Author: DEFENDEDGE
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Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access
Original release date: May 17, 2022 The cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) on 10 routinely exploited weak security controls, poor configurations, and bad practices that allow malicious actors to compromise networks. While these poor practices may be common, organizations… Read more
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AA22-137A: Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access
Original release date: May 17, 2022 Summary Best Practices to Protect Your Systems: • Control access. • Harden Credentials. • Establish centralized log management. • Use antivirus solutions. • Employ detection tools. • Operate services exposed on internet-accessible hosts with secure configurations. • Keep software updated. Cyber actors routinely exploit poor security configurations (either misconfigured… Read more
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 9, 2022
Original release date: May 16, 2022 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info adobe — photoshop Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.6 (and earlier)and 23.2.2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation… Read more
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Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday Updates Cause Windows AD Authentication Errors
Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday update is triggering authentication errors. Read more
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CISA Temporarily Removes CVE-2022-26925 from Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog
Original release date: May 13, 2022 CISA is temporarily removing CVE-2022-26925 from its Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog due to a risk of authentication failures when the May 10, 2022 Microsoft rollup update is applied to domain controllers. After installing May 10, 2022 rollup update on domain controllers, organizations might experience authentication failures on the server or… Read more
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You Can’t Eliminate Cyberattacks, So Focus on Reducing the Blast Radius
Tony Lauro, director of security technology and strategy at Akamai, discusses reducing your company’s attack surface and the “blast radius” of a potential attack. Read more
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 2, 2022
Original release date: May 9, 2022 | Last revised: May 11, 2022 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info N/A — N/A On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and… Read more
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Intel Memory Bug Poses Risk for Hundreds of Products
Dell and HP were among the first to release patches and fixes for the bug. Read more
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CISA Joins Partners to Release Advisory on Protecting MSPs and their Customers
Original release date: May 11, 2022 The cybersecurity authorities of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States have released joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Protecting Against Cyber Threats to Managed Service Providers and their Customers, to provide guidance on how to protect against malicious cyber activity targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and… Read more
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Actively Exploited Zero-Day Bug Patched by Microsoft
Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday roundup also included critical fixes for a number of flaws found in infrastructure present in many enterprise and cloud environments. Read more