Application Security News and Articles


Neosec at RSA Cybersecurity Conference 2023

Neosec is headed to RSA! This year we are excited to continue to grow Stronger Together, collaborating with our peers in the cybersecurity space.   When it comes to discovering and preventing hidden API abuse, place your trust in Neosec’s API ...

USENIX Security ’22 – Xudong Pan, Mi Zhang, Yifan Yan, Jiaming Zhu, Min Yang – ‘Exploring the Security Boundary Of Data Reconstruction Via Neuron Exclusivity Analysis’

Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s outstanding USENIX Security ’22 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post USENIX Security ’22 – Xudong Pan, Mi Zhang, Yifan Yan, ...

Why cross-site scripting still matters

With web application exploits the 3rd-most-common cybersecurity threat, overlooking the importance of XSS vulnerabilities puts you at risk. The post Why cross-site scripting still matters appeared first on Security Boulevard.

The 7 Most Important Cybersecurity Frameworks to Know

Incidents of corporate cyber attacks are rising. In fact, they’re up by fifty percent in the past year.  It’s a sad truth that the more vital data your organization has, the more bad actors out in the world will take steps to steal, alter, ...

Comic Agilé – Mikkel Noe-Nygaard, Luxshan Ratnarav – #235 — Framework-Agnosticism

via the respected Software Engineering expertise of Mikkel Noe-Nygaard as well as the lauded Software Engineering and Enterprise Agile Coaching talent of Luxshan Ratnarav at Comic Agilé! Permalink The post Comic Agilé – Mikkel ...

State of Machine Identity Management: Establishing PKI Ownership and Reducing PKI Complexity in 2023

Since 2021, Keyfactor’s State of Machine Identity Report has helped organizations assess the machine identity and PKI landscape. The post State of Machine Identity Management: Establishing PKI Ownership and Reducing PKI Complexity in 2023 ...

How RASP protects against AI cyberattacks | ChatGPT | Contrast Security

Human mode engaged Readers, real, live, non-AI human Lisa Vaas here to tell you that we’re as fascinated and intrigued by the new generative artificial intelligence (AI) bots as you are. So intrigued, we asked ChatGPT how to fend off the worst ...

Why Is Hacking Good? Ethical Hacking is a Skill, Not a Crime

The word “hacker” is all too often associated with criminal activities. This association, however, does a disservice to the legitimately curious hackers, including students, academics and researchers who work to identify and patch ...

USENIX Security ’22 – ‘Dos and Don’ts Of Machine Learning In Computer Security’

Complete Title: 'USENIX Security '22 - Daniel Arp, Erwin Quiring, Feargus Pendlebury, Alexander Warnecke, Fabio Pierazzi, Christian Wressnegger, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Konrad Rieck - Dos and Don'ts of Machine Learning in Computer Security’ Our ...

Cisco Patches Code and Command Execution Vulnerabilities in Several Products

Cisco has released patches for high-severity vulnerabilities impacting Secure Network Analytics and Identity Services Engine (ISE) products. The post Cisco Patches Code and Command Execution Vulnerabilities in Several Products appeared first on ...

How to Get the Right Data for Quantitative Cyber Risk Analysis

Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR™) provides a model for understanding, analyzing, and quantifying cyber risk and operational risk in financial terms. Among the various components of the model designed to support risk quantification, ...

OpenAI’s GDPR Travails Demonstrate Need for Data Security-by-Design

After several weeks of incredible growth, OpenAI has come in for a bumpy ride of late. First it revealed details of a data breach exposing a significant number of ChatGPT subscribers. Then the Italian data protection regulator (GPDP) became the ...

Google Wants Android Users to Have More Control Over Their Data

Developers of Android applications will be required by Google to allow users to delete their account and data from within the app and online. The post Google Wants Android Users to Have More Control Over Their Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Changes in OWASP API Security Top-10 2023RC | API Security Newsletter

Welcome to our March API newsletter, recapping some of the events of last month. And what a month it was. Among other buzzworthy news, OWASP published the initial Release Candidate for the 2023 API Security Top-10 list – we analyzed the ins ...

The Week in Security: Social engineering-attacks up with the rise of AI tools, Genesis Market seized

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: New research points to a ...

Rorschach ransomware deployed by misusing a security tool

An unbranded ransomware strain that recently hit a US-based company is being deployed by attackers who are misusing a tool included in a commercial security product, Check Point researchers have found. The solution in question is Palo Alto ...

Thieves Use CAN Injection Hack to Steal Cars

An innocent-looking portable speaker can hide a hacking device that launches CAN injection attacks, which have been used to steal cars. The post Thieves Use CAN Injection Hack to Steal Cars appeared first on SecurityWeek.

How CISOs Can Influence API Security Change

Security incidents can cost a chief information security officer (CISO) their job. For example, cybersecurity breaches at Capital One, Uber, Equifax and plenty of others have led to the firing or forced resignation of the companies’ ...

Criminal Marketplace Disrupted in International Cyber Operation

The Justice Department announced today a coordinated international operation against Genesis Market, a criminal online marketplace that advertised and sold packages of account access credentials – such as usernames and passwords for email, bank ...

Don’t Trust the Security of the Software Supply Chain

Now more than ever, organizations are relying on the supply chain for basic business operations. According to Charlie Jones, director of product management with ReversingLabs, there are two reasons for this: The global trend of digitalization and ...