SSHamble: Open-source security testing of SSH services
runZero published new research on Secure Shell (SSH) exposures and unveiled a corresponding open-source tool, SSHamble. This tool helps security teams validate SSH …
PuTTY vulnerability can be exploited to recover private keys (CVE-2024-31497)
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-31497) in PuTTY, a popular SSH and Telnet client, could allow attackers to recover NIST P-521 client keys due to the “heavily biased” …
Using AI to reduce false positives in secrets scanners
As development environments grow more complex, applications increasingly communicate with many external services. When a software development project communicates with an …
SSH vulnerability exploitable in Terrapin attacks (CVE-2023-48795)
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2023-48795) in the SSH cryptographic network protocol that could allow an attacker to downgrade the …
Vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries found through modern fuzzing
Recently patched vulnerabilities in MatrixSSL and wolfSSL, two open-source TLS/SSL implementations / libraries for embedded environments, have emphasized the great potential …
36% of orgs expose insecure FTP protocol to the internet, and some still use Telnet
A significant percentage of organizations expose insecure or highly sensitive protocols, including SMB, SSH, and Telnet, to the public internet, the ExtraHop Benchmarking …
Malicious actors targeting the cloud for cryptocurrency-mining activities
Trend Micro announced a report revealing a fierce, hour-by-hour battle for resources among malicious cryptocurrency mining groups. “Just a few hours of compromise could …
Enterprises average one root access orphan key on every enterprise server
SSH machine identities are critical to digital transformation strategies, as they authenticate privileged access between machines and are ubiquitous across enterprise …
Linux malware backdoors supercomputers
ESET researchers discovered Kobalos, a malware that has been attacking supercomputers – high performance computer (HPC) clusters – as well as other targets such as a …
Fileless worm builds cryptomining, backdoor-planting P2P botnet
A fileless worm dubbed FritzFrog has been found roping Linux-based devices – corporate servers, routers and IoT devices – with SSH servers into a P2P botnet whose …
Bad habits and risky behaviors put corporate data at risk
IT and application development professionals tend to exhibit risky behaviors when organizations impose strict IT policies, according to SSH. Polling 625 IT and application …
PrivX: Gain secure access management to critical multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures
SSH announced that their access management gateway solution, PrivX, is now available for free in limited host environments to give IT and software teams all over the world the …