cybersecurity
Biggest overhaul of Redmond's security in 20 years sees promises of "code analysis [of] 100% of commercial product”, cryptographic keys to be kept in a hardened Azure HSM, more.
'Do not state anything that is subjective and avoid adjectives (e.g., "state of the art," "mature," "advanced," "appropriate," "comprehensive," or "reasonable")' say experts.
Here's what you need to do to reduce the threat posed by CVE-2023-4966. But don't delay.
Despite the low sophistication of the group’s toolset, it is a threat to governments in Europe because... a significant number of internet-facing applications are not regularly updated although they are known to contain vulnerabilities.”
Both blunt and more advanced social engineering approaches used for initial access; the group also has sophisticated hands-on-keyboards capabilities and a diverse toolset.
Concern at IAM vendor Okta's response mounts as BeyondTrust details concerns, Cloudflare calls for customers to press harder on "further information regarding potential impact to your organization"
"VPNs pose a threat to enterprise security. They create a path in the network perimeter and provide access to network resources after authentication..."
The attackers used a "stolen credential to access Okta's support case management system"
Cisco says patch pending October 22 for what transpires to have been two discrete zero days...