Application Security News and Articles


The foundation of a holistic identity security strategy

Only 9% of organizations are taking an agile, holistic and mature approach to securing identities throughout their hybrid and multi-cloud environments, according to CyberArk. A critical path for cyber resilience The data-driven model identifies ...

Leveraging network automation to enhance network security

Data backups get a lot of attention, but sadly, sometimes, the operational work that keeps networks secure – like device backups, upgrades, and configuration grooming – goes undone. Recent high-profile network outages have brought attention ...

Cloud diversification brings complex data management challenges

As IT infrastructure becomes more diverse, organizations face the challenge of integrating data management and control, according to Nutanix. The research showed that the majority of IT teams leverage more than one IT infrastructure, a trend ...

OSC&R open software supply chain attack framework now on GitHub

OSC&R (Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference) is an open framework for understanding and evaluating software supply chain security threats. It has received the endorsement of former U.S. NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers, and is now ...

Intruder unveils API scanning to help organizations reduce exposure

Intruder updates its cloud-based vulnerability management service, allowing organisations of all sizes to secure their APIs by automatically detecting vulnerabilities, gaps, security weaknesses, and misconfigurations that hackers can exploit. As ...

AttackIQ Ready! gives security teams a clear portrait of their security program performance

AttackIQ launched AttackIQ Ready!, a fully managed breach and attack simulation service that leverages years of advanced content and actionable reporting to improve organizations’ security posture and security program performance. The service ...

ReasonLabs Dark Web Monitoring identifies malicious online activity

ReasonLabs has launched a Dark Web Monitoring feature to its RAV Online Security solution, a web extension that provides real-time, 24/7 protection against a range of malicious online activity. The Dark Web Monitoring feature scans tens of ...

Coverage Advisory for 3CX Supply Chain Attack

Background: On 30th March 2023, 3CX released a security alert for 3CX Electron Windows App shipped in Update 7, which informed users about a supply chain attack. The issue has affected the executables for both Windows and Mac operating systems. ...

Certa collaborates with ID-Pal to simplify third-party onboarding

Certa, has unveiled its official partnership with ID-Pal. Using a blend of biometric, document, and database checks, ID-Pal’s solution will enable Certa customers to verify the identity of third-party contacts in real time, all seamlessly ...

Cynerio and Sodexo join forces to address growing threats to medical IoT devices

Cynerio has formed a partnership with Sodexo to provide hospitals and healthcare systems with visibility into their IoMT footprint that allows for the immediate remediation of identified threats through step-by-step mitigation recommendations for ...

IBM partners with Wasabi to power data insights across hybrid cloud environments

IBM and Wasabi Technologies are collaborating to drive data innovation across hybrid cloud environments. This collaboration aims to allow enterprises to run applications across any environment – on-premises, in the cloud or at the edge ...

Votiro raises $11.5 million to accelerate global expansion

Votiro has raised $11.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Harvest Lane Asset Management to accelerate its marketing and sales reach in North America. Votiro is revolutionizing file security and safety by expanding its disarming with ...

Red flags flew over software supply chain-compromised 3CX update

ReversingLabs is analyzing a supply chain compromise of the firm 3CX Ltd., a maker of enterprise voice over IP (VOIP) solutions. Beginning on March 22nd, 2023, compromised versions of the 3CXDesktopApp, a desktop client version of the company’s ...

Digital Skimming Attacks Skyrocket

Beware of digital skimming attacks! According to Visa's Spring 2023 Biannual Threats Report, digital skimming attacks targeting customer data on eCommerce checkout pages increased by 174% in the last half of 2022. The post Digital Skimming ...

Case Study: Large Financial Institution

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USENIX Security ’22 – Kaleigh Clary, Emma Tosch, Jeremiah Onaolapo, David D. Jensen – ‘Stick It To The Man: Correcting For Non-Cooperative Behavior Of Subjects in Experiments on Social Networks’

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USENIX Security ’22 – Kaleigh Clary, Emma Tosch, Jeremiah Onaolapo, David D. Jensen – ‘Stick It To The Man: Correcting For Non-Cooperative Behavior Of Subjects in Experiments on Social Networks’

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 – Kaleigh Clary, Emma Tosch, Jeremiah ...

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Azure Pipelines Can Lead To Software Supply Chain Attack

The Legit Security research team has found a vulnerability in Azure Pipelines (CVE-2023-21553) that allows an attacker to execute malicious code in a context of a pipeline workflow, which allows attackers to gain sensitive secrets, move laterally ...

Everything You Need to Know About Operationalizing Control Assessments

Control assessments can be a hard thing to wrap your head around, especially if you’re new to the ... Read More The post Everything You Need to Know About Operationalizing Control Assessments appeared first on Hyperproof. The post Everything ...

The Week in Security: Twitter gets subpoena for source code leak, 3CX supply chain attack surfaces

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: GitHub is issued a ...