Application Security News and Articles


Open redirect flaws increasingly exploited by phishers

Phishing attacks using open redirect flaws are on the rise again, according to Kroll’s Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team, which means organizations should consider refreshing employees’ awareness and knowledge on how to spot them. ...

Exploitation of Ivanti Sentry Zero-Day Confirmed

While initially it was unclear if the Ivanti Sentry vulnerability CVE-2023-38035 has been exploited, the vendor and CISA have now confirmed it. The post Exploitation of Ivanti Sentry Zero-Day Confirmed appeared first on SecurityWeek.

How the downmarket impacted enterprise cybersecurity budgets

Belts have tightened, and that ROI and cost reduction are now driving CISO decision-making more than ever. In this Help Net Security video, Sara Behar, Content Manager at YL Ventures, discusses how enterprise cybersecurity budgets have been ...

Anticipating the next wave of IoT cybersecurity challenges

In this Help Net Security interview, Roland Atoui, Managing Director at Red Alert Labs, discusses the intricacies of transitioning from isolated IoT setups to interconnected environments, examining the broadening attack surface and the nuanced ...

Cybercriminals turn to AI to bypass modern email security measures

Cybercriminals employ artificial intelligence (AI) to create complex email threats like phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, while modern email security systems use AI to counter these attacks, according to Perception Point and ...

Large-scale breaches overshadow decline in number of healthcare data incidents

While H1 2023 saw an encouraging decrease in the overall number of data breaches impacting healthcare organizations, it was overshadowed by large-scale breaches resulting in a significant increase in the number of individuals affected, which ...

Agniane Stealer: Dark Web’s Crypto Threat

Introduction The Zscaler ThreatLabz team recently discovered a new information stealer family: Agniane Stealer. This malware steals credentials, system information, and session details from browsers, tokens, and file transferring tools. Agniane ...

What Is Adaptive Authentication?

Authentication security remains a significant vulnerability in most organizations' security posture. Even individuals without technical expertise can easily acquire and employ pre-made hacking tools. Microsoft, for instance, fends off an ...

DigitalOcean Simplifies New Acquisitions with Supply Chain Security

Read More > The post DigitalOcean Simplifies New Acquisitions with Supply Chain Security appeared first on Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise. The post DigitalOcean Simplifies New Acquisitions with Supply Chain ...

State of Trust Insights: The 2023 Security SaaS Leaderboard

TrustCloud is proud to present the 2023 Security SaaS Leaderboard – a list of the most commonly used vendors for security- and trust-related programs, based on analysis of the software platforms our customers are connecting to on the path to ...

Fleeceware drains money from account slowly over time – here’s how to spot it

If you’re anything like me, every few days you look at your credit card or bank transactions on your mobile and scroll through just to see if anything unusual jumps out at you. And more often than not, there’s nothing unusual at all.  The ...

BSidesTLV 2023 – Rotem Reiss – The Missing Piece: Adding Automated RBAC Checks For Authorization In Your Pipelines

Many thanks to BSidesTLV for publishing their presenter’s erudite BSidesTLV 2023 security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesTLV 2023 – Rotem Reiss – The Missing Piece: Adding Automated RBAC ...

The Bot Mitigation Game Has Changed, Again

As the battle between bot creators and defenders rages on, the ability to consistently collect untampered data becomes a pivotal factor in the effectiveness of bot mitigation. The post The Bot Mitigation Game Has Changed, Again appeared first on ...

New User Inbox and Circuit Management

Product Update: Version 4.0 As we enter the new era of 4.0, we are thrilled to introduce a range of fresh and user-friendly features. Take a peek into your brand new User Inbox, a centralized hub for all your notifications. Explore the enhanced ...

Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.

In large metropolitan areas, tourists are often easy to spot because they're far more inclined than locals to gaze upward at the surrounding skyscrapers. Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer ...

Securing Kubernetes in multi-cloud environments: challenges and best practices 

Kubernetes has become the de facto platform for orchestrating containerized applications at scale in today’s IT landscape. Its The post Securing Kubernetes in multi-cloud environments: challenges and best practices  appeared first on ARMO. The ...

Using JupyterLab to Manage Password Cracking Sessions (A CMIYC 2023 Writeup) Part 2

 “Tools?" scoffed Kalisti, "Tools are for people who have nothing better to do than think things through and make sensible plans.” ― Laini Taylor, Muse of Nightmares When we left off in Part 1 of my CMIYC2023 Writeup, I had cracked a ...

CVSS 4.0: How Will it Change Vulnerability Management? 

Security teams continue to rely on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) as a useful, standardized framework for assessing software vulnerabilities’ potential severity and impact. Since its first release in 2005, the CVSS has undergone ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Circuit Symbols’

via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, maker of XKCD! Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Circuit Symbols’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Building Security In Podcast: New strategies for managing risk

In episode 3 of the ‘Building Security In – The Next Decade’ podcast, we discuss evolving strategies for managing risk.  The post Building Security In Podcast: New strategies for managing risk appeared first on Security Boulevard.