This blog is contributed by Apoorv Saxena, technical team, FireCompass. At the end of May a researcher by the pseudonym “chompie” published a tweet that showed a working PoC for CVE-2020-0976(SMBGhost), expecting a similar disclosure from the ZecOps security. As part of Microsoft June 2020 Patch release on June 9, ZecOps Researcher disclosed a new… Read More »Critical “SMBleed”, Vulnerability: Why Should You Be Worried?
This report summarizes the top breaches between mid May to June 2020 accounting for the major breaches the world has seen. This helps you in keeping track of the latest hacks and safeguarding your organization by looking at the trends. We share insights to the breach 1.“Bank Of America (BofA) Data Breach” Bank Of America… Read More »Monthly Breach Report June 2020
It’s not new news but it’s shocking how large enterprises are becoming victims, these are challenging times. Cognizant (A large fortune 500 company) was seen to notify customers of a compromise and more details. This particular ransomware is particularly dangerous as it steals data before encrypting it and next threatens to release it if the… Read More »Maze Ransomware Hits Fortune 500 Company Cognizant: What Can We Learn?
This blog was authored by Jitendra Chauhan, Head R&D, FireCompass Salk Stack is A configuration management system. Salt is capable of maintaining remote nodes in defined states. For example, it can ensure that specific packages are installed and that specific services are running. A distributed remote execution system used to execute commands and query data on… Read More »SaltStack Advisory (Vulnerability, Impact, Remediation)
According to research from Risk Based Security, the total number of breaches was up 33% over last year. That’s a whopping 5,183 data breaches for a total of 7.9 billion exposed records and in November, the research firm called 2019 the “worst year on record” for breaches… Not having real time view of your dynamic attack surface and… Read More »2019 Biggest Breaches: 2019 The “Worst Year On Record” For Breaches