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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: TeamCity’s server vulnerabilities
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights JetBrains’ TeamCity vulnerabilities found in the CI/CD Server. One vulnerability allows unauthenticated access to an instance while the other allows for unauthenticated information disclosure and modification. What is the threat? A critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability...
The role of MSPs in food supply chain cybersecurity
Food and cybersecurity seem like very different topics. When we think of our favorite potato chips or steaks to sizzle on the grill, ransomware isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. However, the food supply chain is under increasing...
A SOC’s view on 2024 cybersecurity trends
In the world of cybersecurity, threats are constantly evolving. Therefore, by throwing a spotlight on 2024 cyber trends, while considering what occurred in 2023, we can adapt our defenses and anticipate new emerging threats. Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a...
XDR round-up 2023: High-severity threats on the rise, peak during holidays
In 2023, Barracuda XDR, including its team of SOC analysts on 24-hour watch, cut through nearly two trillion (1,640 billion) IT events to isolate tens of thousands of potentially high-risk security threats. Security researchers have analyzed the most prevalent XDR detections...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical vulnerability in FortiOS
Fortinet has disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting FortiOS, the operating system that runs on Fortigate SSL VPNs. The vulnerability known as CVE-2024-21762, received a CVSS score of 9.6. Please review the following recommendations in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to mitigate...
Threat Spotlight: How attackers are targeting your web applications right now
The number of attacks targeting web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) has increased significantly. Barracuda mitigated more than 18 billion attacks against applications during 2023, including 1.716 billion in December alone. Web applications are computer programs that are accessed...
Five healthcare cybersecurity trends to monitor in 2024
We’ve looked at the cybersecurity trends in store for 2024, but trends will differ by discipline in the months ahead. For instance, industrial settings have their own set of vulnerabilities, as do finance, education, government, and healthcare. Hackers especially covet...
A CISO’s guide to the role of AI in cybersecurity
Today’s digital landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and the rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) marks a distinct shift in how we perceive and use the capabilities of AI, especially in the realm of cybersecurity. According to...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Ivanti alerts of new high-severity flaws
During Ivanti’s announcement of their fixes for the recent critical zero-day vulnerabilities, the software vendor alerts of two new high-severity flaws in its Connect Secure and Policy Secure products. One of which is said to be under targeted exploitation in...
Evolution of cybersecurity: The rise of XDR in the 2020s
As part of our 5-part series on the evolution of cybersecurity, the fifth and final entry highlights the need for manageability and visibility as the frequency of cyberattacks increased sharply, coupled with a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, and the growth...
