Mitiga in the News

A misconfiguration in Google Cloud Platform has been found which could give threat actors full control over a target virtual machine (VM) endpoint, researchers have said.

Today, security researchers at cloud incident response provider Mitiga announced in a blog post they had discovered a “dangerous functionality” in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)’s control pane.

A dangerous functionality could allow adversaries to remotely access a network deemed secure from outside intruders. Likely a common misconfiguration of Google Cloud systems could leave the network exposed to capable adversaries, researchers at Mitiga, a Cloud Incident Response Company, claim.

Cloud security vendor Mitiga discovered "dangerous functionality" in the Google Cloud Platform that could allow attackers to compromise virtual machines.

It’s well-known that zero-day vulnerabilities pose critical security risks until an effective patch is issued. But, patching a vulnerability doesn’t guarantee that an environment hasn’t already been exploited.

It seems like every few months, security leaders' anxiety spikes due to a new third-party breach, all too aware of the potential security nightmare that could ensue. In March, the Okta breach shocked organizations around the world as they contemplated the potential impact of a breach of the leading identity access management company.

The cybersecurity landscape is always changing, with cybercriminals devising ever-more sophisticated methods of attack and technology advances providing innovative ways for organizations to defend against cyberattacks.

Many leaks that hacktivists share to deter the Kremlin from further aggression in Ukraine might be useless. However, Russia promised to seek liability for hackers attacking the country's infrastructure, hinting that the borderless Ukraine IT army is harming the Kremlin.

The combination of ever-changing emerging technology and extremely fast adoption creates an enormous challenge for security departments trying to keep an organization secure