The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the NIST SP 800-204B Attribute-based Access Control for Microservices-based Applications using a Service Mesh.
A Critical ForgeRock Access Management (AM) vulnerability (CVE-2021-35464) has been exploited in the wild. The issue affects ForgeRock's OpenAM, open-source AM solution.
A hacker remotely accessed a Florida city water treatment plant and attempted to increase the chemical level to "dangerous levels" before the cyberattack was thwarted.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the NIST SP 800-210 General Access Control Guidance for Cloud Systems.
Cisco has released a High severity security advisory for a telnet vulnerability that affects Cisco IOS XE software.
Microsoft has released new Zero Trust guidance for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The guidance is part of a broader "Zero Trust Security Strategy" to help organizations provide more secure access to corporate resources.
Organizations that are running Pulse Security VPN devices may still be at risk of being exploited, even if previously patched, according to a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory. The risk is elevated if an actor previously exploited CVE-2019-11510 and stole AD credentials from the victim organization.
In the wake of Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft has issued sound guidance for security leaders to improve remote worker security. Tech companies are also offering small businesses free access to online collaboration tools during the outbreak.
To prepare for possible impacts of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), more organizations are electing to have their employees work remotely from home. With that responsibility, more organizations will need to adopt a heightened level of security to protect themselves from attackers who look to exploit weaknesses in enterprise virtual private networks (VPNs).
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released new guidelines to assist organizations in securing Content Management Systems (CMS). The guidelines include good mitigation advice in areas of patching, account management, hardening and monitoring to name a few.