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Security Terminology

Easily understandable explanations of common industry terms.

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    Unpacking The ALBeast Flaw

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 21, 2024

    In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud computing, security remains a top concern—one that continues to challenge both providers and users. The recent discovery of the ALBeast vulnerability, a critical flaw in AWS’s Application Load Balancer (ALB) authentication, serves as a stark reminder that even the most trusted cloud services are not immune to serious security risks.

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    Backdoor in RFID Cards for Offices, Hotels Can Lead to Instant Cloning

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 21, 2024

    A hardware backdoor in millions of RFID smart cards used to open hotel rooms and offices doors and made by a Chinese company that enables bad actors to instantly clone the cards.

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    Think Log4j is a wrap? Think again.

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 21, 2024

    Here's what you need to know about why the Log4j flaw, Log4Shell, remains a threat — and how to protect your organization with a modern software security approach.

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    Think Log4j is a wrap? Think again.

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 21, 2024

    Three years after its discovery, Log4Shell remains one of the software flaws that are most used by threat actors, a new report released by Cato Networks has found. Thereport exposed a 61% quarter one to quarter two increase in the attempted use of the vulnerability in inbound network traffic and a 79% increase in use in WAN-bound traffic during the same period.

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    Backdoor in Mifare Smart Cards Could Open Doors Around the World

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 21, 2024

    Security researchers have discovered a backdoor in a popular make of contactless key card, that could be exploited at scale to open hotel room and office doors across the globe.

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    Multi-Domain vs Wildcard SSL - Differences and Use Cases

    Blog Post from Sectigo

    Blog Post Aug 20, 2024

    Digital certificates take many forms but they share the same primary goal: to authenticate a website or server's identity.

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    Flaws in Microsoft Apps for MacOS Threaten App Permission Bypass

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 20, 2024

    SC Media reports that Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for macOS were impacted by eight security flaws, which could be utilized to evade available app permissions in the operating system even without further user verification.

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    NIST Releases First Set of Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 19, 2024

    The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal set of defensive post-quantum encryption algorithms, bringing some clarity to the process of preparing for the near future’s likely greatest cyber threat.

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    Bugs in Microsoft apps for macOS could give privileges to attackers

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 19, 2024

    Eight vulnerabilities in six leading Microsoft applications for macOS — including Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, OneNote, Excel and Word — can let attackers bypass the operating system’s existing app permissions without prompting a user for any additional verification.

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    Multiple Microsoft Apps for macOS Vulnerable to Library Injection Attacks

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 19, 2024

    Widely used Microsoft apps for macOS are vulnerable to library injection attacks that let adversaries use the applications' entitlements to bypass macOS's strict permission-based security model and controls.

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    As Malware Embraces Rust, a New Effort Emerges to Fight Back

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 16, 2024

    In line with the cat-and-mouse nature of cybersecurity, threat groups over the past several years have taken to writing their malware in modern programming languages to leverage their cross-platform capabilities and to better evade antivirus and other security tools.

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    How to prepare for NIST’s new post-quantum cryptography guidelines

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Aug 16, 2024

    Now that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its three new standards that include algorithms for signatures and encryption for post-quantum cryptography (PQC), why do these standards matter and what should security teams do to prepare for the transition to PQC?