Application Security News and Articles


Four steps SMBs can take to close SaaS security gaps

Despite economic volatility and tighter budgets, adoption of software as a service (SaaS) continues to increase. Gartner forecasts a 16.8% growth for SaaS in 2023 as companies – including SMBs – add new SaaS platforms to their IT ...

Reddit Hacked, Preventing Accidental Location Sharing, Developer Hacks His Own Company

Reddit announced that it was the victim of a phishing attack aimed at its employees, resulting in unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. Advice on managing device location-tracking settings to ...

Why people-driven remediation is the key to strong API security

If an organization relies on automation and tools to highlight API security issues, it is still up to a trained developer to manage API behavior. Since there is no standard for managing APIs, organizations must rely on more than tools to solve ...

Healthcare data breaches still higher than pre-pandemic levels

The number of data breaches affecting healthcare providers declined in the second half of 2022, consistent with a downward trend over the past two years, according to Critical Insight. Healthcare industry sees a decrease in data breaches A deeper ...

The Importance of Selfie Verification API for Digital Identity Verification

Selfie verification API Identity fraud is on the rise, and con artists are getting more skilled. 52% of businesses reported experiencing fraud in the previous 24 months, according to a PwC-commissioned poll. 10% of them even claimed that their ...

USENIX Security ’22 – Flavien Solt, Ben Gras, Kaveh Razavi – ‘CellIFT: Leveraging Cells for Scalable and Precise Dynamic Information Flow Tracking In RTL’

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 – Flavien Solt, Ben Gras, Kaveh Razavi ...

After Corporate Tech Layoffs, Can Governments Benefit?

Almost every day, online media sources proclaim new layoffs for tech workers. So how are federal, state and local governments trying to attract these talented pros now? The post After Corporate Tech Layoffs, Can Governments Benefit? appeared ...

Week in review: Microsoft, Apple patch exploited zero-days, tips for getting hired in cybersecurity

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Combining identity and security strategies to mitigate risks The Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), a nonprofit that provides ...

Alteryx Analytics Cloud platform updates boost decision intelligence

Alteryx has unveiled new self-service and enterprise-grade capabilities to its Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform to help customers make faster and more intelligent decisions. The enhanced platform, which now includes all access for Designer Cloud, ...

Watching a Crypto Investment Scam WhatsApp Group

If your online accounts are like mine, almost every day I'm "force joined" to a new Telegram group where a crypto investment scammer tries to tell everyone how great their scam investment site is. This week, I started getting added to WhatsApp ...

Bay Area Firetruck Taken Out of Service By Kamikaze Tesla

Tesla are basically unsafe to have on roads. This is no longer even worth debating, as another firetruck has been seriously damaged and taken out of service by a Kamikaze. One person is dead after slamming a Tesla into a fire truck Saturday ...

USENIX Security ’22 – ‘SYMSAN: Time And Space Efficient Concolic Execution Via Dynamic Data-flow Analysis’

Complete Title: 'USENIX Security '22 -Ju Chen, Wookhyun Han, Mingjun Yin, Haochen Zeng, Chengyu Song, Byoungyoung Lee, Heng Yin, Insik Shin - ‘SYMSAN: Time And Space Efficient Concolic Execution Via Dynamic Data-flow Analysis’ Our thanks to ...

Spain Orders Extradition of British Alleged Hacker to U.S.

Spanish Court agreed to extradite Joseph James O’Connor to he U.S., who allegedly took part in the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Gates. The post Spain Orders Extradition of ...

Opsera enhances Salesforce DevOps platform to improve security and compliance standards

Opsera has released the latest enhancements to its Salesforce DevOps platform that ensures the highest security and compliance standards are met for Salesforce releases through source-driven development and native integrations with security ...

Dynatrace and Snyk join forces to unify security insights across the entire software lifecycle

Dynatrace has formed a strategic technology alliance with Snyk to make software delivery more secure. The alliance will leverage the DevSecOps Lifecycle Coverage with Snyk app, built using the new Dynatrace AppEngine. This app is designed to ...

RSA Conference announces initial 2023 keynote speaker lineup

RSA Conference announced its initial lineup of keynote speakers for its upcoming Conference, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from April 24-27, 2023. Speakers include Lisa Monaco, the Deputy Attorney of the United States, ...

Spanning Backup Ranks Top 5 for SaaS Backup, Earns 3 Badges in G2’s Winter 2023 Report

Spanning backup has been awarded 3 leader badges and ranked as a Top 5 SaaS backup solution by G2 in their Winter 2023 Report. The post Spanning Backup Ranks Top 5 for SaaS Backup, Earns 3 Badges in G2’s Winter 2023 Report appeared first on ...

New Protections for Food Benefits Stolen by Skimmers

Millions of Americans receiving food assistance benefits just earned a new right that they can't yet enforce: The right to be reimbursed if funds on their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards are stolen by card skimming devices secretly ...

USENIX Security ’22 – Wen Li, Jiang Ming, Xiapu Luo, Haipeng Cai – ‘PolyCruise: A Cross-Language Dynamic Information Flow 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 – Wen Li, Jiang Ming, Xiapu Luo, ...

Massive Tesla FSD Recall: “anachronistic and just flat wrong!”

Te CEO of Tesla dangerously tried to rebrand simplistic cruise control with lane assist as “full self driving”. He’s finally getting held accountable. Clearly Tesla treated words as if they have no meaning (repeatedly lied) as their CEO ...