Apache HTTPD Server ap_escape_html2 Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Apache server system has been identified.

Er is een kwetsbaarheid in het Apache-serversysteem ontdekt.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Apache HTTPD Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account.

Deze kwetsbaarheid stelt externe aanvallers in staat om willekeurige code uit te voeren op aangetaste installaties van Apache HTTPD Server. Het probleem is het gevolg van het ontbreken van de juiste validatie van door de gebruiker ingevoerde gegevens, wat kan resulteren in een integer overflow voordat een buffer wordt toegewezen. Een aanvaller kan dit lek gebruiken om code uit te voeren in de context van de service account.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Apache HTTPD Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the ap_escape_html2 function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account.

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Information Security Services, News, Files, Tools, Exploits, Advisories and Whitepapers

The US government has released a list of information security services for the country's intelligence services.

De Amerikaanse regering heeft een lijst vrijgegeven van informatiebeveiligingsdiensten voor de inlichtingendiensten van het land.

XNU Flow Divert Race Condition Use-After-Free ≈ Packet Storm

With so many companies competing for data science talent, taking an inclusive strategy to data science isn't just good for business -- and more ethical -- it is a necessity.

Data scientists are a key factor in the global economy, but how can they scale their skills?

Data scientists zijn een belangrijke factor in de wereldeconomie, maar hoe kunnen zij hun vaardigheden opschalen?

Being a data scientist has been one of the ‘best jobs in America’ for several years now. Glassdoor reports that job postings for data scientists have grown 480%, and it is no exaggeration that every fast growing organization needs more data scientists. They are the crucial ingredient for turning raw data into innovative new products and services, and data-driven business transformation.

Datawetenschapper zijn is al enkele jaren een van de 'beste banen in Amerika'. Glassdoor meldt dat het aantal vacatures voor datawetenschappers met 480% is gegroeid, en het is niet overdreven dat elke snel groeiende organisatie meer datawetenschappers nodig heeft. Dus hoe kunnen organisaties hun data science-capaciteiten opschalen in het licht van een dergelijke schaarste?

Being a data scientist has been one of the ‘best jobs in America’ for several years now. It regularly outranks roles like software engineer and product manager, not just because it is more interesting and, according to Tom Davenport, sexier, but because of the insatiable demand for data scientists. Glassdoor reports that job postings for data scientists have grown 480%, and it is no exaggeration that every fast growing organization needs more data scientists. They are the crucial ingredient for turning raw data into innovative new products and services, and data-driven business transformation.

So, how can organizations scale their data science capabilities in the face of such scarcity? The answer is inclusivity.

The notion of a “normal” data scientist is a myth. Today’s data scientists come from all walks of life with a variety of skills, experience, and training. Their backgrounds range from computer science and applied physics to bioinformatics and beyond. Some come from non-quantitative backgrounds and have become data scientists by dint of experience and training programs. Between them, this ragtag bunch have perhaps the widest variety of skills, tools, methods, and methodologies of any group ever lumped together as a profession.

What may look like a flaw, is actually a strength because there is no such thing as a “normal” data science project, either. Whereas one project may involve a deep learning-based computer vision model, another may end up using traditional rules-based text analytics. No data scientist, irrespective of background, will come trained in both methods, let alone the large and growing universe of data science techniques.

Further, every data scientist will be regularly called upon to apply skills from a range of other disciplines. And these benefits are on top of the regular innovation, creativity, and decision-making improvements that the melding of these diverse perspectives brings about. However, to scale data science teams and access these benefits, organizations need to overhaul the way they recruit and support their data scientists.

Every organization that wants to scale their data science capabilities needs to embrace this diversity of data scientists because there simply are not enough of them with a given profile to hire them exclusively. However, most organizations persistently work against their own interests. They attempt to over-standardize data science job descriptions and career paths and seek to limit data scientists to a narrow set of tools. All these actions limit the organization’s ability to scale.

Instead, organizations need to plan for and establish a workplace that is inclusive of all data scientists. To do so, they must tackle the people, process, and technology aspects of data science diversity:
• People: Recruit diverse profiles. Recruiters and hiring managers need to explicitly seek candidates from a range of different academic backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Rather than a one-size-fits-all profile they should create a range of profiles, ideally aligned to your different types of current and future projects. Recruit individuals based on their transferable skills and their demonstrated ability to learn and apply relevant methods as witnessed by their past accomplishments. Above all, resist the temptation to screen candidates based on keywords linked to specific degrees, tools, programming languages, and frameworks.
• Process: Encourage a diverse community. Once you’ve recruited a diverse team, you need to nurture it. It is all too easy to create a narrow data science career track with a set list of competencies at each rung. The result is unhappy data scientists, low productivity, and turnover. Instead, create individualized career paths with a high degree of flexibility. Cultivate a sense of belonging by establishing formal and informal channels for collaboration within and across data science teams.
• Technology: Empower them with a diverse toolkit. Every data scientist comes with tools that they have spent years developing expertise in. Yes, every good data scientist wants to learn new ones, but there is no faster way to frustrate a data scientist, and reduce their productivity, than by preventing them from using the tools that they know and the tools that are most suited to the project. You do not need to standardize tools to drive collaboration and productivity. The best data science platforms today enable you to use all the mainstream data science IDEs, languages, packages, distributed compute frameworks and hardware whether they are open source or proprietary. In addition, these same platforms enable data scientists to collaborate and share results, code, model artifacts, etc. irrespective of the tools they were created with. And they provide the governance, security, and shared access to infrastructure to boot.

Data science-driven companies reap benefits across the board -- in increased revenue, operational efficiency, and innovation, but in order to achieve this, businesses need talent to make sense of their data and build models to power new applications and streamline processes throughout the organization. With so many companies competing for data science talent, taking an inclusive strategy to data science isn't just good for business -- and more ethical -- it is a necessity. Data is not the strategic resource of the 21st century, data scientists are.

How to Scale Your Data Science Capabilities in a High-Demand Market

Threat actors are actively abusing cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to deliver RATs such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT. Threat actors are actively exploiting public cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to spread RATs such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT used to steal sensitive information from compromised systems. The malware campaign was spotted by Cisco Talos in October 2021, most […]

Cybercrime gangs are increasingly exploiting cloud services to deliver malware, according to a new report.

Cybercriminele bendes maken steeds meer gebruik van clouddiensten om malware af te leveren, zo blijkt uit een nieuw rapport.

Threat actors are actively abusing cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to deliver RATs such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT. Threat actors are actively exploiting public cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to spread RATs such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT used to steal sensitive information from compromised systems. Threat actors leverages cloud services like Azure and AWS because they can be easily set up with minimal efforts making it more difficult for defenders to detect and mitigate the campaigns.

Bedreigers maken actief gebruik van publieke clouddiensten van Amazon en Microsoft om RAT's te verspreiden, zoals Nanocore, Netwire en AsyncRAT, die worden gebruikt om gevoelige informatie te stelen van besmette systemen. Bedreigers maken gebruik van clouddiensten zoals Azure en AWS omdat deze gemakkelijk kunnen worden opgezet met minimale inspanningen, waardoor het voor verdedigers moeilijker wordt om de campagnes op te sporen en te beperken. De campagnes die in dit bericht worden beschreven, laten zien dat populaire cloudplatforms steeds vaker worden gebruikt voor het hosten van kwaadaardige infrastructuur.

Threat actors are actively abusing cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to deliver RATs such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT.

Threat actors are actively exploiting public cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft to spread RATs such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT used to steal sensitive information from compromised systems.

The malware campaign was spotted by Cisco Talos in October 2021, most of the victims were located in the United States, Italy and Singapore.

Threat actors leverages cloud services like Azure and AWS because they can be easily set up with minimal efforts making it more difficult for defenders to detect and mitigate the campaigns.

The attackers used complex obfuscation techniques in the downloader script.

The attack chains starts with a phishing email using a malicious ZIP attachment that contain an ISO image with a loader in the form of JavaScript, a Windows batch file or Visual Basic script. Upon executing the initial script, the victim’s machine download the next stage from the C2 server, which can be hosted on an Azure Cloud-based Windows server or an AWS EC2 instance.

“To deliver the malware payload, the actor registered several malicious subdomains using DuckDNS, a free dynamic DNS service. The malware families associated with this campaign are variants of the Netwire, Nanocore and AsyncRAT remote access trojans.” reads the analysis published by Talos. “Organizations should be inspecting outgoing connections to cloud computing services for malicious traffic. The campaigns described in this post demonstrate increasing usage of popular cloud platforms for hosting malicious infrastructure.”

Once installed the malware on the target system, it can be used to steal confidential data or to deliver additional payloads such as ransomware attacks. Threat actors can also sell the access to other cybercrime gangs, including ransomware affiliates.

“Organizations should deploy comprehensive multi-layered security controls to detect similar threats and safeguard their assets. Defenders should monitor traffic to their organization and implement robust rules around the script execution policies on their endpoints. It is even more important for organizations to improve email security to detect and mitigate malicious email messages and break the infection chain as early as possible.” concludes the report that also includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).

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Threat actors abuse public cloud services to spread multiple RATs

Network segmentation is a best practice and when done correctly it improves network security and

The SolarWinds breach has been linked to a massive cyber-attack that has left more than 100 people dead.

De inbreuk bij SolarWinds is in verband gebracht met een grootschalige cyberaanval waarbij meer dan 100 mensen om het leven zijn gekomen.

Every organization is at risk for cyberattacks, and it’s unsettling that the attackers are so good at maximizing the damage to their victims. The time an attacker spends inside a network is referred to as ‘dwell time,’ and it’s measured from the point of intrusion to the point of detection. Long dwell times increase the damage of an attack, often in ways that can’t be measured.

Elke organisatie loopt het risico op cyberaanvallen, en het is verontrustend dat de aanvallers zo goed zijn in het maximaliseren van de schade aan hun slachtoffers. Aanvallers die de bedrijfsverdediging omzeilen, zullen zich zo lang mogelijk in het netwerk verbergen, zelfs als ze van plan zijn een ransomware-aanval uit te voeren. Lange verblijftijden verhogen de schade van een aanval, vaak op een manier die niet kan worden gemeten.

Every organization is at risk for cyberattacks, and it’s unsettling that the attackers are so good at maximizing the damage to their victims. Their tactics are increasingly sophisticated and often involve some type of email attack, bot attack, or even just old-school social engineering. Attackers who bypass company defenses will hide inside the network as long as possible, even if they’re planning to launch a ransomware attack. They use this time to explore the network, steal data and user credentials, destroy backups, and do anything else they can do to set themselves up for future attacks.

The time an attacker spends inside a network is referred to as ‘dwell time,’ and it’s measured from the point of intrusion to the point of detection. Long dwell times increase the damage of an attack, often in ways that can’t be measured. The SolarWinds breach is the perfect example of this. The intruders entered the network in early 2019 and were not discovered until December 2020. The exact number of victims and costs associated with the attack remain unknown.

Network segmentation is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce dwell time. For those of you not familiar with this practice, it’s just like it sounds: You divide your network into different sections (segments) and you ‘lock the doors’ between them.

You’ve seen this concept at work in high-security buildings that restrict access to certain parts of the facility to people who have been granted permission to enter that restricted section. This keeps people from wandering around and exploring areas that are critical to operations or contain sensitive information. Segmentation does something similar for your network.

There are immediate security benefits to separating your network into multiple contained segments:
• Segmentation creates a smaller attack surface within the network. An intruder will be limited to the segment that was breached. The attacker can go no further unless they successfully breach another segment. Isolating your mission-critical servers and data can prevent an intruder from gaining access to your resources through a neglected printer or rogue smart device.
• Segmentation makes it easier to detect and isolate security incidents. The division between the segments helps contain the spread of malware and viruses. It limits the areas where the intruder can hide, and it can improve the efficiency of security monitoring.

There are non-security benefits as well. For example, POS devices fall under strict compliance rules. Assigning POS devices their own segment helps companies by limiting the cardholder data environment (CDE) and reducing the scope of PCI DSS compliance.

Segmentation also improves network performance by separating traffic. A good example of improving both security and performance is the separation of a public network from private resources. A shopping center or school campus that offers free wireless access to guests would want that traffic separated from the line-of-business applications. This keeps the potential traffic congestion of public wireless access isolated to assigned segments.

Gartner analysts have warned against over-segmentation, which can complicate the management and use of the network. One Gartner study found that over 70% of segmentation projects had to be re-architected because the segmentation made it too difficult for authorized users to access what they needed to perform their work.

“A principle of network segmentation is to group like resources together, to minimize security overhead: Build a fence around the car park, not a fence and gate around every car. ~Gartner”

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How network segmentation can help secure your business

Pursuing a SOC 2 audit is a multi-step process. This blog clarifies the SOC 2 audit process and explains the role of SOC 2 auditors and compliance software.

When it comes to cybersecurity, companies need to demonstrate their ability to protect data and information.

Als het om cyberbeveiliging gaat, moeten bedrijven aantonen dat zij in staat zijn gegevens en informatie te beschermen.

Pursuing a SOC 2 audit is a multi-step process, which can seem confusing at first glance given the fact that there are vendors that provide compliance software, and other vendors who are themselves certified SOC 2 auditors. This blog will clarify the SOC 2 audit process, as well as explain the role of SOC 2 auditors and compliance software. When and How to Use SOC 2 Software ToolsThere are multiple steps to completing a SOC 2 audit.

Enter, SOC 2 (Service Organization Control 2), een populaire audit die getuigt van het vermogen van een bedrijf om gegevens en informatie te beschermen. Het nastreven van een SOC 2-audit is een proces dat uit verschillende stappen bestaat, wat op het eerste gezicht verwarrend kan lijken, gezien het feit dat er verkopers zijn die nalevingssoftware leveren, en andere verkopers die zelf gecertificeerde SOC 2-auditors zijn. Wanneer en hoe SOC 2-softwaretools gebruikenEr zijn verschillende stappen om een SOC 2-audit te voltooien.

Data breaches and ransomware attacks continue to dominate the news cycle. To protect data, and position themselves favorably among prospects and customers, companies need to demonstrate a commitment to cybersecurity.

Enter, SOC 2 (Service Organization Control 2), a popular audit that attests to a company’s ability to protect data and information. It’s a strong validator for any company looking to demonstrate its commitment to cybersecurity to partners and customers.

Pursuing a SOC 2 audit is a multi-step process, which can seem confusing at first glance given the fact that there are vendors that provide compliance software, and other vendors who are themselves certified SOC 2 auditors.

This blog will clarify the SOC 2 audit process, as well as explain the role of SOC 2 auditors and compliance software.

When and How to Use SOC 2 Software Tools

There are multiple steps to completing a SOC 2 audit. Many companies start with a readiness/gap assessment, which is the process of reviewing existing controls in place and identifying those that need to be improved or implemented. This process can be executed via an audit consultant, or through specialized software tools that help simplify this process (like A-SCEND).

Compliance software tools typically provide automated workflows and compliance templates, comparing your existing controls against the controls within a selected compliance framework — which, in this case, would be the SOC 2 framework.

Typically, this software allows you to visualize progress toward compliance goals, assign tasks related to evidence collection or policy updates, and collaborate all in one dashboard. Software tools provide a simple way to understand the framework requirements, assess them against your existing policies and procedures, and manage the process of updating policies. While these tools help to better prepare for an audit and streamline the assessment process, an experienced auditor is still a critical component of compliance.

When and How to Use SOC 2 Auditors

Software tools can only take you so far with SOC 2. They can help prepare a company for a SOC 2 audit, but not complete the audit itself. When the actual audit takes place, companies must turn to a SOC auditor.

SOC 2 audits are regulated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and must be completed by an external auditor from a licensed CPA firm. This is the only way a company can receive an official SOC 2 report, whether it’s a Type 1 or Type 2 report.

An official SOC 2 report is valid for one year following the date the report was issued. Future annual audits must also be completed by an external auditor from a licensed CPA firm.

If your organization plans to use software to prepare for an audit, it’s helpful to work with a software partner who can also conduct the official audit (as a certified CPA) because it provides an added layer of convenience throughout the SOC 2 process and results in a reputable report. 



Organizations need to go beyond the data collection by their compliance software tool and conduct further due diligence, such as observations and walkthroughs (conversations) between the audit team and the client. SOC 2 auditors may also find that they need additional data or evidence necessary to validate the design and operating effectiveness of a complete control set. When you use the same company for a technology-enabled audit, and a SOC 2 report, the software is designed to request all audit materials needed, including manually operated controls and supporting evidence. In this convenient scenario, you can save time, resources, and money.

Stephanie Oyler is the Vice President of Attestation Services at A-LIGN focused on overseeing a variation of many assessments within the SOC practice. Stephanie’s responsibilities include managing key service delivery leadership teams, maintaining auditing standards and methodologies, and analyzing business unit metrics. Stephanie has spent several years at A-LIGN in service delivery roles from auditing and managing client engagements to overseeing audit teams and providing quality reviews of reports. Prior to joining A-LIGN, Stephanie worked for CBIZ, the tenth largest accounting firm in the U.S., providing auditing services in the financial accounting spectrum for various industries including automobile, hospitality, not-for-profit, real estate, and cloud architecture. Stephanie graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree of Science in Accounting. During her time at the University of South Florida, Stephanie was an active member of Beta Alpha Psi, an international honor society for Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems students and professionals.

Who Performs a SOC 2 Audit? The Role of SOC 2 Auditors | CSA

By Guy Rosefelt, CPO, Sangfor Technologies NFTs have become very popular with collectors and are more ubiquitous every day.  The idea of owning a one-of-a-kind object even in the digital world is very attractive.  The

In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Jonathan Marcus looks at how security issues affect crypto-wallets.

In onze reeks brieven van Afrikaanse journalisten bekijkt romanschrijver en schrijver Jonathan Marcus hoe veiligheidskwesties crypto-wallets beïnvloeden.

The idea of owning a one-of-a-kind object even in the digital world is very attractive. But artists and creatives of all types, be it painting and graphics, music, photography, and even video can now create and sell unique works that cannot be replicated. Besides security issues, they are being used by criminals for money laundering of cryptocurrency, and I do not see the value in something that will immediately become worthless when the internet apocalypse happens and your NFT wallet is no longer accessible.

Het idee is niet nieuw, aangezien het kopen van unieke voorwerpen in games al tientallen jaren bestaat. Maar kunstenaars en creatieven van alle soorten, of het nu gaat om schilderen en grafiek, muziek, fotografie, en zelfs video, kunnen nu unieke werken maken en verkopen die niet kunnen worden nagemaakt. Naast beveiligingsproblemen worden ze door criminelen gebruikt voor het witwassen van cryptocurrency, en ik zie de waarde niet in van iets dat onmiddellijk waardeloos wordt als de internetapocalyps gebeurt en je NFT wallet niet meer toegankelijk is.

NFTs have become very popular with collectors and are more ubiquitous every day. The idea of owning a one-of-a-kind object even in the digital world is very attractive. The idea is not new as buying unique items inside games has been around for decades. But artists and creatives of all types, be it painting and graphics, music, photography, and even video can now create and sell unique works that cannot be replicated.

First, I need to disclose I am not a huge fan of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Besides security issues, they are being used by criminals for money laundering of cryptocurrency, and I do not see the value in something that will immediately become worthless when the internet apocalypse happens and your NFT wallet is no longer accessible. But that is just me. Until that happens let’s talk about the security issues. Security issues include phishing scams to access crypto-wallets and steal NFTs, and selling counterfeit items, but the issue I want to discuss is using NFTs to distribute malware.

VIA, a company that specializes in solutions for infrastructure and government, reported that they discovered instances of malware being injected into NFTs and demonstrated how easy it is. It makes sense as NFTs are normally media files that have historically been used to inject code or embed malicious software that runs when open. All being an NFT does is verify that it is the only file of its kind using blockchain. But it does nothing to verify the safety of the file. VIA has even created an open-source tool to scan NFTs to look for malicious code or software in the file.

So, the next time you spend thousands of dollars on an NFT, make sure, even if it comes from a reputable vendor, to scan it before opening it and hope there is a return policy if you find something unexpected. Otherwise, your crypto wallet might have a surprise for you once the internet apocalypse ends.

Guy is Chief Product Officer for Sangfor Technologies. He has over 20 years experience (though some say it is one year’s experience twenty times) in application and network security, kicking it off with 10 years in the U.S. Air Force, reaching rank of captain. After his time in the USAF building the first fiber to the desktop LAN and other things you would find in Tom Clancy novels, Guy worked at NGAF, SIEM, WAF and CASB startups as well as big-name brands like Imperva and Citrix. He has spoken at numerous conferences around the world and in people’s living rooms, written articles about the coming Internet Apocalypse, and even managed to occasionally lead teams that designed and built security stuff. Guy is thrilled to be in his current position at Sangfor — partly because he was promised there would always be Coke Zero in the breakroom. His favorite cake is German Chocolate.

Guy can be reached online at guy.rosefelt@sangfor.com or on Twitter at @otto38dd and at our company website www.sangfor.com.

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NFTS Are Cool but Dangerous

By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached April, 2022 Microsoft reported that vulnerabilities in its Azure Database for PostgreSQL could have let Hackers gain access to other customers' databases after bypassing authentication. "By exploiting

Hackers could have exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft’s databases, according to researchers.

Hackers hebben volgens onderzoekers misbruik kunnen maken van een kwetsbaarheid in de databases van Microsoft.

By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be BreachedApril, 2022 Microsoft reported that vulnerabilities in its Azure Database for PostgreSQL could have let Hackers gain access to other customers’ databases after bypassing authentication. Microsoft said its analysis showed no evidence of attackers having exploited the vulnerabilities to access customer data. Wiz said Microsoft awarded its researchers a $40,000 bug bounty — the amount can be viewed as confirmation of the vulnerability’s severity.

Door Randy Reiter CEO van Don't Be BreachedIn april 2022 meldde Microsoft dat kwetsbaarheden in zijn Azure Database voor PostgreSQL hackers toegang konden verschaffen tot de databases van andere klanten nadat ze de authenticatie hadden omzeild. Volgens Microsoft heeft zijn analyse geen aanwijzingen opgeleverd dat aanvallers de kwetsbaarheden hebben misbruikt om toegang te krijgen tot klantengegevens. Wiz zei dat Microsoft zijn onderzoekers een bounty van 40.000 dollar heeft toegekend - het bedrag kan worden gezien als een bevestiging van de ernst van de kwetsbaarheid.

By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached

April, 2022 Microsoft reported that vulnerabilities in its Azure Database for PostgreSQL could have let Hackers gain access to other customers’ databases after bypassing authentication. “By exploiting an elevated permissions bug in the Flexible Server authentication process for a replication user, a malicious user could leverage an improperly anchored regular expression to bypass authentication to gain access to other customers’ databases” the Microsoft Security Response Center reported.

The cloud security firm Wiz’s research team discovered the security vulnerabilities. An attacker could create a full copy of a target database in Azure PostgreSQL [Flexible Server], essentially exfiltrating all the information stored in the database, says Ami Luttwak, co-founder and CTO at Wiz.

Microsoft said it mitigated the issue on Jan. 13, 2022, less than 48 hours after Wiz had notified it of the issue. Microsoft said its analysis showed no evidence of attackers having exploited the vulnerabilities to access customer data. Wiz said Microsoft awarded its researchers a $40,000 bug bounty — the amount can be viewed as confirmation of the vulnerability’s severity.

How to Have Exploited the Database Vulnerability

As explained by Microsoft, the Wiz researchers went through the following steps to gain elevated privileges and remote code execution, which allowed them to bypass cross-account authentication using a forged certificate and access other customers’ databases:
• Retrieve the target’s common name from the Certificate Transparency feed.
• Find the target’s Azure region by resolving the database domain name and matching it to one of Azure’s public IP ranges.
• Create an attacker-controlled database in the target’s Azure region.
• Exploit vulnerability #1 on the attacker-controlled instance to escalate privileges and gain code execution.
• Scan the subnet for the target instance and exploit vulnerability #2 to gain read access!

How to Prevent Data Exfiltration and Data Breaches in Todays Complex Environment

Multiple layers of data protection are required today to prevent Data Exfiltration and Data Breaches. In 2020 the DHS, Department of State, U.S. Marine Corps and the Missile Defense Agency recognized this and all issued requests for proposals (RFP) for network full packet data capture for Deep Packet Inspection analysis (DPI) of network traffic. This is an important step forward protecting confidential database data and organization information.

Zero-day vulnerabilities that allow hackers to gain system privileges are a major threat to all organizations encrypted and unencrypted confidential data. Confidential data includes: credit card, tax ID, medical, social media, corporate, manufacturing, trade secrets, law enforcement, defense, homeland security, power grid and public utility data. This confidential data is almost always stored in DB2, Informix, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and SAP Sybase databases.

How to Stop Data Exfiltration and Data Breaches with Deep Packet Inspection

Protecting encrypted and unencrypted confidential database data is much more than securing databases, operating systems, applications and the network perimeter against Hackers, Rogue Insiders and Supply Chain Attacks.

Non-intrusive network sniffing technology can perform a real-time Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) of 100% the database activity from a network tap or proxy server with no impact on the database servers. The database SQL activity is very predictable. Database servers servicing 1,000 to 10,000 end-users typically process daily 2,000 to 10,000 unique queries or SQL commands that run millions of times a day. Deep Packet Analysis does not require logging into the monitored networks, servers or databases. This approach can provide CISOs with what they can rarely achieve. Total visibility into the database activity 24×7 and 100% protection of confidential database data.

Advanced SQL Behavioral Analysis of 100% of the real-time database SQL packets can learn what the normal database activity is. Now the database query and SQL activity can be non-intrusively monitored in real-time with DPI and non-normal SQL activity immediately pinpointed. This approach is inexpensive to setup and has a low cost of operation. Now non-normal database activity from Hackers, Rogue Insiders or and Supply Chain Attacks can be detected in a few milli seconds. The Security Team can be immediately notified and the Hacker session terminated so that confidential database data is not stolen, ransomed or sold on the Dark Web.

Reiter is the CEO of Don’t Be Breached a Sql Power Tools company. He is the architect of the Database Cyber Security Guard product, a database Data Breach prevention product for DB2, Informix, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SAP Sybase databases. He has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and has worked extensively over the past 25 years with real-time network sniffing and database security. Randy can be reached online at rreiter@DontBeBreached.com, www.DontBeBreached.com and www.SqlPower.com/Cyber-Attacks.

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Azure PostgreSQL User Databases Were Exposed Due to Critical Vulnerabilities

Sea-Doo maker BRP Inc. says work at its factories remains at a standstill following a cyberattack it reported Monday. Spokeswoman Biliana Necheva says in

A Canadian manufacturing company says it has been forced to freeze its operations following a cyber attack.

Een Canadees productiebedrijf zegt dat het gedwongen is zijn activiteiten te bevriezen na een cyberaanval.

Sea-Doo maker BRP Inc. says work at its factories remains at a standstill following a cyberattack it reported Monday. Spokeswoman Biliana Necheva says in an email operations have not resumed more than 48 hours after they were halted as a cautionary measure. It comes at a tough time for BRP, as supply chain woes weighed on sales in its first quarter, with more input obstacles expected on the powersport vehicle maker’s path for the rest of the year.

Woordvoerster Biliana Necheva zegt in een e-mail dat de operaties meer dan 48 uur nadat ze uit voorzorg waren stopgezet, nog niet zijn hervat. Dit komt op een moeilijk moment voor BRP, aangezien de problemen met de toeleveringsketen de verkoop in het eerste kwartaal hebben gedrukt. Voor de rest van het jaar worden nog meer invoerbelemmeringen verwacht voor de fabrikant van motorvoertuigen.

Sea-Doo maker BRP Inc. says work at its factories remains at a standstill following a cyberattack it reported Monday.

Spokeswoman Biliana Necheva says in an email operations have not resumed more than 48 hours after they were halted as a cautionary measure.

The Quebec-based company, which manufactures Ski-Doos and off-road vehicles, announced Monday morning it was the target of “malicious cybersecurity activity” and took “immediate measures to contain the situation.”

Deploying its own information technology staff, BRP also said it hired cybersecurity experts to help secure its systems and support an internal investigation.

The company said its freeze on operations could delay some transactions with customers and suppliers.

It comes at a tough time for BRP, as supply chain woes weighed on sales in its first quarter, with more input obstacles expected on the powersport vehicle maker’s path for the rest of the year.

Spun off from Bombardier Inc. in 2003, BRP employs nearly 20,000 workers, mainly at manufacturing and distribution sites in Mexico, Canada, Austria, the United States, Finland and Australia. Its products are sold in more than 120 countries.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 11, 2022.

BRP operations remain frozen more than two days after cyberattack

A 39-year-old Saskatchewan man accused of stabbing someone in a hospital is facing an elevated charge of second-degree murder. Police were called to

Two men have been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing in Saskatoon.

Twee mannen zijn aangeklaagd voor moord na een dodelijke steekpartij in Saskatoon.

Police were called to Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital in June after a 55-year-old man was stabbed. The suspect was initially charged with attempted murder, but police say the charge was upgraded after the man recently succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Police did not identify the two men in the case.

De politie werd in juni opgeroepen naar het Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon nadat een 55-jarige man was neergestoken. De verdachte werd aanvankelijk poging tot moord ten laste gelegd, maar de politie zegt dat de aanklacht werd opgewaardeerd nadat de man onlangs in het ziekenhuis aan zijn verwondingen was bezweken. De politie heeft de twee mannen in de zaak niet geïdentificeerd.

A 39-year-old Saskatchewan man accused of stabbing someone in a hospital is facing an elevated charge of second-degree murder.

Police were called to Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital in June after a 55-year-old man was stabbed.

The suspect was initially charged with attempted murder, but police say the charge was upgraded after the man recently succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

Police did not identify the two men in the case.

They say the accused is in custody and scheduled to appear in court today.

It’s the seventh homicide in Saskatoon so far this year.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 11, 2022.

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