Application Security News and Articles


USENIX Security ’23 – Ang Li, Jiawei Li, Dianqi Han, Yan Zhang, Tao Li, Ting Zhu, Yanchao Zhang ‘PhyAuth: Physical-Layer Message Authentication for ZigBee Networks’

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 ...

Kasada launches advanced bot defense platform with evolving protection and attack insights

Kasada launched its enhanced bot defense platform with always-evolving protection, tamper-proof data collection, and augmented data-driven attack insights. Traditional bot detection systems have not kept pace with evolving automated threats. They ...

ImmuniWeb is now ISO 9001 certified

According to the International Organization for Standardization, implementation of ISO 9001 means that the certified organization has put in place effective processes and trained staff to deliver flawless products or services time after time. ...

DOJ Seizes Ransomware Site as BlackCat Threatens More Attacks

U.S. law enforcement agencies said they shut down the online operations of the notorious Russia-linked BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group and developed a decryption tool that will help more than 500 victims regain access to their ...

Code’s Covert Threat: Unveiling Secrets and Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

“I fail to comprehend the rationale behind labeling them as secrets when, time and again, my developers persist in embedding them openly in the code,” remarked the CISO upon learning about yet another undisclosed secret integrated by the ...

Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability: The Threat That Cannot Be Ignored

Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, known as CVE-2023-46604, is a remote code execution (RCE) flaw rated at a critical 10.0 on the CVSS v3 scale. The post Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability: The Threat That Cannot Be Ignored appeared first on Security ...

Strata Identity Named in the 2023 Gartner® Innovation Insight for Journey-Time Orchestration Report

Strata’s Maverics journey-time orchestration capabilities help reduce complexity, mitigate risk, and deliver a more dynamic user experience BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 20, 2023 – Strata Identity, the Identity Orchestration company, today announced ...

Stellar Cyber integrates with SentinelOne for enhanced cybersecurity across environments

Stellar Cyber unveiled its integration with SentinelOne to help organizations protect their on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and IT/OT environments by making use of the latest advancements in cybersecurity technologies. Together, Stellar Cyber and ...

Regulations and Standards Shine a Much-Needed Light on the Need for API Security

APIs have become integral to modern software architecture, and the digital economy has exponentially increased API adoption. However, with the rise of APIs, there has been a corresponding rise in API security risks. Capturing today’s headlines ...

Summer associates 2023 recap

This past summer at Trail of Bits was a season of inspiration, innovation, and growth thanks to the incredible contributions of our talented associates, who took on a diverse range of technical projects under the mentorship of Trail of Bits ...

Taking a Proactive Approach to Mitigating Ransomware Part 3: Continuously Monitoring SAP Applications for Indicators of Compromise

Taking a Proactive Approach to Mitigating Ransomware Part 3: Continuously Monitoring SAP Applications for Indicators of Compromise ltabo Wed, 12/20/2023 - 13:38   This is the last in our series on hardening security for the application ...

AskOmni simplifies and enhances SaaS security

AppOmni unveiled a groundbreaking advancement with the introduction of AskOmni. This AI-powered SSPM assistant developed by the AppOmni OmniScience team propels SSPM into new dimensions, simplifying security operations and issue remediation, and ...

Extended Detection and Response: The Core Element of Zero-Trust Security

It's important to better understand what zero-trust and XDR have in common and how they can complement each other. The post Extended Detection and Response: The Core Element of Zero-Trust Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

ConnectSecure announces improved cybersecurity scanning platform for MSPs

ConnectSecure announced it will launch the much-anticipated Version 4.0 of its flagship cybersecurity scanning platform by the end of the year. This release marks a significant leap in the technology, offering efficiency and security management ...

8220 gang exploits old Oracle WebLogic vulnerability to deliver infostealers, cryptominers

The 8220 gang has been leveraging an old Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability (CVE-2020-14883) to distribute malware, the Imperva Threat Research team has found. About 8220 Active since 2017, the 8220 gang has been known for deploying ...

Codenotary Trustcenter 4.0 helps customers prioritize and address software security issues

Codenotary announced Trustcenter 4.0 with sophisticated capabilities to manage data in the VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) format with a newly-designed search engine guided by ML. With the latest Trustcenter, vulnerability information ...

Argus vDome prevents cyber vehicle theft

Argus Cyber Security unveiled its Argus vDome product, an anti-theft solution focused on protecting vehicles from CAN injection attacks. Car theft is shifting from low-tech to high-tech. CAN injection attacks, for example, exploit vulnerabilities ...

The Avast Phishing Awards: Trickiest email headlines of 2023

2023 has been filled with many ups, downs, and scams. As we navigate the treacherous waters of the digital realm, let’s take a moment and make note of the tactics behind the phishing emails that graced millions of inboxes across the country ...

Citrix Bleed leveraged to steal data of 35+ million Comcast Xfinity customers

Telecommunications company Comcast has confirmed a breach that exposed personal information of more than 35.8 million of Xfinity customers. Exploiting Citrix Bleed to breach Xfinity CVE-2023-4966 (aka Citrix Bleed) – an information ...

Halcyon raises $40 million to combat ransomware attacks

Halcyon announced it has closed a $40 million Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV). The company also announced that BCV Partner and former Symantec CEO, Enrique Salem, will join the Board of Directors, and BCV Partner Jeff ...