has been started by a user. Note: These vulnerabilities do not impact Cisco’s Smart Software Manager On-Prem or Satellite.

Spend less time collating security reports and investigating security issues by creating integrated, customizable dashboards with data from 1Password. The new Rapid7, Blumira, and Stellar Cyber integrations for 1Password allow you to monitor potential risks around company data or credentials stored within 1Password.

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) is an advanced testing method that tests the production environment and analyzes application security at runtime. This type of black box testing identifies real-world vulnerabilities externally without much need for insights into the product provenance of any single component. By simulating real-world attacks in your system, DAST identifies critical security gaps that other vulnerability assessments and static methods might miss.