Application Security News and Articles


What is AI system prompt hardening?

Learn how to protect AI apps with secure prompt hardening techniques. The post What is AI system prompt hardening? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Response to CISA Alert: Microsoft Releases Guidance on Exploitation of SharePoint Vulnerabilities

AttackIQ has released a new emulation that compiles the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) associated with the exploitation of the CVE-2025-49704, CVE-2025-49706, CVE-2025-53770, and CVE-2025-53771 vulnerabilities, which affect ...

Senate Committee Advances Trump Nominee to Lead CISA

Committee Members voted to recommend Sean Plankey for director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The post Senate Committee Advances Trump Nominee to Lead CISA appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Enterprise Kubernetes Management: What Is It & Do You Have It?

Enterprise Kubernetes management is the cornerstone of modern cloud-native operations, enabling organizations to orchestrate, secure, and scale containerized workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Kubernetes celebrated a decade of ...

BSidesSF 2025: Not Every Groundbreaking Idea Needs To Become A Billion-Dollar Startup

Creator/Author/Presenter: Ross Haleliuk Our deep appreciation to Security BSides - San Francisco and the Creators/Authors/Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Replication Crisis’

via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Replication Crisis’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Google Cloud Security Threat Horizons Report #12 Is Out!

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Threat Horizons Report, #12 (full version) that we just released (the official blog for #1 report, my unofficial ...

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Securing the Next Era: Why Agentic AI Demands a New Approach to API Security

I’ve spent my career building solutions to protect the API fabric that powers modern businesses. I founded Salt because I saw that traditional security tools such as WAFs, gateways, and CDNs weren’t designed to see or secure APIs. That gap ...

Cybersecurity in the AI Era – How Do You Know This Article Wasn’t Written by a Machine?

If you’re reading this, there’s a fair chance the thought has crossed your mind: “Was this written by a human… or by one of those AI models everyone’s talking about?” That’s a fair question, and as someone who has spent years in ...

Detecting & Authenticating ChatGPT Agent: A New Standard for Bot Management

Learn how DataDome detects and authenticates ChatGPT agent traffic—even without IP identifiers—and why cryptographic signatures mark the future of bot verification. The post Detecting & Authenticating ChatGPT Agent: A New Standard for Bot ...

BSidesSF 2025: Trace to Triage: How to Connect Product Vulnerabilities to Security Paths

Creator/Author/Presenter: Ben Stav Our deep appreciation to Security BSides - San Francisco and the Creators/Authors/Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the ...

Palo Alto’s Acquisition of CyberArk Could Set Off a Wave of Consolidation in the Cyber World

The Big News: Palo Alto Networks Moves on CyberArk Palo Alto Networks today announced a landmark agreement to acquire CyberArk Software in a deal valued at approximately $25 billion. Under the terms, CyberArk shareholders will receive $45 in ...

BlinkOps Raises $50 Million for Agentic Security Automation Platform

BlinkOps has announced a Series B funding round that brings the total raised by the company for its micro-agents builder to $90 million.  The post BlinkOps Raises $50 Million for Agentic Security Automation Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Palo Alto Networks to Acquire CyberArk for $25 Billion

Palo Alto Networks Inc. on Wednesday said it will acquire CyberArk Software Inc. for about $25 billion, in its biggest deal yet. The cash-and-stock deal, expected to close in fiscal 2026, underscores an industry-wide frenzy to create ...

Legion Emerges From Stealth With $38 Million in Funding

Legion has raised $38 million in seed and Series A funding for its browser-native AI Security Operations Center (SOC) platform. The post Legion Emerges From Stealth With $38 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Scattered Spider Activity Drops Following Arrests, but Others Adopting Group’s Tactics

Multiple financially motivated threat actors are targeting backup systems and employing Scattered Spider’s social engineering techniques. The post Scattered Spider Activity Drops Following Arrests, but Others Adopting Group’s Tactics ...

Palo Alto Networks to Acquire CyberArk for $25 Billion

Strategic acquisitions marks Palo Alto Networks' formal entry into the identity security space and accelerates its platform strategy. The post Palo Alto Networks to Acquire CyberArk for $25 Billion appeared first on SecurityWeek.

API vulnerability, unprotected devices

Beyond the Browser: How Unprotected Devices are Fueling the API Security Crisis When it comes to protecting critical business applications, API security is the number one concern of a stunning 71% of cybersecurity professionals at large ...

Emerging Agentic AI Security Vulnerabilities Expose Enterprise Systems to Widespread Identity-based Attacks 

Security researchers have identified several critical ways attackers can exploit agentic AI systems to expose sensitive data and conduct malicious activity The post Emerging Agentic AI Security Vulnerabilities Expose Enterprise Systems to ...