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What the industry wants to improve on NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was meant to be a dynamic document that is continuously revised, enhanced, and updated. These upgrades allow the Framework to keep up with technological and threat developments, incorporate lessons learned, and transform best practices into standard procedures. NIST created the Framework in 2014 and updated it with CSF 1.1 in April 2018 . The National Institute of...
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VERT Threat Alert: October 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s October 2022 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1025 on Wednesday, October 12th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2022-41033 A vulnerability in the Windows COM+ Event System service could allow malicious individuals to obtain SYSTEM level access on all supported versions of Windows. The...
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VERT Threat Alert: September 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s September 2022 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1021 on Wednesday, September 14th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2022-23960 The first disclosed vulnerability this month is Spectre-BHB that is discussed in great detail on arm Developer. The Microsoft update for this vulnerability...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of September 5, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of September 5 th , 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Critical RCE Vulnerability Affects Zyxel NAS Devices — Firmware Patch Released Networking...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 29, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 29 th , 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. WordPress 6.0.2 Patches Vulnerability That Could Impact Millions of Legacy Sites The WordPress team...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 22, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 22nd, 2022, including some commentary of mine. VMware fixed a privilege escalation issue in VMware Tools VMware this week released patches to address an important...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 15, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 15 th , 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Newly Uncovered PyPI Package Drops Fileless Cryptominer to Linux Systems A now-removed rogue package...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 8, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 8 st , 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Slack leaked hashed passwords from its servers for years Did Slack send you a password reset link...
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How to Protect Against the Ransomware Epidemic

Ransomware has developed from a niche attack to a booming criminal market over the last year because the simple, turn-key business model behind ransomware infections doesn’t require any real technical skill to execute. As a result ransomware will continue to evolve and will continue to escalate for the foreseeable future. The good news is that there are simple steps you can take today using...
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How Tripwire Helped Walgreens Take a Proactive Approach to Security

Walgreens, founded in 1901, is one of the largest pharmacy companies in the U.S., handling online and in-store sales as well as processing the prescription needs of millions of customers. It needed a security solution that would give them an integrated, all-up view into its IT ecosystem. Its Tripwire ExpertOps solution has given the company a much more proactive view and approach to its security...
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Verizon 2021 DBIR Response Checklist

The Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which takes a deep dive into data-driven findings on the state of global cybersecurity across a number of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, financial and public administration. This year’s report revealed trends behind 79,635 cybersecurity incidents and 5,258 confirmed data breaches across 88 countries. To help security...
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Vulnerability Management Buyer's Guide

Most organizations understand the critical role that vulnerability management (VM) plays in helping them meet compliance requirements, ensure security and reduce risk. However, many organizations discover, only after investing in a solution, that it doesn’t properly address their needs. Avoiding this costly mistake can be difficult though, because at first glance many VM solutions appear similar...
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Climbing Vulnerability Management Mountain

Building your organization’s vulnerability management program is a daunting yet rewarding journey, similar to climbing a mountain. Doing this takes time, planning and hard work, but will be worth it when you get to the top. To help you take on this challenge, Tripwire has outlined the five maturity levels you will use as your guide when building your program. Learn about how you can minimize risk...
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Multi-Cloud Security Best Practice Guide

When you opt to use multiple cloud providers, you’re implementing a multi-cloud strategy. This practice is increasingly common, and can refer to mixing SaaS (software as a service) and PaaS (platform as a service) offerings as well as public cloud environments that fall under the IaaS (infrastructure as a service) category. The most common public cloud environments today are Amazon Web Services...
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Tripwire State of Cyber Hygiene Report

Tripwire’s State of Cyber Hygiene report reveals the results of an extensive cybersecurity survey conducted in partnership with Dimensional Research. The survey examined if and how organizations are implementing security controls that the Center for Internet Security (CIS) refers to as "Cyber Hygiene." Real-world breaches and security incidents prove over and over again that many of the most...
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Five Critical Steps of a Complete Security Risk and Compliance Lifecycle

Maintaining security and compliance in today’s ever changing environment is a never ending task. To manage that task, the most successful companies adopt a systematic approach that promotes continuous improvement. Tripwire is a leading provider of enterprise-class foundational controls for security, compliance and IT operations . Tripwire worked with its most successful customers to understand the...
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Six Security Controls to Prevent Your Cloud from Getting Hacked

There’s a common misconception that cloud providers handle cybersecurity for you. The truth is, cloud providers use a “shared responsibility model”. They protect underlying Cloud infrastructure, but leave protection of Cloud-deployed assets and data up to you. To help meet this need, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) has created the CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations benchmark policy. This...
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Survey: Securing Public Cloud Infrastructure

Do you have a centralized view of your organization’s security posture and policy compliance across all cloud accounts? A Tripwire and Dimensional Research survey conducted in 2021 found that only 21 percent of security professionals could answer “yes.” The survey included more than 300 cybersecurity professionals who are directly responsible for the security of public cloud infrastructure within...