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Our blog is the premier resource for CISOs and SAP security and Basis specialists seeking deep technical insights into the SAP threat landscape. Our research team provides expert analysis on emerging attack vectors targeting S/4HANA, SAP RISE, and SAP BTP, as well as practical guidance on meeting global compliance standards such as NIS2 and SOX. By translating complex vulnerability disclosures into actionable defense strategies, we empower the global SAP community to harden their mission-critical environments and implement proactive monitoring frameworks that bridge the gap between SAP teams and security operations.

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Maximize Your SAP Security Budget: How to Cut Costs Without Downgrading Cybersecurity

According to a recent report from SAPinsider, almost two-thirds of organizations are placing cybersecurity projects on hold or scaling back planned investments in cybersecurity due to the current economic climate. 18 percent of organizations are reducing the size of cybersecurity teams. The latter can have a drastic effect on collaboration and morale. The impact is

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SAP Security Notes, September 2023

Hot news notes 3245526 and 3320355 patch critical code injection and information disclosure vulnerabilities in SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform (BOBJ). Note 3245526 was re-released in September with updated support package and patch level details. The note patches a command injection vulnerability that can be exploited to escalate privileges in the platform. The vulnerability impacts the

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Layer Seven Security Release Updated Ransomware Guide for SAP

Earlier this month, MGM Resorts reported a major cyber attack that severely disrupted its operations including online and payment processing systems. Threat actors are reported to have breached MGM’s network and systems and exfiltrated several terabytes of sensitive data. The company was forced to shut down several key systems as it worked with law enforcement

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SAP Security Notes, August 2023

Hot news note 3341460 patches multiple critical vulnerabilities in the data modelling and management solution SAP PowerDesigner. This includes an access control vulnerability for CVE-2023-37483 that has a CVSS score of 9.8/10. The vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary queries against back-end databases via proxies. It also includes an information disclosure vulnerability

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New SEC Rules For Cybersecurity Incident and Risk Management Disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a final rule on July 26, 2023 that will require public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K within four business days of discovery. In addition, the SEC will now require public companies to disclose on an annual basis in Form 10-K their process for assessing,

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SAP Security Notes, July 2023

Hot news note 3350297 for a critical OS command injection vulnerability in SAP ECC and S/4HANA was re-released with instructions for confirming the prerequisites for the note. The IS-OIL component must be enabled in order for the note to be applicable. The note includes instructions for checking whether the component and supporting switches are enabled

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How to Discover Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities in Your SAP Systems

SAP systems have a wide attack surface. Threat actors can enumerate and exploit multiple known vulnerabilities in SAP components and programs to compromise SAP solutions. Automated vulnerability scans often reveal hundreds of weaknesses in SAP systems. Remediating each vulnerability requires extensive planning and testing for each impacted system.  Most organizations do not have the resources

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SAP Security Notes, June 2023

Notes 3324285 and 3326210 patch high priority vulnerabilities in SAP UI5. The former applies input validation to block the storage and reading of malicious scripts that could lead to cross-site scripting. The latter introduces additional restrictions to prevent the injection of untrusted CSS that can be exploited to perform clickjacking exploits. Note 3326210 includes a

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Security Patching for SAP Solutions

The risk of unpatched systems is consistently reported as one of the top three threats to SAP systems in every survey of SAP customers performed by SAPinsider since 2021. Regularly implementing SAP security notes is reported as the most significant action performed by organizations to secure their SAP solutions. Security notes provide include corrections for

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Cybersecurity Threats to SAP Systems Report

Earlier this month, SAPinsider released the 2023 Cybersecurity Threats to SAP Systems Report. Co-sponsored by Layer Seven Security, the report is based on the findings of a survey of more than 205 security professionals in North America, EMEA, APJ, and LATAM, representing SAP customers across nine industries. The report revealed several trends in 2023 compared

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SAP Security Notes, May 2023

Hot news note 3307833 patches a critical information disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BOBJ) platform. The vulnerability can be exploited by authenticated threat actors with administrator privileges to compromise the login token of any logged-in BI user or server over the network. The login ticket can be used to access the platform with

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Is SAP ASE the Most Vulnerable Point in Your SAP Landscape?

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is a widely-used relational database server for SAP solutions. As part of the drive to HANA, SAP is expected to withdraw support for third party databases including Oracle, IBM and Microsoft. Standard support for Oracle 19c, for example, will end in April 2024. Oracle 19c is the highest release of

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