The Daily Index — Monday, May 27, 2024

ATTACKS & VULNERABILITIES

TLDR InfoSec

ALMOST ALL CITIZENS OF CITY OF EINDHOVEN HAVE THEIR PERSONAL DATA EXPOSED

A data breach last year in Eindhoven exposed the personal information of 221,511 residents, including their citizen service numbers (BSNs). The breach was not disclosed to affected individuals as the municipality deemed the risk of identity theft unlikely and claimed the leak was internal and not accessible to outsiders. The Dutch data protection authority has since placed Eindhoven under stricter supervision due to numerous other breaches.

bitdefender.com · 2 min

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MERRILL EMPLOYEE EXPOSES WALMART PENSION PLAN MEMBERS

A Merrill employee accidentally exposed the personal data of almost 2,000 Walmart pension plan members through an email error. The exposed information included names and Social Security numbers. The incident led to the offer of identity theft protection services for those affected.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 2 min

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INFILTRATING DEFENSES: ABUSING VMWARE IN MITRE'S CYBER INTRUSION

MITRE reveals through a series of blog posts how the cyber attack on its organization in late 2023 involved exploiting Ivanti zero-days to create rogue virtual machines within MITRE's VMware environment.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 7 min

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PREVENTING BROKEN ACCESS CONTROL IN EXPRESS NODE.JS APPLICATIONS

This post covers the significance of access control in Node.js Express applications, the consequences of compromised access control, and strategies to prevent access control vulnerabilities that can lead to disastrous private data leaks.

snyk.io · 16 min

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FINE-TUNING SEMGREP FOR RUBY SECURITY: PUNDIT AND SQL INJECTION

A blog post that walks through the process of creating custom Semgrep rules to address two common issues in Ruby. The first is an in-depth look at a common footgun that's present in the sanitize_sql function and now to build a rule to detect it. The second is an in-depth look at common issues when utilizing Pundit and building rules for them.

blog.siddarthadukia.com · 7 min

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AVERLON (PRODUCT LAUNCH)

Averlon enables customers to easily enroll their cloud environments and get an overview of their security risks across all cloud assets, including network access, policies, and software connectivity.

averlon.ai

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INTRODUCING THE ZAP GRPC ADD-ON

ZAP has introduced a new add-on for testing gRPC. The tool allows for easy encoding, editing, and decoding of Protobuf messages. This blog post includes installation instructions and a feature tutorial.

zaproxy.org · 3 min

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CRANIM: A TOOLKIT FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION

NCC Group has released the Cranim toolkit that helps create visualizations for cryptography using a math visualization library called Manim. It provides easy-to-use tools for animating cryptographic concepts and code snippets efficiently. The toolkit is designed to be accessible and user-friendly for computer science educators and enthusiasts.

research.nccgroup.com · 3 min

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DATA LEAK EXPOSES 500GB OF INDIAN POLICE, MILITARY BIOMETRIC DATA

A massive data leak in India exposed the biometric information of millions during elections. The leaked database contained fingerprints and facial scans of police, military personnel, and civilians. The incident raises concerns about identity theft and election security and highlights the need for stronger data security practices and regulations to protect citizens' privacy.

hackread.com · 3 min

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AVAST Q1-2024 THREAT REPORT

This report dives into the top threats of the first three months of the year.

decoded.avast.io · 20 min

TLDR InfoSec

70% OF CISOS WORRY THEIR ORG IS AT RISK OF A MATERIAL CYBER ATTACK

CISOs are increasingly worried about cyber attacks, with 70% fearing their organization is at risk with Ransomware as the top threat.

proofpoint.com · 3 min

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GOOGLE FIXES EIGHTH ACTIVELY EXPLOITED CHROME ZERO-DAY THIS YEAR

Google released an emergency update to fix the eighth actively exploited vulnerability in Chrome, tracked as CVE-2024-5274.

bleepingcomputer.com · 3 min