Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 04:58:00 -0700
Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday release addresses 123 security issues in Microsoft Windows, Office, Exchange (it’s back!) and Visual Studio — and unfortunately, we have two zero-days with reports of active exploitation in the wild. Since this is a broad update, it will require planning and testing before deployment.
The first (CVE-2022-34713) occurs in the Windows diagnostic tools and the second (CVE-2022-30134) affects Microsoft Exchange. Basically, the holidays are over and it’s time to pay attention to Microsoft updates again. We have made “Patch Now” recommendations for Windows, Exchange and Adobe for this month.
Researchers found that a known RCE vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration was chained with a new authentication vulnerability to drop backdoor web shells on thousands of servers
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:26:58 +0000
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging states and localities to beef up security around proprietary devices that connect to the Emergency Alert System — a national public warning system used to deliver important emergency information, such as severe weather and AMBER alerts. The DHS warning came in advance of a workshop to be held this weekend at the DEFCON security conference in Las Vegas, where a security researcher is slated to demonstrate multiple weaknesses in the nationwide alert system.
Credit to Author: Sterling Davis| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000
This article explores event-driven architecture (EDA) with a detailed definition and explains how EDA offers many essential benefits to developers. It concludes with an outline of some best practices for mitigating security concerns.