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THE CHALLENGE  The number of identities that need access to resources and the number of applications required to keep the business humming have exploded in recent years. And while managing the integrations and dependencies between these apps and identities without automation seems impossible, many companies do rely on manually-intensive, disjointed processes to onboard users and manage their evolving privileges. This is a timeconsuming and error-prone approach. Manually connecting the dots between data, applications, events and services hinders IT service agility, squanders resources and is fraught with risk. For example, it can take days or even weeks to grant new hires secure access to the tools they need to succeed or to remove access when an employee leaves the company — hampering productivity or leaving critical windows of time open to security threats. In addition to onboarding and offboarding challenges, tracking and re-assigning user privileges across disparate applications and

The UK and international allies have today (Tuesday) issued a joint advisory revealing technical details about a sophisticated espionage tool used by Russian cyber actors against their targets. Snake malware and its variants have been a core component in Russian espionage operations carried out by Centre 16 of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for nearly two decades. The implant has been used to collect sensitive information from specific targets, such as government networks, research facilities and journalists, with Snake infrastructure identified in more than 50 countries across the world. The advisory, which has been published by the National Cyber Security Centre – a part of GCHQ – and agencies from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is designed to help organisations understand how Snake operates and provides suggested mitigations to help defend against the threat. Paul Chichester, NCSC Director of Operations, said: “The advisory lifts the lid on a highly sophisticate

Automated business logic attacks are on the rise, driven by bad bots that can evade detection while wreaking havoc and enabling online fraud. Bad bots mimic human behavior and abuse business logic, allowing threat operators and fraudsters to perform a wide array of malicious activities. Each year, Imperva analyzes data from our global network to investigate the evolution of automated attacks and the bad bots that drive them, documenting the findings in the Bad Bot Report. Imperva looked closely at the relationship between bad bots, online fraud and API insecurity and the impact of automated attacks across a variety of industries. The annual report takes a deep dive into the latest bad bot statistics and trends from the past year, providing meaningful information and guidance about the nature and impact of bots to help organizations better understand the potential risks of unmanaged bot traffic.  As a  leader  in bot mitigation, with over 12 years of experience fighting bad bots,

Microsoft has released security updates to address a Secure Boot zero-day vulnerability exploited by BlackLotus UEFI malware to infect fully patched Windows systems. Secure Boot is a security feature that blocks bootloaders untrusted by the OEM on computers with Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware and a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip to prevent rootkits from loading during the startup process. According to a Microsoft Security Response Center blog post, the security flaw (tracked as CVE-2023-24932) was used to bypass patches released for CVE-2022-21894, another Secure Boot bug abused in BlackLotus attacks last year. "To protect against this attack, a fix for the Windows boot manager (CVE-2023-24932) is included in the May 9, 2023, security update release, but disabled by default and will not provide protections," the company said. "This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute self-signed code at the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) l

  is this website safe  ? In this digital world, Check website safety is the most important concern since there are countless malicious websites available everywhere over the  Internet,  it is tough to find a trustworthy website .  We need to   browse smart and need to make sure the site is not dangerous by using Multiple approaches. In general, it is good to type the website URL instead of copy-paste or clicking an URL. Also, check to see if the website working with  HTTP OR HTTPS . Investigating: is this website safe In order to find,  is this website safe,  we need to figure it out if the URL was received from an unknown source and we would recommend cross-checking the URL before clicking on it. Copy the URL to analyzers that are available over the Internet and ensure it’s  Integrity.  If it is a shortened URL you can  unshorten  it   with the site   and then analyze the actual URL. Methods to analyze  Websites To  check website safety , the first and the most recommended method is

Improved availability . In a multi-zone deployment topology, if an availability zone fails, the failure affects volume life cycle operations in only that particular availability zone. Subsequently, it’s crucial to spread the Kubernetes cluster across multiple vCenter servers to improve its availability. By doing so, you can ensure that the cluster remains functional even if one of the vCenters servers fails. Improved performance . In a K8s deployment stretched across multiple vCenter Server instances, vSphere Container Storage Plug-in has more vCenter Server systems available for performing volume operations. As a result, the volume operation throughput increases. Improved scale . A single vCenter Server instance supports a maximum of 10k CNS block volumes. In a K8s deployment stretched across multiple vCenter Server instances, vSphere Container Storage Plug-in is able to support 10k CNS block volumes per vCenter Server. In an environment where a K8s cluster utilizes a single vCenter,

  Cyberattacks continue to break   new records   and bad actors keep getting better at what they do. The only way organizations can truly defend themselves is by gaining an understanding of how cyber threats are evolving, acquiring the knowledge of how criminals are operating, and implementing security controls and defense mechanisms more proactively. Let’s explore some of the ways in which cybercrime has evolved in recent times to build a deeper understanding of the threat landscape in 2023. Ransomware evolves yet again Ransomware continues to be one of the greatest threats to businesses and governments worldwide. Ransomware operators are continuously innovating and experimenting with new technologies. For example, researchers recently discovered that malware authors were rewriting ransomware code in new programming languages such as  Rust  to make their detection and reverse engineering even more difficult. Ransomware extortion methods are also changing. Threat actors are selling sto