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Tag: Hardening

  • Hacker News: OpenJDK Authorization

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    Source URL: https://github.com/pfirmstone/jdk-with-authorization/blob/master/README.md Source: Hacker News Title: OpenJDK Authorization Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a community fork of OpenJDK focused on enhancing Authorization functionalities while maintaining performance and scalability. It emphasizes policies based on the principle of least privilege and the importance of auditing untrusted code, while simultaneously…

  • The Register: Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/palo_alto_networks_firewall_zeroday/ Source: The Register Title: Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit Feedly Summary: Yank access to management interface, stat A critical zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ firewall management interface that can allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code is now officially under active exploitation.… AI Summary and…

  • Alerts: Palo Alto Networks Emphasizes Hardening Guidance

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/13/palo-alto-networks-emphasizes-hardening-guidance Source: Alerts Title: Palo Alto Networks Emphasizes Hardening Guidance Feedly Summary: Palo Alto Networks (PAN) has released an important informational bulletin on securing management interfaces after becoming aware of claims of an unverified remote code execution vulnerability via the PAN-OS management interface. CISA urges users and administrators to review the following for…

  • Cloud Blog: (In)tuned to Takeovers: Abusing Intune Permissions for Lateral Movement and Privilege Escalation in Entra ID Native Environments

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/abusing-intune-permissions-entra-id-environments/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: (In)tuned to Takeovers: Abusing Intune Permissions for Lateral Movement and Privilege Escalation in Entra ID Native Environments Feedly Summary: Written by: Thibault Van Geluwe de Berlaere, Karl Madden, Corné de Jong The Mandiant Red Team recently supported a client to visualize the possible impact of a compromise by…

  • Hacker News: A deep dive into Linux’s new mseal syscall

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    Source URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/10/25/a-deep-dive-into-linuxs-new-mseal-syscall/ Source: Hacker News Title: A deep dive into Linux’s new mseal syscall Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the introduction of a new syscall called `mseal` in the Linux kernel that implements a memory sealing protection mechanism. It highlights how `mseal` differs from previous memory protection…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Talos IR trends Q3 2024: Identity-based operations loom large

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/incident-response-trends-q3-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Talos IR trends Q3 2024: Identity-based operations loom large Feedly Summary: Credential theft was the main goal in 25% of incidents last quarter, and new ransomware variants made their appearance – read more about the top trends, TTPs, and security weaknesses that facilitated adversary actions. AI Summary…

  • Hacker News: Safer with Google: Advancing Memory Safety

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    Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/safer-with-google-advancing-memory.html Source: Hacker News Title: Safer with Google: Advancing Memory Safety Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Google’s strategic commitment to enhancing memory safety in software, revealing a two-pronged approach that includes increasing the adoption of memory-safe languages and improving the risk management of existing memory-unsafe languages.…

  • Anchore: STIG 101: Insights for Compliance and Cyber Readiness

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/webinars/stig-101-insights-for-compliance-and-cyber-readiness/ Source: Anchore Title: STIG 101: Insights for Compliance and Cyber Readiness Feedly Summary: The post STIG 101: Insights for Compliance and Cyber Readiness appeared first on Anchore. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides insights into the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) from the Department of Defense, which encapsulate cybersecurity…

  • Hacker News: Io_uring and seccomp (2022)

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    Source URL: https://blog.0x74696d.com/posts/iouring-and-seccomp/ Source: Hacker News Title: Io_uring and seccomp (2022) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Linux `io_uring` interface for asynchronous I/O and its interaction with seccomp filtering, highlighting both performance benefits and potential security implications for applications relying on syscalls. This insight is particularly relevant for…

  • Hacker News: Securing a Linux Server

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    Source URL: https://kenhv.com/blog/securing-a-linux-server Source: Hacker News Title: Securing a Linux Server Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text serves as a comprehensive guide for securing a Virtual Private Server (VPS) environment, emphasizing the principle of least privilege and various security measures such as user management, SSH hardening, firewall setup, and the…