Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Two months ago, we made Cloudflare Turnstile generally available — giving website owners everywhere an easy way to fend off bots, without ever issuing a CAPTCHA. Turnstile allows any website owner to embed a frustration-free Cloudflare challenge on their website with a simple code snippet, making it easy to help ensure that only human traffic makes it through.

On December 13, 2023, threat actors began exploitation attempts against CVE-2023-50164, a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting Apache Struts, an open-source framework used to create Java Web applications. Based on current intelligence, the threat actors are leveraging a publicly published proof of concept (PoC) exploit.

We’re proud that Snyk has been honored with inclusion on the inaugural Fortune Cyber 60 list as a top growth-stage company. The full list was unveiled late last week. In 2023, our industry encountered distinctive challenges, but the entire Snyk community demonstrated resilience and a steadfast commitment to our founding mission: empowering and equipping DevSecOps teams worldwide to build securely.

Amidst the ongoing surge in cyber threats, CISOs are encountering increasing challenges in their responsibilities. During a recent CISO Panel Discussion on Application Security hosted by our CEO, Ashish Tandan, CISOs Kiran Belsekar from Aegon Life and Manoj Srivastava from Future Generali expressed concerns about managing security postures and shared actionable strategies to tackle evolving threats.

On November 16, 2023, Google’s Threat Analysis Group revealed an alarming vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration—a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability assigned CVE-2023-37580. The Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) is a software platform that combines email, calendar, contacts, file sharing, and other collaboration tools into a single integrated package. The CVE-2023-37580 allows an attacker to inject a malicious script directly into the URL parameter.

When it comes to securing the manufacturing sector, the consensus is that these organizations should focus on securing their operational technology (OT) from cyberattacks, but this isn’t the full picture. Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers found that the average cybercriminal group would rather target conventional IT environments in manufacturing.

The dark web, often shrouded in mystery and intrigue, is a realm of the internet that exists beyond the reach of traditional search engines. While the Dark Web does harbor a certain notoriety for hosting illegal activities, it also contains valuable information and resources that can be beneficial for professionals involved in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, and investigations.