Application Security News and Articles


Organizations Warned of Salesforce ‘Ghost Sites’ Exposing Sensitive Information

Salesforce ghost sites — domains that are no longer maintained but still accessible — can expose personal information and business data. The post Organizations Warned of Salesforce ‘Ghost Sites’ Exposing Sensitive Information ...

DIY email security

Can you defend against email threats better than the security companies? How well do the main email platforms handle threats? Is it worth paying for additional email security from a third-party specialist? Or could you create your own secure ...

Adobe Inviting Researchers to Private Bug Bounty Program

Adobe is inviting security researchers to join its private bug bounty program on the HackerOne platform. The post Adobe Inviting Researchers to Private Bug Bounty Program appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The state of app sec with Chris Romeo: The year of the application is near

The discipline of application security has been around for decades, but major advancements in how software is built and distributed are shifting the ground underneath application security teams — increasing opportunities for attackers to take ...

Zyxel firewalls under attack by Mirai-like botnet

CVE-2023-28771, the critical command injection vulnerability affecting many Zyxel firewalls, is being actively exploited by a Mirai-like botnet, and has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. About ...

Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Faronics Education Software

Faronics patches critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Insight education software. The post Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Faronics Education Software appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Champions League: How to stay safe while streaming matches

Jan,* an Avast threat researcher, is a huge football fan (soccer, to any Americans reading), and he’s always trying to find ways to stream games that are airing outside of his native Czech Republic. But during the first matches of the UEFA ...

The Week in Security: Barracuda email flaw left open for months, calls for AI governance turn existential

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 This week: Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway had an undetected flaw, which was ...

Why organizations should adopt a cloud cybersecurity framework

The cloud is the future of enterprise architecture. It’s economical (to a degree), it’s scalable, it’s flexible and – best of all – it’s someone else’s responsibility. Again, to a point. That’s because the cloud comes with ...

Navigating cybersecurity in the age of remote work

In this Help Net Security interview, Jay Chaudhry, CEO at Zscaler, talks about connecting and securing remote employees and their devices to access organizational resources from any location. He discusses the potential risks of remote VPN access, ...

Disaster recovery challenges enterprise CISOs face

An essential aspect of organizational operations is effectively responding to and returning from a disruptive event, commonly called disaster recovery. The primary objective of DR techniques is to restore the utilization of crucial systems and IT ...

Fighting ransomware: Perspectives from cybersecurity professionals

Ransomware has become an ever-present threat to individuals, businesses, and even entire nations. In this Help Net Security round-up, we present parts of previously recorded videos from experts in the field that shed light on the pressing ...

Phishing campaigns thrive as evasive tactics outsmart conventional detection

A 25% increase in the use of phishing kits has been recorded in 2022, according to Group-IB. The key phishing trends observed are the increasing use of access control and advanced detection evasion techniques. The rise in evasive tactics, such as ...

Infosec products of the month: May 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Aqua Security, Axiado, Bitwarden, Cloudflare, ComplyAdvantage, Dashlane, Delinea, Enzoic, Feedzai, Immersive Labs, Intruder, Nebulon, NETSCOUT, ...

Synopsys named in 2023 Fortress Cyber Security Awards

Synopsys named a winner in the Application Security Organization category for a 2023 Fortress Cyber Security Award. The post Synopsys named in 2023 Fortress Cyber Security Awards appeared first on Security Boulevard.

4 Low-Code Security Automation Benefits For Your SecOps

The post 4 Low-Code Security Automation Benefits For Your SecOps appeared first on Low-Code Security Automation & SOAR Platform | Swimlane. The post 4 Low-Code Security Automation Benefits For Your SecOps appeared first on Security ...

How software composition analysis can help you go from good to great

We live in a world that is difficult to imagine without open source software. Although open source — and DevSecOps testing methods and tools — have been around for a long time, it is only over the past few years that Software Composition ...

Driving Digital Trust and Partner Sales: Christopher Bray’s Decision to Join Sectigo

I am delighted to share that I have recently embarked on a new chapter in my professional journey as the Senior Vice President of Partner and eCommerce Sales at Sectigo. My decision to join Sectigo was driven by their unwavering dedication to ...

BSidesSF 2023 – Sacha Faust – Career Village – Tales From A Hiring Manager

Our thanks to BSidesSF for publishing their presenter’s superlative BSidesSF 2023 content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesSF 2023 – Sacha Faust – Career Village – Tales From A Hiring ...

How Does Synthetic Fraud Happen, and Why Is it So Hard to Stop? 

Identity fraud isn’t new, but it is constantly reinventing itself. The acceleration of digitization has also led to a dramatic increase in rates of synthetic identity fraud. Synthetic identity fraud is sophisticated, hard to track, and even ...