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A flaw in the W3 Total Cache plugin exposes hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites to attacks

Security Affairs

A WordPress W3 Total Cache plugin vulnerability could allow attackers to access information from internal services, including metadata on cloud-based apps. in the WordPress W3 Total Cache plugin could expose metadata from internal services and cloud apps. A severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12365 (CVSS score of 8.5)

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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

Since surfacing in late 2021, LAPSUS$ has gained access to the networks or contractors for some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta and Samsung. “They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords.

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What will be your decisive moment to secure your cloud applications in a Zero Trust world?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Access management is increasingly the answer to #TrustedAccess. Leaks, breaches and hacks will continue to challenge enterprises until one very big problem is solved: access management. Trusted access is the key to the digital kingdom. Investments in IT security are on the rise and policies are evolving for the better.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. Zero trust — and more specifically, zero-trust network access, or ZTNA — thus has become a must-have capability. Erin: How has the ransomware threat evolved in recent years?

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CNIL Releases Guidance on Teleworking

Hunton Privacy

Implementing a Virtual Private Network (“VPN”) solution to avoid direct exposure of the organization’s services on the Internet. Not making non-secure server interfaces directly accessible. More generally, employers should limit the number of services available on the Internet to the minimum in order to reduce the risk of attack.

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NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

Username and password logins emerged as the go-to way to control access to network servers, business applications and Internet-delivered consumer services. We’re seeing a lot of this in the financial industry where the bad guys are targeting people with access to money. “

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Selecting the Right Cloud SSO Solution for Your Organization

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Modern architectures and applications place additional demands on access management tools. This blog will introduce access management evaluation criteria guidelines and discuss what features you should look for and what vendors to consider for your next employee access management solution.

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