In today's rapidly evolving cloud landscape, managing permissions and ensuring robust security controls are essential for organizations utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is crucial in managing permissions to access AWS resources. While IAM provides granular control over permissions, AWS IAM permissions boundaries offer additional security and flexibility for fine-tuning access controls.
On the 31st of May 2023 a public warning was issued by MOVEit, regarding a critical SQL injection vulnerability found in in their systems. This vulnerability allowed malicious actors to gain access to the database. The flaw, known as CVE-2023-34362, was identified on the 2nd of June, but it had already been exploited four days before the alert. By the end of May, approximately 2,500 instances of MOVEit file transfers were discovered to be exposed online, primarily in the United States.
Recently, a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-27997 was identified in Fortinet Fortigate appliances. Fortinet makes some of the most popular firewall and VPN devices on the market, which makes them an attractive target for threat actors. This vulnerability has been exploited by the Chinese APT group Volt Typhoon, among others, targeting governments and organizations worldwide. As a result, Fortinet has released an urgent patch for affected systems.
As part of our ongoing commitment to conducting original research and maintaining an up-to-date Hacker’s Playbook, the SafeBreach Labs team is dedicated to uncovering new threats. My recent research focused on searching for vulnerabilities and design issues in the API security domain in line with this objective. As a result, we discovered a security vulnerability in the popular HR information system (HRIS) platform called HiBob.
The latest version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, CVSS 4.0, entered its public preview phase at the 35th annual FIRST conference put on by FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. An international confederation of computer incident response teams, FIRST writes the CVSS specification that plays such an important role in identifying and cataloging software and application vulnerabilities.
