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It was assumed that a hardcoded access ID associated with CircleCI was being used to perform unauthorized actions within CircleCI customers' cloud environments, such as creating new users, access keys, cloud instances, and serverless functions, as well as modifying existing cloud resources.... 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Feb 06, 2012 By [Palo Alto Networks](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/palo-alto-networks-staff/?ts=markdown "Posts by Palo Alto Networks") [](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2010/08/protecting-against-the-new-dll-attack/) [Threat Advisory/Analysis](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/threat-advisory-analysis/?ts=markdown), [Threat Advisory/Analysis](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/threat-advisoryanalysis/?ts=markdown) ## [Protecting Against the New DLL Attack](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2010/08/protecting-against-the-new-dll-attack/) Microsoft released a security advisory on Aug 23 that discusses a remote attack vector that allows an attacker to remotely take control of user's machine. The security advisory was in response to a report released by a security researcher t... 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There are 3 parts to a botnet attack: Aug 19, 2010 By [Anna Lough](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/anna-lough/?ts=markdown "Posts by Anna Lough") [](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2009/04/real-data-does-not-lie-existing-security-controls-are-failing/) [Application Advisory/Analysis](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/application-advisoryanalysis/?ts=markdown), [Application usage \& risk report](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/application-usage-risk-report/?ts=markdown), [Firewall](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/firewall/?ts=markdown), [Threat Advisory/Analysis](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/threat-advisoryanalysis/?ts=markdown) ## [Real Data Does Not Lie - Existing Security Controls Are Failing](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2009/04/real-data-does-not-lie-existing-security-controls-are-failing/) On April 15th, we participated in a very successful webinar with Dark Reading entitled "Why Bad Security Breaches Keep H... 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