Exploring the intricate relationship between people and cybersecurity opens up a dynamic landscape where individuals' decisions, habits, and intentions significantly impact the safety and integrity of digital systems. Cybercriminals are savvy opportunists, and like pickpockets, they go where the crowds are. They scan the virtual world, identifying weaknesses in the popular sites and systems people use.

The most effective Third-Party Cyber Risk Management programs prioritize risk remediation as highly as risk identification. While Security Ratings Service (SRS) have long focused on risk identification, the burden of curation and remediation has traditionally fallen on the customer. Let's look at how best-in-class security programs achieve measurable cyber risk reduction through effective guided remediation.

In a recent Fortune article, Amazon’s chief security officer, Steve Schmidt, suggests 6 questions every company's board should ask its CISOs to understand how robust their cybersecurity preparation is. One of the most challenging questions for CISOs was: “Who has access to what data? Why do they need it, and for how long?” This question is critical because cyberattacks often begin with weak, leaked, or stolen passwords.

This blog is part of the ongoing “I&O Perspectives” series, which features insights from industry experts about the impact of current threats, networking, and other cybersecurity trends.

On June 7, 2024, a new critical PHP vulnerability CVE-2024-4577 was revealed, mainly impacting XAMPP on Windows. It happens when PHP runs in CGI mode with specific language settings, like Chinese or Japanese. The problem comes from how PHP handles certain characters, allowing attackers to inject code through web requests and take control of servers. This vulnerability, if exploited, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code, a scenario with severe consequences for system integrity and data security.

With the increasing threat of cyber breaches, it has become crucial for businesses and government entities to have effective cybersecurity measures in place. However, many organizations struggle with deploying and operating these technologies with best practices and properly trained staff.

The two new vulnerabilities that the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added to its list of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) are both related to the privilege elevation of the Linux kernel.