Application Security News and Articles


The Cyber Threat Landscape Overview with An Example

The threat landscape is the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and attackers. As businesses move more of their operations online, the threat landscape has expanded to include new types of threats and attacks. ...

The Threat landscape: What it is and why it matters

The threat landscape is the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and attackers. It is constantly changing as new threats are discovered, new vulnerabilities are exploited, and new attackers emerge. The threat ...

DEF CON 31 – Mikko Hypponen’s ‘War Stories – Living Next Door to Russia’

Many thanks to DEF CON 31 for publishing their terrific DefCon Conference 31 presenters content. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada; via the organizations YouTube channel. ...

Provisioning Just-In-Time Access via ChatOps

A survey of 1,000 IT operations, DevOps, site reliability engineering (SRE) and platform engineering professionals in the U.S. conducted by Transposit, a provider of an incident management platform, found more than two-thirds (67%) have seen an ...

What is the threat landscape, and why should you care?

The threat landscape is the entirety of potential and identified cyber threats affecting a particular sector, group of users, time period, and so forth. It includes a wide range of threats, such as malware, phishing attacks, ransomware, and ...

Cyber Insurance Roundup: What’s Happening Now?

From the roller-coaster ride in rates to new generative AI uses to dramatic changes in underwriting rules, cyber insurance is evolving fast. Here are some of the latest trends. The post Cyber Insurance Roundup: What’s Happening Now? appeared ...

Ligatures In RStudio Dailies

I had thought most folks likely knew this already, but if you are user of RStudio dailies (this may apply to regular RStudio, but I only use the dailies) and are missing ligatures in the editor (for some fonts), the “fix” is pretty simple ...

Week in review: Sumo Logic breach, 7 free cyber threat maps, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Exploring the global shift towards AI-specific legislation In this Help Net Security interview, Sarah Pearce, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, ...

Stop Chasing Customers and Start Creating Fans!

What does Jesse Cole, founder of Savannah Bananas, collegiate summer baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia have to say about building a great business? Stop chasing customers and . The post Stop Chasing Customers and Start Creating Fans! ...

The Power of Complex Binary Analysis

A prism is a fascinating thing. It separates a single stream of light, into different wavelengths to make visible different colors. It is a fitting metaphor for ReversingLabs complex binary analysis. It takes in a single entity, a file or ...

What to do if you expose a secret: How to stay calm and respond to an incident

Learn how to respond to a secret leak incident effectively. Follow our step-by-step guide to understand the impact, rotate secrets safely, and prevent future leaks. The post What to do if you expose a secret: How to stay calm and respond to an ...

Canada Remembrance Day / Jour du Souvenir du Canada

With Deep Respect We Honor Our Canadian Allies, Family And Friends On This Remembrance Day 2023 / Avec un profond respect, nous honorons nos alliés canadiens, notre famille et nos amis en ce jour du Souvenir 2023 Image Courtesy of Veterans ...

2023 United States Veteran’s Day

The Veterans Day National Committee (VDNC) chose the winner of this years’ 2023 Veteran’s Day Poster Contest (in a 2023 mid-year time frame). The winner was chosen, and Gene Russell, a VA employee, and Disabled US Army Infantry Veteran ...

NordVPN Review 2023: Comprehensive Security for Your Business

NordVPN and Its Importance in 2023 Digital threats are evolving at an unprecedented rate. Thus, the importance of robust cybersecurity measures for modern businesses cannot be overstated. Among the plethora of tools at a company’s disposal, ...

Improper Authorization in Confluence Data Center and Server (CVE-2023-22518)

In early November, the cybersecurity community witnessed the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server. This critical vulnerability was related to Improper Authorization and assigned CVE-2023-22518 identifier. ...

IBM to Bring AI to Cloud-Native SIEM Platform

IBM will add watsonx generative AI capabilities to its security information event management (SIEM) platform early next year. The post IBM to Bring AI to Cloud-Native SIEM Platform appeared first on Security Boulevard.

OpenAI: DDoS Attack the Cause of ChatGPT Outages

The outages that dogged OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT generative AI chatbot this week were caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack that has since been resolved, according to the company. The AI tech vendor reported a major outage across ...

Great Insights and Connections at the First Full Day of #ITNation!

The first full day of #ITNation was filled with inspiring moments, valuable insights, and, most importantly, the fun of connecting with colleagues .. The post Great Insights and Connections at the First Full Day of #ITNation! appeared first on ...

Apigee API Security policies howto

The Genesis of Apigee API Security Guidelines In today's digital epoch, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have ascended to be the fundamental infrastructure underpinning software development - furnishing the medium for diverse software ...

ICBC Ransomware Incident: A Global Call to Action Against Financial Cyber Threats

The recent ransomware attack on the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s (ICBC) U.S. arm is a stark reminder that no institution, no matter how large and ostensibly secure, is immune to the machinations of cybercriminals. This particular ...