Trustwave is proud to announce that it has signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Secure by Design Pledge, joining more than 150 other leading enterprise software manufacturers in committing to building stronger security features directly into our products.

A high-severity security flaw in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer platform is being exploited in the wild just hours after its disclosure. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-5806, allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms and pose as any valid user, thereby gaining access to sensitive files.

As our 2024 Rating Algorithm Update (RAU) goes live on July 10, 2024, we wanted to share some research that validates this update and reinforces the importance of the RAU process. As we noted in our announcement blog, after RAU 2024, remediated Patching Cadence findings will impact the Bitsight Rating for 90 days after the last vulnerable observation instead of 300 days.

Do you remember the last time you didn’t have water? Reliable water delivery is something many of us take for granted. Our local water treatment plant sits at the edge of our neighborhood, and I pass it every day on my way to take the kids to school. Not a lot seems to go on there, so it never occurred to me that I should be concerned about an attack on this critical infrastructure. What does occur to me is the possibility of a cyberattack on our water system.

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In a recent development that has raised concerns across the education sector, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has confirmed a significant data breach involving student information. The breach, linked to a hack of the district’s Snowflake account, has exposed sensitive data pertaining to students and employees enrolled in the sprawling district. Snowflake is a cloud database platform used by companies worldwide to store their data.