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Secure Our World: 20 Years of CISA’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Every October, the United States government, in collaboration with public and private sectors, observes Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This annual event,

Honoring the Heroes of 9/11
Twenty-two years have passed, but the scars of that tragic day remain etched in our collective memory. Today, we pay

The Importance of Strong Passwords: Best Practices for Online Security
Whether it’s safeguarding personal email accounts, sensitive financial information, or even critical business data, the significance of a robust password
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CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Minimize Cybersecurity Risk with the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog
In November 2021 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) started the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog and Binding Operational Directive 22-01. The KEV catalog lists only vulnerabilities known to be actively exploited.

KEV Catalog: PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2019-11043)
Since May 2009, every major Linux distribution had a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the default pkexec application provided by Polkit. This is a critical vulnerability.

KEV Catalog: SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass (CVE-2020-11651)
The SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass vulnerability (CVE-2020-116151) is a critical remote code execution vulnerability.
Active Directory Series

Active Directory Series: Introducing AD CS
This post introduces Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and topics like: public key infrastructure (PKI), the Kerberos pre-authentication protocol PKINIT, Certificate Signing Requests (CSR), and templates. This overview provides a baseline for learning AD CS penetration testing.