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🔓 Unlocking a different perspective: Forget the application, it's the data that's at risk. 👀 Firstly, we have to face a harsh reality. Hackers have manipulated a zero-day in Atlassian's Confluence, a popular workspace tool used by millions daily, for their sinister purposes. They've made shadow administrator accounts and rummaged unrestricted through on-premises instances. This paints a grim picture of our current security tactics. 😥 Time and again, we've seen evidence of application security's shortcomings - it's like guarding a vault with a pickable lock. The Confluence episode? The latest example. 🚨 So let's consider this: What if we focus on data-centric security? Hear me out. 🏰 Imagine your data as gold inside a vault (the application). Now, if you had real gold, would you rely solely on the vault's lock or would you also secure the gold itself? Doubtless, you'd do the latter. 💰💡 Similarly, by securing the data itself, you create additional layers of security - like an INVISIBLE FORCEFIELD around the gold. Even if they pick the lock (breach the application), the gold (data) remains secure. ✨ This strategy shift might just be the key to turning the tide in our favour against cyber threats. 🔑 Is it high time we prioritised a data-centric approach over solely application security? 🤔 Let's shift the narrative from 'guard the vault' to 'secure the gold' - because a picked lock should not mean lost gold. 👊 Ponder on this and let me know your thoughts 💭. #datacentric #innovation #cyber #databreach

While a hybrid staff stays busy being productive and collaborative with their teams while working from home or on the road, IT teams are focused on keeping these spread out networks safe from cybercrime. What have you found keeps your widely expanded perimeter secure? If you're trying to design a new plan, download this HP infographic explaining the value of a Zero Trust security policy to protect your employees and digital assets no matter where they work.

While a hybrid staff stays busy being productive and collaborative with their teams while working from home or on the road, IT teams are focused on keeping these spread out networks safe from cybercrime. What have you found keeps your widely expanded perimeter secure? If you're trying to design a new plan, download this HP infographic explaining the value of a Zero Trust security policy to protect your employees and digital assets no matter where they work.

While a hybrid staff stays busy being productive and collaborative with their teams while working from home or on the road, IT teams are focused on keeping these spread out networks safe from cybercrime. What have you found keeps your widely expanded perimeter secure? If you're trying to design a new plan, download this HP infographic explaining the value of a Zero Trust security policy to protect your employees and digital assets no matter where they work.

📰 Hot Off the Press! 📰 TechTarget has just dropped a must-read article diving deep into the recent global CrowdStrike IT outage. 🚨🌐 Get the inside scoop on the failed testing process and software design challenges from the #InfoSec community, featuring insights from Veracode’s own Chris Wysopal and Chris Eng. 🛠️🔍 Don't miss out—check out the full story to understand the critical lessons and strategies to avoid similar pitfalls! 📖✨ 👉 Read it below: #CyberSecurity #SoftwareDesign #TechInsights #Veracode

Is your team using Slack Enterprise for business communication? The DoControl Slack Enterprise integration can help identify sensitive data shared across Slack workspaces, channels and messages ✅ 🔀 Use automated Workflows to to identify, alert, and/or delete sensitive files and messages! 🤖 DoControl's Slack Bot proactively engages with users to mitigate inappropriate sharing. Message me to see it in action 👀 #Slack #Cybersecurity #DLP #DataLossPrevention

When it comes to securing software, one size doesn't fit all. While #AppSec focuses on individual applications, #ProductSecurity takes a holistic view. Learn why organizations need both to build a robust defense against evolving threats in this CSO Online article featuring our CISO, Sam Rehman: https://epamsys.co/450Lf4q #DevSecOps ---- Learn more about how to ensure operational resiliency: https://epamsys.co/46cZVys #cybersecurity

A stealthy backdoor named Effluence has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers, deployed after exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. This malware acts as a persistent backdoor, allowing lateral movement to other network resources and data exfiltration from Confluence. Attackers can access the backdoor remotely without authenticating to Confluence. The attack chain involves exploiting CVE-2023-22515, a critical vulnerability in Atlassian, to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts. A second flaw, CVE-2023-22518, was disclosed by Atlassian, enabling the setup of a rogue administrator account, leading to a complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The adversary gains initial access through CVE-2023-22515, embedding a web shell for persistent remote access to all web pages on the server, including the unauthenticated login page, without requiring a valid user account. The web shell, consisting of a loader and payload, remains passive until triggered by specific parameters, performing malicious actions such as creating new admin accounts, purging logs, running commands, and gathering information about the Atlassian environment. The loader, acting as a normal Confluence plugin, decrypts and launches the payload, potentially affecting other Atlassian products. #EffluenceBackdoor #AtlassianSecurity #CVE202322515 #CVE202322518 #WebShellAttack #DataExfiltration #NetworkSecurity #ConfluenceVulnerability #SecurityFlaw #LateralMovement #InfoSecAlert #ThreatIntelligence

Discover this month's Security Threat Landscape Briefing, where we explore: • Lockbit Affiliates Exploit Citrix Bleed • Rising Threat: Remote Access Apps Exploitation • Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability Under Attack • Clop Ransomware Strikes Again by Exploiting Vulnerability  • Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability Under Attack Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gpWr8T7s Info-Tech Research Group #Security #SecurityThreat #SecurityThreatLandscape 

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a stealthy backdoor named Effluence that's deployed following the successful exploitation of a recently disclosed security flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. "The malware acts as a persistent backdoor and is not remediated by applying patches to Confluence," Aon's Stroz Friedberg Incident Response Services said in an analysis published earlier this week. "The backdoor provides capability for lateral movement to other network resources in addition to exfiltration of data from Confluence. Importantly, attackers can access the backdoor remotely without authenticating to Confluence." #cybersecurityawareness #backdoor #malwaredetection #atlassian #atlassiancloud