Application Security News and Articles


Conducting a CMMC 2.0 Readiness Assessment

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program gives the Defense Department a mechanism to verify the readiness of defense contractors both large and small to handle controlled unclassified information and federal contract information in ...

Meeting the Moment with Better Healthcare Security

The State of Healthcare Cybersecurity While cybersecurity has always been a priority for healthcare organizations, the last few years have been different. Even as healthcare security teams make tremendous strides with their security capabilities ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Modes of Transportation’

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Accelerating CMMC 2.0 Compliance for Defense Contractors with Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure provides a suite of highly integrated security services that provide a cost-effective solution for Defense contractors looking to meet the CMMC 2.0 requirements. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a framework ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Automated Exploitable Heap Layout Generation for Heap Overflows Through Manipulation Distance-Guided Fuzzing

Authors/Presenters: Bin Zhang, Jiongyi Chen, Runhao Li, Chao Feng, Ruilin Li, Chaojing Tang Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open ...

Securing Your Snowflake Environments

SaaS breaches have increased 4x in the last year. We have seen a sequence of breaches that have impacted major SaaS vendors, such as Microsoft and Okta. Snowflake has been in the news recently due to attacks targeted at customer-owned systems. ...

A Practical Guide for Handling Unauthorized Access to Snowflake

In the last year, we have seen a sequence of breaches that have impacted major SaaS vendors, such as Microsoft and Okta. Snowflake has been in the news recently due to attacks targeted at customer-owned systems.  As these risks rise, it is ...

Navigating Cybersecurity: In-House Security Teams vs. Virtual CISOs

Discover the difference between a CISO and a vCISO and the benefits each hold concerning cybersecurity (and budget). The post Navigating Cybersecurity: In-House Security Teams vs. Virtual CISOs appeared first on Scytale. The post Navigating ...

Gearing up for Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Throughout my years at Social-Engineer, LLC, I have had the pleasure of giving speeches for many different companies. This has […] The post Gearing up for Cybersecurity Awareness Month appeared first on Security Boulevard.

NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation: Automated Blocking of Commonly Used Passwords

NYDFS introduced its 2nd amended Cybersecurity Regulation. One requirement is the automated blocking of commonly used passwords. The post NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation: Automated Blocking of Commonly Used Passwords appeared first on Security ...

Zyxel Networks USG LITE 60AX improves network security

Zyxel Networks launched USG LITE 60AX–an AX6000 WiFi 6 Security Router designed for small businesses, teleworkers, and managed service providers (MSPs). In today’s landscape, where these users struggle to find networking solutions that ...

Seeing Like a Data Structure

Technology was once simply a tool—and a small one at that—used to amplify human intent and capacity. That was the story of the industrial revolution: we could control nature and build large, complex human societies, and the more we employed ...

CVE-2024-24919 Exploitation, Veriti Proactive Remediation 

Over the past few days, there has been a significant rise in exploitation attempts of the Check Point vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-24919. This increase is not isolated but part of a larger pattern of sophisticated cyber attacks that ...

Shining the Light on Shadow IT: Top Five SaaS Security Tips for Third-Party Risk Management

Security teams often grapple with the uncertainty of data exposure in their SaaS supply chain, especially with third-party SaaS vendors. A proactive approach helps safeguard organizations against SaaS threats. It begins with a comprehensive ...

Top 5 CVEs and Vulnerabilities of May 2024

May brought a fresh batch of security headaches. This month, we’re focusing on critical vulnerabilities in widely used software like Apache, Gitlab, and Github. These flaws could allow attackers to... The post Top 5 CVEs and Vulnerabilities of ...

High-risk Atlassian Confluence RCE fixed, PoC available (CVE-2024-21683)

If you’re self-hosting an Atlassian Confluence Server or Data Center installation, you should upgrade to the latest available version to fix a high-severity RCE flaw (CVE-2024-21683) for which a PoC and technical details are already public. ...

l-Tag DKIM Vulnerability: What Can You Do to Secure Your Email?

DKIM is a crucial email authentication method designed ... The post l-Tag DKIM Vulnerability: What Can You Do to Secure Your Email? appeared first on EasyDMARC. The post l-Tag DKIM Vulnerability: What Can You Do to Secure Your Email? appeared ...

Data Breaches in May 2024 – Infographic

Has your data ever felt…exposed? We’ve all heard about data breaches, but have you ever stopped to wonder what the real impact is? At WeSecureApp, we track cyber threats closely, and this month, we’re here to shed light on what […] The ...

Insider Risk Digest: May

This Article Insider Risk Digest: May was first published on Signpost Six. | https://www.signpostsix.com/ Welcome to this month’s Insider Risk Digest. This edition reveals a University of Florida professor and students involved in a scheme ...

Comprehensive Guide to NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3 Compliance

Few documents carry as much weight as the NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171. Designed to safeguard sensitive information within non-federal systems and organizations, NIST 800-171 provides a framework of security requirements tailored to ...