Application Security News and Articles


Instrumentation expertise to serverless applications | Contrast Security

Contrast extends instrumentation expertise to serverless applications. The post Instrumentation expertise to serverless applications | Contrast Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Fraud Detection & Prevention Techniques

In today’s world, fraud and cybercrime are rampant. With the rise of technology, including malicious bots, new types of fraud are emerging every day, making it difficult for businesses to keep up with the threats. Fraud can cause significant ...

This New Era of Security Requires Secure Networking, Vendor Consolidation, and Focus on OT

Yhe convergence of networking and security, the consolidation of technology vendors, and a focus on OT security are essential underpinnings of any organization's success. The post This New Era of Security Requires Secure Networking, Vendor ...

Point Predictive BorrowerCheck 3.0 combats fraud and identity theft

Point Predictive launched its newest solution, BorrowerCheck 3.0. Available via API or web browser, BorrowerCheck 3.0 addresses the problem of fraud and identity theft in a more comprehensive way than existing identity solutions to help stop the ...

Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday Addresses 3 Zero-Days

Microsoft released its May Patch Tuesday update this week, with a total of 38 security fixes, including three zero-day vulnerabilities. The first zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-33742, is a Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege (EoP) ...

Defending the Loan Application Process: Uncovering and Eliminating Hidden Threats in Files

Cybercriminals do it for the money. Okay, maybe not all of them but most of them do. In fact, according to the Verizon DBIR, 71% are financially motivated. That was 2019. Fast forward to now, and we see that the 2022 Verizon DBIR notes that 95% ...

Check Point expands Harmony Endpoint with automated patch management capabilities

Check Point has expanded its Check Point Harmony Endpoint protections solution by incorporating vulnerability and automated patch management capabilities. This enhancement addresses the mounting number of cyberattacks that exploit unpatched ...

ChatGPT for the Compliance Professional: Will It Change Data Privacy in 2023

We're evaluating ChatGPT regarding its impact on data privacy, cybersecurity and compliance. Let's take a deep dive. The post ChatGPT for the Compliance Professional: Will It Change Data Privacy in 2023 appeared first on Scytale. The post ...

Day In the Life: SOC Analyst

SOC teams always feel like they are having to play catch-up on detections, because without the ability to add criticality and context to devices, all devices are considered equal- causing wasted time searching for additional details to understand ...

RKVST Instaproof adds transparency and traceability to data wherever it is stored

In today’s world of fake news and AI-generated content, it is increasingly difficult to know if documents and files are trustworthy. But now anyone can easily verify the provenance of any file by simply dragging and dropping that file onto ...

USENIX Enigma 2023 – Alon Levy – ‘Technical Metamorphosis: The 3 Stages Of DSAR Automation’

Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s outstanding USENIX Enigma ’23 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post USENIX Enigma 2023 – Alon Levy – ‘Technical Metamorphosis: ...

Your Clients Are Leaving Because Your Cybersecurity Is Trash

Cybersecurity compliance represents a major business opportunity for managed service providers (MSPs) attempting to move away from legacy IT services and toward a market that’s projected to double from $40 billion to roughly $80 billion by the ...

The Week in Security: Coalition takes down Russia’s Snake espionage tool, GitHub plugs API leaks

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: U.S. and other countries ...

Qrypt and Carahsoft join forces to provide quantum secure encryption to federal agencies

Qrypt has formed a partnership with Carahsoft. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Qrypt’s Master Government Aggregator, making the company’s quantum-secure encryption technology available to the Federal Government through ...

US Probing Cybersecurity Risks of Rockwell Automation’s China Operations: Report

US government investigating whether the Chinese operations of industrial giant Rockwell Automation pose a cybersecurity risk to critical infrastructure. The post US Probing Cybersecurity Risks of Rockwell Automation’s China Operations: ...

A Totally Cloud-Biased Retrospective of RSAC 2023

I had a bit of a weird moment a few weeks before the RSA Conference. I was grumbling a bit about finishing my slides, which were late due to an agenda change, and my wife just looked at me and asked, “do you remember how excited you were that ...

Extend Zero Trust to SaaS Apps for Identity Security

Learn how to extend zero trust security to SaaS apps you don't control. Discover strategies and best practices to enforce identity security policies. The post Extend Zero Trust to SaaS Apps for Identity Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Cynalytica releases OTNetGuard 4G/5G sensor to provide secure critical infrastructure monitoring

Cynalytica has launched the OTNetGuard 4G/5G sensor that offers a capability for cellular backhaul for communications monitoring of ICS/SCADA and OT environments, providing a secure out-of-band monitoring capability for critical infrastructure ...

How You Can Avoid Common Kubernetes Misconfigurations & Vulnerabilities

Securing workloads in Kubernetes is an important part of your cluster security overall. Your overall goal should be to ensure that your containers are running with minimal privileges (as much as possible). Configuring Kubernetes workloads for ...

Which Cyberattack Vectors Were Most Pervasive in 2022? (Part 1)

If you think you already know what the most common cyberattack vectors are… you’re probably right. The post Which Cyberattack Vectors Were Most Pervasive in 2022? (Part 1) appeared first on Security Boulevard.