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Log4Shell: A Tradecraft Tuesday Recap | Huntress
We recap our December 2021 episode of Tradecraft Tuesday where we dive into the Log4Shell vulnerability.
We recap our December 2021 episode of Tradecraft Tuesday where we dive into the Log4Shell vulnerability.
Learn how to make security awareness training enjoyable and effective by ditching fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) in the Huntress Blog.
Our team is currently investigating CVE-2021-44228, a critical vulnerability that’s affecting a Java logging package.
Read about how our team investigated CVE-2021-44228, a critical vulnerability that was affecting a Java logging package.
Deep dive into Hive RaaS, analysis of latest samples
Several cloud desktop solutions rely on a 3rd-party library called Eltima SDK to provide USB over Ethernet capabilities, to allow users to connect and share local devices such as webcams. SentinelLabs discovered vulnerabilities in Eltima drivers, including proprietary versions used by several cloud services (among them AWS Workspaces), that would allow unprivileged users to escalate privileges to kernel mode.
Automation is great—but when it comes to threat detection and analysis, it doesn’t replace the need for human expertise.
AWS SageMaker Notebook server lacked a check of the Origin header that led to a CSRF vulnerability. An attacker could have read sensitive data and execute arbitrary actions in customer environments. The exact same issue existed in GCP previously.
In this blog, we aim to answer the question: how easy is it for hackers to circumvent two-factor authentication? We look at their tricks to learn the best way to set up 2FA.
The 2nd joint report between the NCSC and KPMG UK benchmarks against the 2020 findings to gauge what progress has been made.
Automation Account 'Run as' credentials (PFX certificates) were being stored in cleartext, in Azure Active Directory (AAD). These credentials were available to anyone with the ability to read information about App Registrations (typically most AAD users).
Learn about our investigation regarding unauthorized access to our QA and product testing environment.
Information about this issue is under NDA, but AWS customers can read about it on page 98 of the report, which is available for download through AWS Artifact. Note: This issue is outside the scope of this database's usual criteria for inclusion, but has been kept for historic reasons, as it was included in the original CSP Security Mistakes dataset.
A flaw in AWS API Gateway enabled hiding HTTP request headers. Tampering with HTTP requests visibility enabled bypassing IP restrictions, cache poisoning and request smuggling.
Ransomware marks a lucrative business in today’s cyber-driven world. Learn more about ransomware and why it’s a favorite among hackers.
BlackMatter and their victims
It’s amazing what you can learn by thinking like a hacker! We share our top tips and takeaways from our third hack_it security training event.
Group-IB uncovers largest networks of fake shops – phishing websites disguised as card shops
We discovered an information disclosure vulnerability in survey software designed for MSPs. We detail how we worked with the Crewhu team to responsibly disclose and remedy the vulnerability.
Learn about Host Isolation, a new feature that's just been added to The Huntress Security Platform.
Huntress discovered threat actors abusing a blind SQL injection vulnerability in BillQuick Web Suite. Follow our analysis and latest findings in this blog.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Google Cloud SQL, including config file injection leading to RCE, information disclosure in the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy, and a design issue in Postgres IAM authentication allowing access token theft. Other issues included GCR permission misconfigurations and potential for terminal escape sequence injection attacks via gcloud.
Learn about Huntress’ newest platform and service updates, including Managed Antivirus, Host Isolation and 24/7 ThreatOps coverage.
Azure App Service had an insecure default behavior that exposed the source code of customer applications written in PHP, Python, Ruby, or Node, that were deployed using “Local Git”.
After months of rigorous beta testing, we’re excited to announce the addition of our Managed Antivirus service to the Huntress Security Platform.
In honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, here are four critical tips to help you take both your cybersecurity hygiene and knowledge up a notch.
Teach employees not to leave computers unlocked with this tool by Huntress, the fun cyber security awareness training provider.
Azure Active Directory Seamless Single Sign-On feature allowed single-factor brute-force attacks against Azure AD without generating sign-in events in the targeted organization’s tenant.
There is a known issue where updating a BackendConfig resource using the v1beta1 API removes an active Google Cloud Armor security policy from its service. If you do not configure Google Cloud Armor on your Ingress resources via the BackendConfig, then this issue does not affect your clusters.
Do you have what it takes to hack_it? Read on for a sneak peek into our upcoming hack_it event and how it can help you better understand how hackers use their skills against you.