Monthly Archives: September 2024

Implementing the Shared Security Responsibility Model in the Cloud

CSA’s Cloud Trust Summit 2024 featured an expert panel discussion about v2 of our CCM v4.0 Implementation Guidelines. Led by CSA’s Lefteris Skoutaris, the panelists included:David Skrdla, Senior IT Auditor, Internal Audit, American Fidelity Corp/CamGen PartnersKerry Steele, Principal, Payments and Cloud Advisory, CoalfireJohn B. Oseh, Information Security Consultant, Handelsbanken Plc, UKBelow, read a summary of […]

Failed Tech Predictions and Their Impact: 5 Interesting Stories

We’re all living through an exciting time of tech. Whether it’s driverless cars, a powerful smartphone in everyone’s pocket, or the momentous rise of AI. Things are happening that we didn’t think possible just a few years ago. But what about the technology that never made it out of the gate? Failed concepts, theoretical ideas, […]

Critical Linux CUPS Printing System Flaws Could Allow Remote Command Execution

A new set of security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in the OpenPrinting Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) on Linux systems that could permit remote command execution under certain conditions. “A remote unauthenticated attacker can silently replace existing printers’ (or install new ones) IPP urls with a malicious one, resulting in arbitrary command execution (on the […]

ByClick Downloader Review: Tried and Tested

This ByClick Downloader review goes deep to see if this online video downloader app really delivers on its promises! You often need to download videos for offline viewing when on an airplane or in areas with low bandwidth. Owning a reliable video downloader, like ByClick Downloader is essential to fulfill such needs. I’ve been using […]

How to Convert Spotify Music to MP3: Three Easy Methods

There’s something about owning your music — like really owning it and storing it in MP3 on your device — that feels liberating. But Spotify does not support downloading music in MP3 format. The solution? Well, I scoured the corners of the internet and compiled a list of the three best ways to convert Spotify […]

How to Plan and Prepare for Penetration Testing

As security technology and threat awareness among organizations improves so do the adversaries who are adopting and relying on new techniques to maximize speed and impact while evading detection. Ransomware and malware continue to be the method of choice by big game hunting (BGH) cyber criminals, and the increased use of hands-on or “interactive intrusion” […]

SnapDownloader Review: Tried and Tested

In this review, I’ll show you how well SnapDownloader works for backing up YouTube videos, downloading online videos for offline viewing, and keeping your privacy. It’s getting harder and harder to find a good, easy-to-use tool for downloading online videos to watch offline on a flight or at a camp. And even if you do […]

Microsoft Identifies Storm-0501 as Major Threat in Hybrid Cloud Ransomware Attacks

The threat actor known as Storm-0501 has targeted government, manufacturing, transportation, and law enforcement sectors in the U.S. to stage ransomware attacks. The multi-stage attack campaign is designed to compromise hybrid cloud environments and perform lateral movement from on-premises to cloud environment, ultimately resulting in data exfiltration, credential theft, tampering, persistent

Massive NHI Attack: 230 Million Cloud Environments Were Compromised

Originally published by Astrix.Massive NHI Attack: Insecure AWS Stored Credentials Lead to Compromise of 230 Million Cloud Environments. Researchers from Unit 42 have uncovered a sophisticated and large-scale cyberattack targeting over 230 million AWS, cloud and SaaS environments. The attack exploited exposed environment variable files (.env) commonly stored insecurely on web servers. These files contained […]