CloudSec Academy

Bienvenido a CloudSec Academy, tu guía para navegar por la sopa de alfabeto de los acrónimos de seguridad en la nube y la jerga de la industria. Cortar el ruido con contenido claro, conciso y elaborado por expertos que cubra los fundamentos de las mejores prácticas.

Source Code Leaks: Risks, Examples, and Prevention

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In this blog post, we’ll explore security measures and continuous monitoring strategies to prevent these leaks, mitigating the risks posed by security vulnerabilities, human error, and attacks.

LLM Security for Enterprises: Risks and Best Practices

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LLM models, like GPT and other foundation models, come with significant risks if not properly secured. From prompt injection attacks to training data poisoning, the potential vulnerabilities are manifold and far-reaching.

Data Leakage: Risks, Causes, & Prevention

Data leakage is the unchecked exfiltration of organizational data to a third party. It occurs through various means such as misconfigured databases, poorly protected network servers, phishing attacks, or even careless data handling.

The Threat of Adversarial AI

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Adversarial artificial intelligence (AI), or adversarial machine learning (ML), is a type of cyberattack where threat actors corrupt AI systems to manipulate their outputs and functionality.

What is LLM Jacking?

LLM jacking is an attack technique that cybercriminals use to manipulate and exploit an enterprise’s cloud-based LLMs (large language models).

What is Credential Access (TA0006)?

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Credential access is a cyberattack technique where threat actors access and hijack legitimate user credentials to gain entry into an enterprise's IT environments.

What is a Prompt Injection Attack?

Prompt injection attacks are an AI security threat where an attacker manipulates the input prompt in natural language processing (NLP) systems to influence the system’s output.

What is a Data Poisoning Attack?

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Data poisoning is a kind of cyberattack that targets the training data used to build artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models.

Dark AI Explained

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Dark AI involves the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to facilitate cyberattacks and data breaches. Dark AI includes both accidental and strategic weaponization of AI tools.

Azure Security Risks & Mitigation Steps

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This article offers an extensive examination of Azure environments’ most pressing security risks along with suggested approaches for effectively mitigating these challenges.

Remote Code Execution Attacks Explained

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Remote code execution refers to a security vulnerability through which malicious actors can remotely run code on your systems or servers.

Cloud Sprawl Explained

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Cloud sprawl is a phenomenon that involves the unmanaged growth of cloud-based resources and services.

Data Exfiltration Explained

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Data exfiltration is when sensitive data is accessed without authorization or stolen. Just like any data breach, it can lead to financial loss, reputational damage, and business disruptions.

Lateral Movement Explained

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Lateral movement is a cyberattack technique used by threat actors to navigate a network or environment in search of more valuable information after gaining initial access.

Credential Stuffing Explained

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Credential stuffing is a type of cyberattack where automated tools are used to repeatedly inject stolen username/password combinations into various services to gain access to legitimate users’ accounts in addition to those that were originally breached.

Cross-site scripting

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability where hackers insert malicious scripts inside web applications with the aim of executing them in a user’s browser.

What is a man-in-the-middle attack?

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A man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack is a type of cyberattack where a hacker intercepts data transferred between two parties.

Brute Force Attacks

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A brute force attack is a cybersecurity threat where a hacker attempts to access a system by systematically testing different passwords until a correct set of credentials is identified.

AWS Security Risks

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This article examines common AWS security challenges, including identity and access control gaps, data exposure risks, and monitoring blind spots.

Shadow Data

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Shadow data is any data that is created, stored, or shared outside of an organization's formal IT environment and management policies.

What is Privilege Escalation?

Privilege escalation is when an attacker exploits weaknesses in your environment or infrastructure to gain higher access and control within a system or network.

Rootkits Explained

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A rootkit is a suite of software designed to grant a cyberattacker privileged access while disguising the invasion to evade detection.

What is a Reverse Shell Attack?

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A reverse shell attack is a type of cyberattack where a threat actor establishes a connection from a target machine (the victim's) to their machine.

What is an Attack Surface?

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An attack surface is refers to all the potential entry points an attacker could exploit to gain unauthorized access to a system, network, or data.

What is Shadow AI?

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Shadow AI is the unauthorized use or implementation of AI that is not controlled by, or visible to, an organization’s IT department.

Malicious Code Explained

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Malicious code is any software or programming script that exploits software or network vulnerabilities and compromises data integrity.

Security Misconfigurations

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A security misconfiguration is when incorrect security settings are applied to devices, applications, or data in your infrastructure.

8 All-Too-Common Cloud Vulnerabilities

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We outline the most common cloud vulnerabilities with real-life examples of attacks that exploited these vulnerabilities, and simple steps you can take to mitigate them.

Shadow IT Explained

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Shadow IT is an employee’s unauthorized use of IT services, applications, and resources that aren’t controlled by—or visible to—an organization’s IT department.