Security Misconfiguration

OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)

Created: 2022-07-11
Tags: #fleeting


Abstract:


  • Poorly configured permissions on cloud services
  • Having unnecessary features enabled (services, pages, accounts or priveleges)
  • Default accounts with unchanged passwords
  • Overly Detailed Error Messages (allows attacker to find out more about system)
  • NOT using HTTP Security Headers
  • Revealing too much detail in Server:HTTP Header

The Mirari Malware was able to take offline a DNS provider
because it used DEFAULT PASSWORDS

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