Application Security News and Articles


10 steps to effective board leadership on cyber security

Boards and non executive directors can lead from the front on cyber security and reduce risk for your organisation. Yet sometimes it is not easy to find a path forward to engage in a technical area. Here are 10 practice suggestions to take ...

True Alliance Mitigates Online Retail Bot Threats and Improves Website Uptime by 99% with Kasada and AWS

See how this retailer and distributor of iconic brands stopped automated threats and bot attacks that were impacting business revenue, increasing its site uptime and conversion rate. The post True Alliance Mitigates Online Retail Bot Threats and ...

How to protect your machinelearning Models

How to protect your machinelearning Models richard-r.stew… Tue, 02/20/2024 - 21:50 Dr. Werner Dondl and Michael Zunke In computer technology, few fields have garnered as much attention as artificial intelligence ([KD1] [RJ2] AI) and ...

Menlo Security Adds SaaS Platform to Manage Secure Browsers

Menlo Security's SaaS platform applies and manages cybersecurity policies to secure Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browsers. The post Menlo Security Adds SaaS Platform to Manage Secure Browsers appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Mastering SBOMs: Demonstrations

In our recent webinar, Mastering SBOMs: Demonstrations, speakers, including Ilkka Turunen, Field CTO, Sonatype, Robert Haas, Global DevSecOps Product Manager, DXC Technology, and Marc Luescher, Solution Architect, AWS, highlighted real-world ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Confusum Contractum: Confused Deputy Vulnerabilities in Ethereum Smart Contracts

Authors/Presenters: Fabio Gritti, Nicola Ruaro, Robert McLaughlin, Priyanka Bose, Dipanjan Das, Ilya Grishchenko, Christopher Kruegel, Giovanni Vigna Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s ...

Here are all the red flags Charlotte Cowles missed in that viral NY Mag article

Last week, Charlotte Cowles—a seasoned journalist with a notable tenure at the New York Times and a seven-year streak of writing a personal finance column at The Cut—published a piece about how she’d fallen for a wild scam. It began ...

EU Opens Official Probe of TikTok Over Content, Minors, Privacy

The European Commission is once again turning its attention to TikTok, announcing a wide-ranging investigation into the China-based social media site over concerns about the addictive nature of its site and content, possible harm to minors, and ...

Enterprise Risk Management Solutions: Giving Equal Weight to Governance, Risk, and Compliance

In enterprise risk management (ERM), the “R” in Governance, Risk, and Compliance often commands the spotlight. However, organizations must assign equal importance to all three components. So, how do you maintain a delicate equilibrium? ...

The Only Credible 2024 Cyber Security Predictions

If you’re like me, you’re tired of blogs and whitepapers that all make the same predictions concerning the coming year’s cyber-security landscape. The predictions are just like common password practices. At the end of the year, you ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Treasure Chests’

via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Treasure Chests’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Zoom Announces Critical Vulnerability for Desktop Application

Zoom, the widely used video conferencing platform, has recently patched a series of vulnerabilities in its desktop and mobile applications, including a critical flaw in its Windows software. Here’s a detailed look at the ...

GUEST ESSAY: Everything you should know about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of AI chatbots

AI chatbots are computer programs that talk like humans, gaining popularity for quick responses. They boost customer service, efficiency and user experience by offering constant help, handling routine tasks, and providing prompt and personalized ...

Writing API exploits in Python

Learn how to leverage curlconverter to write API exploits in Python using payloads you generated in Burp Suite. The post Writing API exploits in Python appeared first on Dana Epp's Blog. The post Writing API exploits in Python appeared first on ...

Fairwinds Insights Release Notes 15.0-15.2: Aggregated Action Items

This month, we’re pleased to share new updates in Fairwinds Insights, including aggregated Action Items and admission request resolutions. Let’s explore these new capabilities. The post Fairwinds Insights Release Notes 15.0-15.2: Aggregated ...

ManageEngine unveils ML-powered exploit triad analytics feature

ManageEngine released an ML-powered exploit triad analytics feature in its SIEM solution, Log360. Now, enterprises can knowledgeably trace the path of adversaries and mitigate breaches by providing complete contextual visibility into the exploit ...

Joomla: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

Our Clean Code solution, SonarCloud, led us to a severe security issue in the popular Content Management System Joomla. The post Joomla: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities appeared first on Security Boulevard.

USENIX Security ’23 -Tamer Abdelaziz, Aquinas Hobor – Smart Learning to Find Dumb Contracts

Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via the ...

Pindrop Pulse offers protection against audio deepfakes

Pindrop launched Pindrop Pulse, an audio liveness detection capabilities for real-time identification, monitoring, and analysis of audio deepfakes. Notably, Pulse was instrumental in identifying the TTS engine used in the recent President Biden ...

Powerful Cloud Permissions You Should Know: Part 4

MITRE ATT&CK Framework: Credentials Access This blog is the fourth publication in a series exploring the most powerful cloud permissions and how they map to the MITRE ATT&CK Framework. You can find the beginning of the series here. —– ...