On March 2nd, Microsoft published a security patch for 4 vulnerabilities on Microsoft Exchange Server. Security researchers detected that those vulnerabilities are actively exploited for targeted attacks. The vulnerable version are: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 All OVHcloud Exchange managed services have been patched …
This is the last article in the series about The Bastion. In the previous parts, we covered the principles of The Bastion, and talked about how delegation was at the core of the system. Then we explained how Security was at the heart of the design principles, in a detailed but hopefully not too-long article. …
In previous parts, we’ve covered the basic principles of the bastion. We then explained how delegation was at the core of the system. This time, we’ll dig into some governing principles of how The Bastion is written. In a nutshell, the main purpose of the bastion is to ensure security, auditability and reliability in all …
DNS (Domain Name System) is the “phone book” of the internet – meaning that it translates a human-readable domain name (like ovhcloud.com) into a computer-readable IP (54.39.46.56). The DNS was designed when the internet first started. At that time, the Internet was not as big, or critical as it is today.DNS, therefore, was designed on …
In our previous article concerning the CVE-2017-9841 vulnerability, we presented our web application firewall (WAF) implemented with NAXSI. Usually, a WAF is run directly on the web server. At OVHcloud, we chose to run our web application firewall upstream, on a very powerful software layer that is specific to our web hosting infrastructures. These are …
This is the second part of a blog series, here is part one. We’ve previously found that the bastion is not your usual SSH jumphost (in fact, we found it is not a jumphost at all) and we discussed how the delegation was one of the core features we’d originally needed. So, let’s dive into …
The OVHcloud SSH Bastion – Part 2: delegation dizziness Read More »
Bastion? Are we talking about the indie game? Not this time! (albeit it’s a good game!). At OVHcloud, a fair amount of our infrastructures are built on top of Linux boxes. We have a lot of different flavours; such as Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat… and the list goes on. We even had good old Gentoos …
With confinement measures now being enforced in an increasing number of countries, we can really see the extent to which technology helps us combat isolation. Technology is what enables us to continue studying, stay in touch with those we care about, and keep ourselves entertained. We are even seeing the emergence of new ways to …
Confinement and remote working — don’t overlook your data security Read More »
On 20th March 2020, ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) published an article calling for vigilance from both companies and individuals, following scam attempts that are capitalising on the COVID-19 healthcare crisis. Various organisations such as ANSSI (the National Cybersecurity Agency of France), the NCSC (National Cyber Security Center), and CISA (Cybersecurity And Infrastructure …
Protect Yourself, And Protect Your IT Infrastructure Read More »
Recently, a previously-identified CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) security breach, CVE-2017-9841, was thrust back into the spotlight, thanks to PrestaShop‘s security alert. Unfortunately, it’s already been exploited ‘in the wild’ for a while now. What are the risks ? The CVE-2017-9841 vulnerability lets a malicious user remotely run PHP code on fallible websites, by exploiting …
CVE-2017-9841: What is it, and how do we protect our customers? Read More »
