Application Security News and Articles


Q1 2023 Analytic Co-Pilot Use Cases

LogRhythm’s Analytic Co-Pilot Services helps customers around the globe streamline use case development, tuning, and investigations. To keep up with the latest threats and trends within the industry, we work with our customers to build ...

Twitter’s leak illustrates why source code should never be sensitive

Twitter's source code was recently leaked publically on a GitHub repository. This blog post looks at exactly what happened and what security consequences could stem from this leak. The post Twitter’s leak illustrates why source code should ...

Use of CRL Reason Codes Updated

The CA/Browser Forum has approved Ballot SC61 with directions as to which certificate revocation lists... The post Use of CRL Reason Codes Updated appeared first on Entrust Blog. The post Use of CRL Reason Codes Updated appeared first on Security ...

Anti-Bot Software Firm DataDome Banks $42M Financing

DataDome, a New York startup selling anti-bot and anti-fraud tech, has secured $42 million in new financing to fuel expansion plans. The post Anti-Bot Software Firm DataDome Banks $42M Financing appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Supply Chain Attack Against 3CXDesktopApp

Pondurance is actively tracking the on-going supply chain attack campaign aimed at the software-based phone system 3CX.  WHAT WE KNOW Posted by our trusted partner, Crowdstrike, “On March 29, 2023 Falcon OverWatch observed unexpected malicious ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Qualifications’

via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, resident at XKCD! Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Qualifications’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites

UK National Crime Agency nips it in the bud: Aims to scare straight naughty DDoS kiddies. The post Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Sonatype Lifecycle Enhancements Boost Speed, Security, and Productivity

  The post Sonatype Lifecycle Enhancements Boost Speed, Security, and Productivity appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Building a better detection ecosystem

The Threat Research/Threat Hunting/Detection Engineering Ecosystem In the past couple of months, there have been numerous discussions on social media forums about how threat hunting methodologies overlap with detection engineering. Kostas ...

Enhancing observability with IAST | AppSec | Contrast Security

Observability has become crucial in software engineering as modern applications grow more complex and distributed. The rise of microservices coupled with the widespread adoption of application programming interfaces (APIs) and cloud-native ...

Technical Analysis of Xloader’s Code Obfuscation in Version 4.3

Key Points Xloader is a popular information stealing malware family that is the successor to Formbook. In early 2020, Formbook was rebranded as Xloader and the threat actors moved to a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) business model, renting C2 ...

Unpatched Security Flaws Expose Water Pump Controllers to Remote Hacker Attacks

Water pumping systems made by ProPump and Controls are affected by several vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to cause significant problems. The post Unpatched Security Flaws Expose Water Pump Controllers to Remote Hacker Attacks appeared ...

USENIX Security ’22 – Lun Wang, Usmann Khan, Joseph Near, Qi Pang, Jithendaraa Subramanian, Neel Somani, Peng Gao, Andrew Low, Dawn Song – ‘PrivGuard: Privacy Regulation Compliance Made Easier’

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 – Lun Wang, Usmann Khan, Joseph Near, Qi ...

Why Backups and Encryption Go Hand in Hand

Data sits front and center of any business. And it’s being generated in ever greater volumes. An estimated 120 zettabytes will be created, captured, copied, and consumed worldwide this year. That presents an attractive target for would-be data ...

The Ongoing Rise in IoT Attacks: What We’re Seeing in 2023

As more everyday items become connected through the Internet of Things, the cyber risk landscape changes. Threat actors know that consumers and businesses deploy these devices rapidly to reap their benefits, often without much appreciation for ...

Should You Choose Agentless or Agent-Based for CNAPP?

It’s the current great debate among DevOps teams: Which cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) approach is best-suited to protect your cloud environments? Is an agent-based or agentless approach the ideal strategy? Cloud ...

How to Comply with Executive Order 14028 in 4 Steps

Compromised supplier accounts pose a serious threat in cybersecurity. Reports estimate that over eighty percent of businesses face attacks from compromised supplier accounts.  Software supply chain security is a perennial issue for businesses, ...

Ransomware gangs are exploiting IBM Aspera Faspex RCE flaw (CVE-2022-47986)

Attackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-47986) in the IBM Aspera Faspex centralized file transfer solution to breach organizations. About CVE-2022-47986 IBM Aspera Faspex is used by organizations to allow employees to quickly ...

New regulation from the SEC to require companies to report how cyber risk could affect them financially. April 2023

Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. The post New regulation from the SEC to require companies to report how cyber risk could affect them financially. April 2023 appeared first on Security ...

March Cyber Roundup

Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. The post March Cyber Roundup appeared first on Security Boulevard.