Application Security News and Articles


Ebooks are cheap, but you might pay in other ways

The practice of buying textbooks is practically a scam itself. Spending hundreds of dollars twice a year for books that you’re not even guaranteed to use? No wonder so many students try to find cheaper alternatives.  The post Ebooks are cheap, ...

670 ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed by CISA in First Half of 2023: Analysis

CISA disclosed 670 ICS vulnerabilities in the first half of 2023, but roughly one-third have no patches or mitigations from the vendor. The post 670 ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed by CISA in First Half of 2023: Analysis appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Contrast Security helps organizations identify susceptible data flows to their LLMs

Contrast Security extends its application security testing (AST) platform to support testing of Large Language Models (LLMs) from OpenAI. In this first release, Contrast rules help teams that are developing software using the OpenAI application ...

BSides Leeds 2023 – Panel: From Failures To Fortresses Unveiling Cybersecurity’s Greatest Missteps And Reinventions

Thanks are in order to BSides Leeds for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Leeds 2023 security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSides Leeds 2023 – Panel: From Failures To Fortresses ...

More Black Hat 2023 Conference Highlights

The five-day-long Black Hat 2023 conference includes so many noteworthy sessions, in addition to our first blog, we decided to take an in-depth look at some additional ones. One of these is a discussion about whether decentralized identity—a ...

Why Defense Contractors Should Start on CMMC Compliance Now

In July 2023 the DoD hit a milestone with submission of a CMMC rulemaking package to the Office of Management and Budget for review. This move signals DoD’s continued commitment to improving the cybersecurity of the Defense Industrial Base ...

Qualys unveils first-party software risk management solution

The Qualys Cloud Platform now includes new capabilities for assessing risks in first-party applications. Customers can “bring their own” assessment and remediation logic into Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) ...

CISO Global enhances Argo platform to improve real-time security decision making

CISO Global has strengthened its security management platform Argo to increase the effectiveness of security teams who now can access real-time data across tool sets to make better informed decisions. The platform is able to aggregate data in ...

What is System Hardening: An Introduction

Everybody loves a flashy tool. With AI-frenzy sweeping the industry, the already-excessive hype of the cybersecurity industry has gone into overdrive. Every vendor in sight is talking endlessly about how generative AI and automation will ...

Dozens of RCE Vulnerabilities Impact Milesight Industrial Router

Cisco Talos researchers warn of dozens of critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities in the Milesight UR32L industrial router leading to code execution. The post Dozens of RCE Vulnerabilities Impact Milesight Industrial Router appeared first on ...

ReversingLabs @ Hacker Summer Camp: See you there

ReversingLabs is going to summer camp next week. This isn’t the sleep-over camp of your youth, with archery and s'mores. The camp our team is gearing up for is Hacker Summer Camp, comprised of BSides Las Vegas, Black Hat USA, and DEF CON, all ...

Dasera Mesa Verde protects sensitive information across diverse data environments

Dasera releases Mesa Verde, empowering organizations to safeguard structured and unstructured data with precision and efficiency. Now with a comprehensive and seamless approach to securing unstructured data sources, Dasera is redefining the ...

News Alert: Vaultree partners with Tableau to uniquely blend encryption, data visualization

San Francisco and Cork, Ireland, Aug. 3, 2023 — Vaultree, a cybersecurity leader pioneering Fully Functional Data-In-Use Encryption (FFDUE), today announces a strategic integration with Tableau, a renowned platform for data visualization and ...

These Are the Top Five Cloud Security Risks, Qualys Says

Cloud security specialist Qualys has provided its view of the top five cloud security risks, drawing insights and data from its own platform and third parties. The post These Are the Top Five Cloud Security Risks, Qualys Says appeared first on ...

Lineaje BOMbots remediate security issues using generative AI

Lineaje unveiled BOMbots, AI-based automation bots that deliver optimized recommendations and remediations across the entire supply chain. These AI-based automation bots analyze deep software bill of materials (SBOMs) to deliver optimized ...

How Web Security Testing Fails Mobile Apps

While mobile app innovation and functionality continue to evolve, security remains stagnant. Here's how to fix it. The post How Web Security Testing Fails Mobile Apps appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Malicious PyPI package ‘VMConnect’ imitates VMware vSphere connector module

This month, we analyzed a malicious PyPI package called ‘VMConnect,’ which has been designed to strongly resemble the legitimate VMware vSphere connector module, ‘vConnector’, except it hides sinister code within. The post Malicious PyPI ...

Decommissioned Medical Infusion Pumps Expose Wi-Fi Configuration Data

Medical infusion pumps available via secondary market sources contain Wi-Fi configuration settings from the original organization. The post Decommissioned Medical Infusion Pumps Expose Wi-Fi Configuration Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The Week in Security: Malware gives remote access to air-gapped devices, cyber attackers target Italy

Welcome to the latest edition of The Week in Security, which brings you the newest headlines from both the world and our team across the full stack of security: application security, cybersecurity, and beyond. This week: Hackers use new malware ...

Upload Polaris Findings to Fairwinds Insights to Access More Capabilities

Kubernetes is increasingly becoming mainstream, the industry standard for next-generation workloads and digital transformation. In 2022, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation report showed 96% of respondents were using or evaluating Kubernetes, ...