Microservices architecture is the new norm for building products these days. An application made up of hundreds of independent services enables teams to work independently and accelerate development. However, such highly distributed applications are also harder to monitor.When hundreds of services are traversed to satisfy a single request, it becomes difficult to investigate … [Read more...] about Cracking Performance Issues in Microservices with Distributed Tracing
Issues
Microsoft Issues Improved Mitigations for Unpatched Exchange Server Vulnerabilities
Microsoft on Friday disclosed it has made more improvements to the mitigation method offered as a means to prevent exploitation attempts against the newly disclosed unpatched security flaws in Exchange Server. To that end, the tech giant has revised the blocking rule in IIS Manager from ".*autodiscover\.json.*Powershell.*" to "(?=.*autodiscover\.json)(?=.*powershell)." The … [Read more...] about Microsoft Issues Improved Mitigations for Unpatched Exchange Server Vulnerabilities
SonicWall Issues Patch for Critical Bug Affecting its Analytics and GMS Products
Network security company SonicWall on Friday rolled out fixes to mitigate a critical SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability affecting its Analytics On-Prem and Global Management System (GMS) products. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22280, is rated 9.4 for severity on the CVSS scoring system and stems from what the company describes is an "improper neutralization of special … [Read more...] about SonicWall Issues Patch for Critical Bug Affecting its Analytics and GMS Products
GitLab Issues Security Patch for Critical Account Takeover Vulnerability
GitLab has moved to address a critical security flaw in its service that, if successfully exploited, could result in an account takeover. Tracked as CVE-2022-1680, the issue has a CVSS severity score of 9.9 and was discovered internally by the company. The security flaw affects all versions of GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) starting from 11.10 before 14.9.5, all versions … [Read more...] about GitLab Issues Security Patch for Critical Account Takeover Vulnerability
Cisco Issues Patch for New IOS XR Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Cisco on Friday rolled out fixes for a medium-severity vulnerability affecting IOS XR Software that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2022-20821 (CVSS score: 6.5), the issue relates to an open port vulnerability that could be abused by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to a Redis instance and achieve code execution. "A successful … [Read more...] about Cisco Issues Patch for New IOS XR Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Nine Top of Mind Issues for CISOs Going Into 2022
It is that time of year when we inevitably reflect on the last 12 months, make a list of resolutions to solidify exactly what our priorities should be going forward and how best we can achieve them. In ‘ordinary’ times, you could mingle with your peers at industry conferences and events, swapping stories and trading information, but as we are all too aware, those opportunities … [Read more...] about Nine Top of Mind Issues for CISOs Going Into 2022
Apache Issues 3rd Patch to Fix New High-Severity Log4j Vulnerability
The issues with Log4j continued to stack up as the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Friday rolled out yet another patch — version 2.17.0 — for the widely used logging library that could be exploited by malicious actors to stage a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Tracked as CVE-2021-45105 (CVSS score: 7.5), the new vulnerability affects all versions of the tool from 2.0-beta9 … [Read more...] about Apache Issues 3rd Patch to Fix New High-Severity Log4j Vulnerability
SonicWall Issues Patches for a New Critical Flaw in SMA 100 Series Devices
Network security company SonicWall has addressed a critical security vulnerability affecting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances that can permit remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator access on targeted devices remotely. Tracked as CVE-2021-20034, the arbitrary file deletion flaw is rated 9.1 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSS scoring system, … [Read more...] about SonicWall Issues Patches for a New Critical Flaw in SMA 100 Series Devices
Apple Issues Urgent Patch Update for Another Zero‑Day Under Attack
Merely weeks after releasing out-of-band patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS, Apple has issued yet another security update for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch to fix a critical zero-day weakness that it says is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2021-1879, the vulnerability relates to a WebKit flaw that could enable adversaries to process maliciously … [Read more...] about Apple Issues Urgent Patch Update for Another Zero‑Day Under Attack
Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 89 Flaws — IE 0-Day Under Active Attacks
Microsoft plugged as many as 89 security flaws as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates released today, including fixes for an actively exploited zero-day in Internet Explorer that could permit an attacker to run arbitrary code on target machines. Of these flaws, 14 are listed as Critical, and 75 are listed as Important in severity, out of which two of the bugs are … [Read more...] about Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 89 Flaws — IE 0-Day Under Active Attacks