Application Security News and Articles


Why Data Privacy Should Be a Core Aspect of Protecting Human Rights

Data privacy is not just a luxury; it's a fundamental human right that must be protected at all costs. Personal data is your digital fingerprint, which deserves the same protection as your physical self. #PrivacyMatters The post Why Data Privacy ...

A college student’s guide to dating app scams

For all the conveniences they provide, dating apps can be a headache. Not only do you have to worry about coming up with the perfect opener or who to use your super likes on, but these days there’s also the added threat of scammers stealing ...

How to Protect a Word Document: 9 Tips

Discover nine valuable tips and best practices for effectively safeguarding your documents and enhancing document security. The post How to Protect a Word Document: 9 Tips appeared first on LeaksID. The post How to Protect a Word Document: 9 Tips ...

Risk Management Framework Steps and Best Practices

The Risk Management Framework is a process that assists organizations in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating potential risks. The post Risk Management Framework Steps and Best Practices appeared first on Scytale. The post Risk Management ...

What is Identity Segmentation?

More than just IP addresses or VLANs, identity segmentation is recognized best practice for business segmentation protection  Identity segmentation focuses on segmenting access to network resources and applications based on the identity of users ...

Happy Canadian Labour Day! / Bonne Fête du Travail Canadienne!

Interior view of workers at one of the steel processing plants in Hamilton, circa 1920. (MIKAN 4915719) - Image Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Permalink The post Happy Canadian Labour Day! / Bonne Fête du Travail Canadienne! ...

Happy United States Labor Day Weekend 2023 / Feliz Fin de Semana del Día del Trabajo de Estados Unidos 2023 / Joyeux Fin de Semaine de la Fête du Travail aux États-Unis 2023

Labor Day 2023 - Three Day Weekend Edition! Permalink The post Happy United States Labor Day Weekend 2023 / Feliz Fin de Semana del Día del Trabajo de Estados Unidos 2023 / Joyeux Fin de Semaine de la Fête du Travail aux États-Unis 2023 ...

Cyber Insurance Explained: What It Covers, Who Needs It

Cyber insurance offers financial protection and support in the event of a cyber attack, data breach, or other cyber-related incidents. Ironically, the security that insurance brings to policyholders stands in contrast to the shifting, dynamic ...

5 ways in which FHE can solve blockchain’s privacy problems

Blockchain technology has gained significant traction due to its decentralized nature and immutability, providing transparency and security for various applications, especially in finance. Having gained notoriety during the 2010s with the boom of ...

Spam is up, QR codes emerge as a significant threat vector

85% of phishing emails utilized malicious links in the content of the email, and spam emails increased by 30% from Q1 to Q2 2023, according to a VIPRE report. Information technology organizations also overtook financial institutions (9%) as the ...

Ransomware attacks go beyond just data

65% of organizations confirmed that ransomware is one of the top three threats to their viability, and for 13%, it is the biggest threat, according to a report by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and Keepit. Organizations’ strategies against ...

SaaS Attacks: Compromising an Organization without Touching the Network

In this episode Luke Jennings VP of Research & Development from Push Security joins us to discuss SaaS attacks and how its possible to compromise an organization without touching a single endpoint or network. Luke talks about his recent SaaS ...

Global roaming fraud losses to surpass $8 billion by 2028

Losses from global roaming fraud are anticipated to exceed $8 billion by 2028; driven by the increase in bilateral roaming agreements for data-intensive use cases over 5G networks, according to Juniper Research. In turn, it predicts fraudulent ...

Infosec products of the month: August 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Action1, Adaptive Shield, Bitdefender, Bitwarden, Forescout, ImmuniWeb, Kingston Digital, LastPass, Lineaje, LOKKER, Menlo Security, MongoDB, Netskope, ...

Exploring SAST, DAST, and IAST for Safer Software Development

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Championing cybersecurity regulatory affairs with Nidhi Gani

Nidhi Gani is a seasoned regulatory affairs professional with over a decade of experience in cybersecurity, medical devices, and digital health. She’s worked with devices ranging from heart and lung machines to rehabilitation devices. Nidhi ...

Ransomware and Data Breaches: Impacts Continue to Grow Louder

Reports from cybersecurity companies in 2023 show mixed trends regarding the number of global data breaches, ransomware attacks, records affected and government costs. But one thing is clear: Cyber attack impacts steadily grow. The post ...

Week in review: 11 search engines for cybersecurity research, PoC for RCE in Juniper firewall released

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Adapting authentication to a cloud-centric landscape In this Help Net Security interview, Florian Forster, CEO at Zitadel, discusses the ...

Happy United States Labor Day Weekend 2023 / Feliz Fin de Semana del Día del Trabajo de Estados Unidos 2023 / Joyeux Fin de Semaine de la Fête du Travail aux États-Unis 2023

Labor Day 2023 - Three Day Weekend Edition! Construction workers sit on a New York City skyscraper girder in 1932. The building today is known as Rockefeller Plaza. (Image Credit © Granger) Permalink The post Happy United States Labor Day ...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API6:2023 Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows

Welcome to the 7th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API6:2023 Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows. In this series we ...