Application Security News and Articles


Eclypsium and Panasonic Connect North America Partner to Protect Against Digital Infrastructure Threats Below the Surface With Smart Compliance

Portland, OR – June 6, 2024 – Eclypsium®, the supply chain security company protecting critical hardware, firmware, and software, today announced its collaboration with Panasonic Connect North America in the release of Smart Compliance ...

Leveraging Escalation Attacks in Penetration Testing Environments – Part 1

Authors: George Raileanu and Eugene Mar Introduction Together we aim to explore vulnerabilities within Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), […] The post Leveraging Escalation Attacks in Penetration Testing Environments – Part 1 ...

Leveraging Escalation Attacks in Penetration Testing Environments – Part 2

Authors: George Raileanu and Eugene Mar In this post, we’ll cover the two most common ESC attacks we encounter on […] The post Leveraging Escalation Attacks in Penetration Testing Environments – Part 2 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Security Posture Drift: Tracking & Managing Security Posture Over Time

Security posture drift is inevitable, but proactively managing it can save organizations millions and increase the ROI on their security controls. The post Security Posture Drift: Tracking & Managing Security Posture Over Time appeared ...

Listen up: 10 cybersecurity podcasts you can learn from

Regardless of where you are in your career in cybersecurity –  whether you have been a trusted expert for decades or are just starting out – it can be difficult to keep up with what’s happening in this fast-moving field. One way to ...

Zyxel patches critical flaws in EOL NAS devices

Zyxel has released patches for three critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-29972, CVE-2024-29973, and CVE-2024-29974) affecting two network-attached storage (NAS) devices that have recently reached end-of-vulnerability-support. About the ...

Mastering Cyber Risk Quantification Methods: A Strategic Approach

Quantitative Risk models have long been applied in the financial and insurable risk fields and are now being used extensively in cybersecurity. Quantifying risk helps manage risk by breaking it down and expressing it mathematically. Although ...

Webinar: How to build relationships with developers

Are you a security leader struggling to connect meaningfully with your developers? Join our guest expert, Dustin Lehr, to learn how to earn developers' respect, introduce gamification, and get issues fixed. The post Webinar: How to build ...

Tenable partners with Deloitte to help organizations reduce cyber risk

Tenable announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Deloitte. Deloitte has added the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform, Tenable Cloud Security and Tenable OT Security to its portfolio of available cyber solutions for Internet of ...

Webinar: Exposure management and your attack surface

Your business, attack surface, and threat landscape are not static—they are constantly changing. New vulnerabilities are disclosed hourly, new exploits for old vulnerabilities are publicly released, and threat actors update their techniques ...

HYPR raises $30 million to combat threats posed by generative AI

HYPR secures $30 million in funding from Silver Lake Waterman to drive accelerated advancements in technologies to combat the rising threat of generative AI-driven credential-based attacks. This investment validates the expanded adoption of ...

Digital natives are not cybersecurity natives

At TurkuSec meetup in April, I had the opportunity to share my insights on a pressing issue we’ve been researching lately at F-Secure: the cybersecurity challenges faced by digital natives. These are individuals who have grown up with fast ...

GHOSTENGINE Exploit: Vulnerable Drivers Facing Attack

A recent revelation in the cybersecurity realm uncovers a concerning development dubbed GHOSTENGINE, a cryptojacking campaign employing a sophisticated method to bypass security measures. In this blog, we’ll look at the GHOSTENGINE exploit in ...

7 Reasons Why You Need To Replace Your Microsoft CA

Maintaining a robust and efficient Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has never been more important for digital security. PKI is not only used to protect public-facing websites and applications but also to secure machine-to-machine communications ...

Generative AI, Confidential Computing, and Post-Quantum Cryptography, Among Interesting Topics at Google Cloud NEXT

Generative AI, Confidential Computing, and Post-Quantum Cryptography, Among Interesting Topics at Google Cloud NEXT madhav Thu, 06/06/2024 - 05:18 Thales and Google Cloud have worked together for years to develop cybersecurity solutions for ...

Symmetry Systems Recognized as a Strong Performer in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Data Security Posture Management report

San Mateo, Calif. – JUNE 6, 2024 – Symmetry Systems, the data+AI security company, today announced it has been named... The post Symmetry Systems Recognized as a Strong Performer in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer ...

Sniffnet: Free, open-source network monitoring

Sniffnet is a free, open-source network monitoring tool to help you easily track your Internet traffic. What sets it apart is its strong focus on user experience. Unlike most network analyzers, Sniffnet is built to be easily usable by everyone, ...

90% of threats are social engineering

In this Help Net Security video, Jakub Kroustek, Malware Research Director at Gen, discusses the Avast Q1 2024 Threat Report. The report highlights significant trends and incidents in cybersecurity. Key findings include: Surge in social ...

78% of SMBs fear cyberattacks could shut down their business

94% of SMBs have experienced at least one cyberattack, a dramatic rise from 64% in 2019, according to ConnectWise. This increase in cyberattacks is exacerbated by the fact that 76% of SMBs lack the in-house skills to properly address security ...

Chinese attackers leverage previously unseen malware for espionage

Sophos released its report, “Operation Crimson Palace: Threat Hunting Unveils Multiple Clusters of Chinese State-Sponsored Activity Targeting Southeast Asia,” which details a highly sophisticated, nearly two-year long espionage campaign ...