Application Security News and Articles


Broken Hearts and Empty Wallets: Romance Scams Plague Dating Apps

Every year around Valentine’s day, romance scams seem to rear their ugly heads. As more and more of our lives are online, it’s easier to meet people and get to know them without ever meeting in person. However, internet friendships and ...

Securing the Cloud-Native Landscape: Embracing Active ASPM for Compliance

In an era where digital transformation is ubiquitous and cloud-native applications drive more and more enterprise workloads, organizations must navigate a landscape fraught with threats targeting these applications, specifically targeting the ...

What is Ondermijning?

This Article What is Ondermijning? was first published on Signpost Six. | https://www.signpostsix.com/ Understanding Ondermijning: A Closer Look You may be asking, “What exactly is Ondermijning?” This term, though not widely known ...

Sigma Software Studio unifies and streamlines software development processes

Sigma Defense Systems launched Sigma Software Studio, a DevSecOps platform poised to revolutionize software development for the DoD and government agencies. Rooted in Sigma’s collaboration with PEO Digital and Black Pearl, Sigma Software ...

Global malicious activity targeting elections is skyrocketing

With more voters than ever in history heading to the polls in 2024, Resecurity has identified a growing trend of malicious cyber-activity targeting sovereign elections globally. In an era of unprecedented geopolitical volatility, this trend is ...

Nucleus Security raises $43 million to redefine how businesses manage their attack surface

Nucleus Security has announced it has secured $43 million in Series B funding led by Arthur Ventures and Lead Edge Capital. This milestone marks a significant leap forward in the company’s mission to redefine how enterprises manage risk ...

Attackers injected novel DSLog backdoor into 670 vulnerable Ivanti devices (CVE-2024-21893)

Hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability (CVE-2024-21893) in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and Neurons for ZTA to inject a “previously unknown and interesting backdoor” dubbed DSLog. CVE-2024-21893 patches and ...

Roundcube webmail XSS vulnerability exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-43770)

CVE-2023-43770, a vulnerability in the Roundcube webmail software that has been fixed in September 2023, is being exploited by attackers in the wild, CISA has warned by adding the vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) ...

Detecting Volt Typhoon TTPs – Security Spotlight

The “Security Spotlight” blog series provides insight into emerging cyberthreats and shares tips for how you can leverage LogRhythm’s security tools, services, and out-of-the-box content to defend against attacks. Last week, the ...

How Your Mobile Apps Leak Sensitive Data?

Do you know there are 2.9 million applications on the Google Play Store, which indicates that the Android market is growing quickly? Although there are many benefits and opportunities associated with it, concerns over data security will also ...

The future of cybersecurity: Anticipating changes with data analytics and automation

In this Help Net Security interview, Mick Baccio, Staff Security Strategist at Splunk SURGe, discusses the future of cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of data analytics and automation in addressing evolving threats. He points out the ...

Protecting against AI-enhanced email threats

Generative AI based on large language models (LLMs) has become a valuable tool for individuals and businesses, but also cybercriminals. Its ability to process large amounts of data and quickly generate results has contributed to its widespread ...

How purple teaming enhances inter-team collaboration and effectiveness in cybersecurity

In this Help Net Security video, Andrew Costis, Chapter Lead of the Adversary Research Team at AttackIQ, discusses how purple teaming allows security teams to break down barriers between teams and increase operational effectiveness. It’s no ...

Product showcase: SearchInform Risk Monitor – next-gen DLP based insider threat mitigation platform

Basically, DLP systems are aimed at prevention of data leaks, and in real-life mode they monitor and block (if required) transmitting of confidential data. However, the traditional approach to DLP system isn’t sufficient. That’s why ...

QR code attacks target organizations in ways they least expect

QR code attacks, or “quishing” attacks, have emerged as a popular tactic among cybercriminals, with no signs of slowing down, according to Abnormal Security. Although phishing emails have grown in sophistication over time, the end goal has ...

2023 Cybersecurity Regulation Recap (Part 4): Tech Development & Governance

In 2023, countries worldwide continued to strengthen their cybersecurity capabilities and systems in response to their national needs, using regulatory means to enhance their cybersecurity management. Based on continuous tracking and research, ...

What is a Data Leak? Causes, Examples, and Prevention

When sensitive information becomes available to outside sources, you have a data leak on your hands. Data leaks are real threats that are easy to ignore. But across all the places your company stores and moves data, it’s only a matter of time ...

Single Sign-On with Fortra IdP 

The post Single Sign-On with Fortra IdP  appeared first on Digital Defense. The post Single Sign-On with Fortra IdP  appeared first on Security Boulevard.

What is DFARS 7021?

The CMMC Clause and Why it Matters DFARS 252.204-7021, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Requirements (aka DFARS 7021) was published in January 2024. DFARS 7021 is the vehicle the Department of Defense will use to insert CMMC ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Internet Service Providers’ And Individuals’ Attitudes, Barriers, And Incentives To Secure IoT

Authors/Presenters: Nissy Sombatruang, Tristan Caulfield, Ingolf Becker, Akira Fujita, Takahiro Kasama, Koji Nakao, Daisuke Inoue Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the ...