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Year: 2022

AWS Credentials in Boto3 and CLI Debug Output

AWS Credentials in Boto3 and CLI Debug Output — and the AWS Console ACM.68 Do you know where all your credentials and secrets are being output in logs, debug information, or in the AWS console? This is a continuation of my series on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. I must digress for a moment from the networking topics I’ve been writing […]

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S3 Ep102.5: “ProxyNotShell” Exchange bugs – an expert speaks [Audio + Text]

Who’s affected, what you can do while waiting for Microsoft’s patches, and how to plan your threat hunting…

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Automated Creation of Security Groups on AWS

ACM.67 Creating Zero Trust rulesets or security groups on AWS This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. Back when I worked on the network team at Capital One, developers had to submit requests outlining the network requirements for their applications which got reviewed by the security team and then implemented. […]

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Pay What You Want for This Collection of White Hat Hacking Courses

Whether you relish a mental challenge or fancy a six-figure paycheck, there are many good reasons to get into white hat hacking. That said, picking up the necessary knowledge to build a new career can seem like a daunting task. There is a lot to learn, after all. To help you get started, The Hacker News Deals is […]

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CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Critical Atlassian Bitbucket Server Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed critical flaw impacting Atlassian’s Bitbucket Server and Data Center to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2022-36804, the issue relates to a command injection vulnerability that could allow malicious actors to gain arbitrary

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State-Sponsored Hackers Likely Exploited MS Exchange 0-Days Against ~10 Organizations

Microsoft on Friday disclosed that a single activity group in August 2022 achieved initial access and breached Exchange servers by chaining the two newly disclosed zero-day flaws in a limited set of attacks aimed at less than 10 organizations globally. “These attacks installed the Chopper web shell to facilitate hands-on-keyboard access, which the attackers used to perform […]

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Friday Squid Blogging: Breeding the Oval Squid

Japanese scientists are trying to breed the oval squid in captivity. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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Worried About the Exchange Zero-Day? Here’s What to Do

While organizations wait for an official patch for the two zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange, they should scan their networks for signs of exploitation and apply these mitigations.

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This cloud storage with NAS support costs less than you think

The ElephantDrive cloud solution offers two years of 1TB storage for just $38.99. The post This cloud storage with NAS support costs less than you think appeared first on TechRepublic.

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