Application Security News and Articles


Cascading Supply Chain Attack: 3CX Hacked After Employee Downloaded Trojanized App

3CX hack is the first known cascading supply chain attack, with the breach starting after an employee downloaded compromised software from a different firm. The post Cascading Supply Chain Attack: 3CX Hacked After Employee Downloaded Trojanized ...

Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Industrial Network Director, Modeling Labs

Cisco this week released patches for critical-severity vulnerabilities impacting its Industrial Network Director and Modeling Labs applications. The post Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Industrial Network Director, Modeling Labs ...

Air Force Unit in Document Leaks Case Loses Intel Mission

The Air Force is investigating how a lone airman could access and distribute possibly hundreds of highly classified documents, and in the meantime has taken away the intelligence mission from the unit where the leaks took place The post Air Force ...

UK Warns of Russian Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure

The UK government's information security arm warns of Russian state-aligned groups aiming to disrupt and destroy critical infrastructure in Western countries. The post UK Warns of Russian Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure appeared first ...

PaperCut Warns of Exploited Vulnerability in Print Management Solutions

Print management solutions provider PaperCut warns that exploitation of a recently patched vulnerability has commenced. The post PaperCut Warns of Exploited Vulnerability in Print Management Solutions appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Fortra Completes Investigation Into GoAnywhere Zero-Day Incident

Fortra has shared a summary of its investigation into the GoAnywhere zero-day incident that hit dozens of the company’s customers earlier this year. The post Fortra Completes Investigation Into GoAnywhere Zero-Day Incident appeared first on ...

DC Health Link Data Breach Blamed on Human Error

The recent data breach of personal information for thousands of users of Washington D.C.’s health insurance exchange, including members of Congress, was caused by basic human error The post DC Health Link Data Breach Blamed on Human Error ...

The biggest data security blind spot: Authorization

Too many people have access to company data they don’t need. Also, too many companies focus on authentication (verifying identity) as a security measure and overlook the importance of authorization (verifying right to access). While ...

How companies are struggling to build and run effective cybersecurity programs

A recent Code42 report reveals a rapidly growing number of inside risk incidents and a concerning lack of training and technology, further exacerbated by increasing workforce turnover and cloud adoption. In this Help Net Security video, Joe ...

CISOs struggling to protect sensitive data records

Almost all IT and security leaders (96%) globally are concerned their organization will be unable to maintain business continuity following a cyberattack, according to Rubrik. Data security is becoming increasingly complex Data security is ...

Outdated cybersecurity practices leave door open for criminals

Organizations experienced a significant increase in ransomware – from an average of four attacks over five years in 2021 versus four attacks over the course of one year in 2022, according to ExtraHop. Of those who fell victim, 83% admitted to ...

IT and business services market shows resilience with positive growth outlook

Worldwide IT and business services revenue is expected to grow (in constant currency) from $1.13 trillion in 2022 to $1.2 trillion in 2023, or 5.7% year-over-year growth, according to IDC. In nominal dollar-denominated revenue based on ...

Picus Security expands its CTEM solution with CAASM and CSPM capabilities

Picus Security has announced the expansion of its continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) solution to help CISOs better answer the question: “what is our cyber risk?”. The company’s new capabilities – Picus Cyber Asset Attack Surface ...

NICE Actimize launches SAM-10 to detect suspicious activity while reducing false positives

NICE Actimize has launched its Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM-10) solution. Built to detect more suspicious activity while reducing false positives, NICE Actimize’s SAM-10 introduces enhancements to its anti-money laundering solution, ...

Venafi Firefly enhances the security of machine identities for cloud-native applications

Venafi has introduced Venafi Firefly, the lightweight machine identity issuer that supports highly distributed, cloud native environments. Part of the Venafi Control Plane for Machine Identities, Firefly enables security teams to easily and ...

Daon unveils TrustX platform for identity proofing and authentication

Daon has unveiled TrustX, its next-generation cloud-based platform for identity proofing and authentication to support the creation and deployment of user journeys across their entire digital identity lifecycle. Daon TrustX is optimized by ...

VMware Cross-Cloud managed services helps customers secure multi-cloud environments

VMware has unveiled VMware Cross-Cloud managed services, a set of prescriptive offers with enhanced partner and customer benefits that will enable skilled partners to expand their managed services practices. Cross-Cloud managed services will make ...

Tentacle AI Control Mapping enables organizations to centralize security information

Tentacle has announced Tentacle AI Control Mapping; a machine learning and natural language processing-fueled feature expected to transform an organization’s ability to centralize and leverage critical cyber security information. AI Control ...

Digi WAN Bonding delivers bonded Gigabit internet speeds and improved connection reliability

Digi International has released its latest value-added service — Digi WAN Bonding — to deliver true Gigabit speeds for enhanced network performance. This solution, which is fully integrated into the Digi technology stack, also improves ...

Oracle updates Fusion Cloud Applications Suite with automation capabilities

Oracle is introducing new capabilities across Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite that help customers accelerate supply chain planning, increase operational efficiency, and improve financial accuracy. The updates include new planning, usage ...