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VERT Threat Alert: September 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis
By Tyler Reguly on Tue, 09/13/2022
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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...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of September 5, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 09/12/2022
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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 5th, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Critical RCE Vulnerability...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 29, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 09/05/2022
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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 29th, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
WordPress 6.0.2 Patches...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 22, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 08/29/2022
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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...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 15, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 08/22/2022
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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 15th, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Newly Uncovered PyPI Package...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 8, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Tue, 08/16/2022
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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 8st, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Slack leaked hashed passwords...
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Department of Defense Overview: Integrated Security Controls to Protect Your Organization
Tripwire provides an integrated suite of solutions to help solve security challenges facing organizations within today’s Department of Defense. Tripwire tools have been used within government and military organizations in both tactical and non tactical environments to ensure system hardening through security configuration management, real time threat detection with continuous...
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Tripwire and Astro Making Best Practices a Daily Show
Assessing and managing vulnerabilities is a core cybersecurity practice, but it can put a heavy strain on IT security and operations teams. In many cases, introducing vulnerability management as a service is what’s necessary to overcome the challenge of accumulating vulnerabilities across complex IT environments—especially when time and resources are limited.
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VERT Threat Alert: August 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis
By Tyler Reguly on Tue, 08/09/2022
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Today’s Patch Tuesday VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s August 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1015 on Wednesday, August 10th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2022-34713
According to Microsoft, CVE-2022-34713 is a variant of the Dogwalk...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 1, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 08/08/2022
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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 1st, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Windows 11 Smart App Control...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of July 25, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 08/01/2022
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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 July 25, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
SonicWall fixed critical SQLi in...
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VERT Threat Alert: July 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis
By Tyler Reguly on Tue, 07/12/2022
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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s July 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1011 on Wednesday, July 13th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2022-22047
Microsoft is reporting this month that a single vulnerability in the Windows...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of June 20, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 06/27/2022
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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 June 20, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Over a Dozen Flaws Found in Siemens...
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VERT Threat Alert: June 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis
By Tyler Reguly on Tue, 06/14/2022
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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s June 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1007 on Wednesday, June 15th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
None of the vulnerabilities patched this month have been exploited in-the-wild or publicly disclosed according...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of June 06, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 06/13/2022
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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 June 06, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Another nation-state actor exploits...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of May 30, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 06/06/2022
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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 May 30, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Vendor Refuses to Remove Backdoor...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of May 16, 2022
By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 05/23/2022
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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 May 16, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Watch Out! Hackers Begin Exploiting...
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VERT Threat Alert: May 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis
By Tyler Reguly on Tue, 05/10/2022
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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s May 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1002 on Wednesday, May 11th.
CVE-2022-26925
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
Based on Microsoft’s limited documentation, this appears to be a resurgence and/or improved...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of May 2, 2022
By Editorial Staff on Mon, 05/09/2022
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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 May 2, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes...