Application Security News and Articles


Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics identifies patterns based on behavioral similarities

Jumio unveiled Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics, its new fraud-fighting technology that uses AI-driven predictive analytics to identify fraud patterns with more sophistication and accuracy. According to Jumio’s analysis, 25% of fraud is ...

Hot Takes in Data Security: Data Manipulation, Blind Trust and Compliance

In security, 'hot takes' can seem outlandish at first, but often turn out to be critical knowledge—like the issue of data manipulation. The post Hot Takes in Data Security: Data Manipulation, Blind Trust and Compliance appeared first on ...

Cisco Finds Second Zero-Day as Number of Hacked Devices Apparently Drops

Cisco has found a second zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in recent attacks as the number of hacked devices has started dropping. The post Cisco Finds Second Zero-Day as Number of Hacked Devices Apparently Drops appeared first on ...

Microsoft Vulnerabilities Top CISA’s List of Ransomware-Linked CVEs

Microsoft products, including Windows and Exchange Server, are highly targeted, accounting for most CVEs used in ransomware attacks. The post Microsoft Vulnerabilities Top CISA’s List of Ransomware-Linked CVEs appeared first on Security ...

Microsoft announces wider availability of AI-powered Security Copilot

Microsoft Security Copilot has been made available to a larger number of enterprise customers, via an invitation-only Early Access Program. What is Microsoft Security Copilot? “Security Copilot is an AI assistant for security teams that ...

Unit21 Real-Time Monitoring empowers users to identify potential fraud

Unit21 launches Real-Time Monitoring to fight real-time fraud and transform the landscape of risk management. With Real-Time Monitoring, fraud prevention teams gain unprecedented capabilities to monitor real-time transactions which allows for ...

Access Governance vs Access Management

Access Governance vs. Access Management:A Comprehensive FocusIn the first blog of our latest blog series, "Top Five Access Governance Google Searches - Answered," we explore the fundamental concepts of Access Governance, differentiating it from ...

“Disappearing” implants, followed by first fixes for exploited Cisco IOS XE zero-day

Cisco has released the first fixes for the IOS XE zero-day (CVE-2023-20198) exploited by attackers to ultimately deliver a malicious implant. The fixes were made available on Sunday, but a curious thing happened the day before: several ...

Legit Discovers “AI Jacking” Vulnerability in Popular Hugging Face AI Platform

Our research revealed how attackers could leverage Hugging Face, the popular AI development and collaboration platform, to carry out an AI supply chain attack that could impact tens of thousands of developers and researchers. The attack, dubbed ...

Insider Risk Digest: Week 41-42

This Article Insider Risk Digest: Week 41-42 was first published on Signpost Six. | https://www.signpostsix.com/ Fourth Edition: Insider Highlights Every two weeks, we bring you a round-up of cases and stories ...

Access Policy Review Segregation of Duty Controls

Enhanced Access Policy Review To Ensure Segregation of Duty Controls are Complete and Accurate  As more customers adopt cloud applications, they are facing new challenges as the security privileges within the roles granted to users are ...

Incident Workflow to streamline ITGC testing

Enhanced Incident Workflow streamlines ITGC testingITGCs are required by the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to ensure the integrity of financial reports. While SOX is focused on the propriety of your financial and accounting practices, SOX ITGC ...

How Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Can Reduce Cyber Risk

In the aftermath of the national reckoning on racial justice ignited by the tragic events involving George Floyd, it became evident that despite good intentions, the cybersecurity sector had not tackled the field’s predominantly white and male ...

How passkeys are changing the face of authentication

As passwordless identity becomes mainstream, the term “passkey” is quickly becoming a new buzzword in cybersecurity. But what exactly is a passkey and why do we need them? A passkey is a digital credential that can only be used by the ...

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Multifaceted Alliances and Fierce Cyberspace Battle

Background On October 7th, accompanied by the launch of thousands of rockets, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) declared a military operation against Israel. As real-world conflict escalated, hacktivist organizations from ...

Navigating OT/IT convergence and securing ICS environments

Escalating threats to operational technology (OT) have prompted an increasing number of global enterprises to adopt sophisticated technologies and services to enhance the security of their assets. In this Help Net Security video, Christopher ...

Special Guest Jayson E. Street, Phantom Hacker Scams, 23andMe User Data For Sale

In milestone episode 300, Jayson E. Street (a renowned hacker, helper, and human who has successfully robbed banks, hotels, government facilities, and Biochemical companies on five continents) joins us to share what he’s been up to recently and ...

Scaling rapidly? Your application security strategies need to keep up

Modern application security strategies must support and enable modern software development, even as it rapidly scales, according to Mend.io. Just 52% of companies can effectively remediate critical vulnerabilities and only 41% are confident they ...

Only a fraction of risk leaders are prepared for GenAI threats

While 93% of companies recognize the risks associated with using generative AI inside the enterprise, only 9% say they’re prepared to manage the threat, according to Riskonnect. The research reveals a profound AI risk management gap: To date, ...

Cyberattacks put healthcare organizations on high alert

Healthcare organizations have become prime targets for cybercriminals due to the immense value of their data, including patient records, sensitive medical information, and financial data. The importance of protecting this invaluable information, ...