Saarika Bhasi, now a software engineer II at Elastic, didn’t always envision herself in the tech industry. In fact, she was initially hesitant to commit to a career in software engineering. However, her passion for problem solving and building solutions from scratch sparked a deep interest in the field. “You can really develop something and see the result right in front of … [Read more...] about Building confidence through code: How Saarika Bhasi restarted her career in tech
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Google Fixes GCP Composer Flaw That Could’ve Led to Remote Code Execution
Sep 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Composer could have been exploited to achieve remote code execution on cloud servers by means of a supply chain attack technique called dependency confusion. The vulnerability has been codenamed CloudImposer by Tenable Research. "The … [Read more...] about Google Fixes GCP Composer Flaw That Could’ve Led to Remote Code Execution
New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution
Jun 08, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Programming Details have emerged about a new critical security flaw impacting PHP that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4577, has been described as a CGI argument injection vulnerability affecting all versions of PHP installed on the Windows operating … [Read more...] about New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution
Critical Tinyproxy Flaw Opens Over 50,000 Hosts to Remote Code Execution
May 06, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Server Security More than 50% of the 90,310 hosts have been found exposing a Tinyproxy service on the internet that's vulnerable to a critical unpatched security flaw in the HTTP/HTTPS proxy tool. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-49606, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10, per Cisco Talos, which described it as a use-after-free … [Read more...] about Critical Tinyproxy Flaw Opens Over 50,000 Hosts to Remote Code Execution
Malicious Code in XZ Utils for Linux Systems Enables Remote Code Execution
Apr 02, 2024NewsroomFirmware Security / Vulnerability The malicious code inserted into the open-source library XZ Utils, a widely used package present in major Linux distributions, is also capable of facilitating remote code execution, a new analysis has revealed. The audacious supply chain compromise, tracked as CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS score: 10.0), came to light last week when … [Read more...] about Malicious Code in XZ Utils for Linux Systems Enables Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Confirms Russian Hackers Stole Source Code, Some Customer Secrets
Mar 09, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Threat Intelligence Microsoft on Friday revealed that the Kremlin-backed threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard (aka APT29 or Cozy Bear) managed to gain access to some of its source code repositories and internal systems following a hack that came to light in January 2024. "In recent weeks, we have seen evidence that Midnight Blizzard is … [Read more...] about Microsoft Confirms Russian Hackers Stole Source Code, Some Customer Secrets
U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp
Mar 02, 2024NewsroomSpyware / Privacy A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant's ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor. The decision, which marks a major legal victory for Meta, which filed the lawsuit in October 2019 for using its infrastructure to distribute the … [Read more...] about U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp
New Ransomware Group Emerges with Hive’s Source Code and Infrastructure
Nov 13, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Malware The threat actors behind a new ransomware group called Hunters International have acquired the source code and infrastructure from the now-dismantled Hive operation to kick-start its own efforts in the threat landscape. "It appears that the leadership of the Hive group made the strategic decision to cease their operations and … [Read more...] about New Ransomware Group Emerges with Hive’s Source Code and Infrastructure
Reddit Suffers Security Breach Exposing Internal Documents and Source Code
Feb 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Source Code Popular social news aggregation platform Reddit has disclosed that it was the victim of a security incident that enabled unidentified threat actors to gain unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. The company blamed it on a "sophisticated and highly-targeted phishing attack" … [Read more...] about Reddit Suffers Security Breach Exposing Internal Documents and Source Code
Hackers Breach Okta’s GitHub Repositories, Steal Source Code
Dec 22, 2022Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Data Breach Okta, a company that provides identity and access management services, disclosed on Wednesday that some of its source code repositories were accessed in an unauthorized manner earlier this month. "There is no impact to any customers, including any HIPAA, FedRAMP or DoD customers," the company said in a public … [Read more...] about Hackers Breach Okta’s GitHub Repositories, Steal Source Code