Application Security News and Articles


Picus Security introduces security validation for Kubernetes

Picus Security announced security validation for Kubernetes. This new capability allows Security and DevOps teams to realize the benefits of containers securely by proactively measuring and optimizing the resilience of clusters. It is the latest ...

Google fixes yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-5274)

For the eighth time this year, Google has released an emergency update for its Chrome browser that fixes a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-5274) with an in-the-wild exploit. About CVE-2024-5274 As per usual, Google keeps technical details of the ...

Illumio and Netskope join forces to strengthen enterprise resilience against cyberattacks

Illumio and Netskope announced a Zero Trust partnership that brings together the power of Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) to protect against breaches and build cyber resilience. The new partnership combines ...

Code42 partners with Mimecast to protect organizations from data leaks

Code42 announced that it has partnered with Mimecast to release Mimecast for Incydr Flows. The integrated solution helps to protect organizations from data leaks and theft by giving users visibility into risky user activities across email, web, ...

Ekran System Enhances Privileged Access Management: New Workforce Password Management Feature

At Ekran System, we constantly enhance the capabilities of our platform, ensuring that organizations have effective and up-to-date tools to protect their critical assets. This time, we are announcing the release of the Workforce Password ...

What is Cloud Penetration Testing?

The digital era is constantly evolving, and businesses are rapidly migrating towards cloud-based solutions to leverage the agility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness they offer. However, this transition also introduces new security challenges. ...

Product showcase: Alert – Data breach detector for your email, credit card, and ID

Compared to the last quarter of 2023, data breaches rose from 81M to 435M in Q1 2024. That’s a 5-fold increase in just a few months. One of the most common ways data breaches happen is through apps like Facebook or Instagram, which collect a ...

Fail2Ban: Ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors

Fail2Ban is an open-source tool that monitors log files, such as /var/log/auth.log, and blocks IP addresses that exhibit repeated failed login attempts. It does this by updating system firewall rules to reject new connections from those IP ...

Despite increased budgets, organizations struggle with compliance

Only 40% of organizations feel fully prepared to meet the compliance demands of rising cybersecurity regulations, according to a new Swimlane report. Organizations still feel unprepared for new regulations despite 93% of organizations rethinking ...

Worried about job security, cyber teams hide security incidents

The frequency and severity of cyberattacks are increasing—yet most businesses remain unprepared, according to VikingCloud. Between a growing talent shortage, alert fatigue, and new sophisticated attack methods, companies are more susceptible ...

Effective GRC programs rely on team collaboration

One in three organizations are not currently able to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risk with their GRC program, nor are they able to ensure compliance with regulations and frameworks – both key aspects of a mature, holistic GRC ...

New infosec products of the week: May 24, 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from CyberArk, OneTrust, PlexTrac, and Strike Graph. CyberArk CORA AI accelerates identity threat detection CyberArk announced CyberArk CORA AI, a new set of ...

Guide: What is FedRAMP Tailored and What is The Difference?

In the past, we’ve talked a lot about the various FedRAMP guidelines required to reach either a single Authority to Operate or a generalized Provisional Authority to Operate. One thing that can be said to be common to all of these is that, in ...

Optimizing CI/CD Security: Best Practices for a Robust Software Delivery Pipeline

5 min read Modern software development accelerates progress but introduces security risks that must be managed to protect organizational integrity and reputation. The post Optimizing CI/CD Security: Best Practices for a Robust Software Delivery ...

Ad Protect: Mastering the Detection of Bot-Driven Ad Fraud

DataDome's unparalleled bot detection solution powers our Ad Protect solution, protecting marketers from the negative impacts of bot-driven ad fraud and click fraud. The post Ad Protect: Mastering the Detection of Bot-Driven Ad Fraud appeared ...

Leading LLMs Insecure, Highly Vulnerable to Basic Jailbreaks

“All tested LLMs remain highly vulnerable to basic jailbreaks, and some will provide harmful outputs even without dedicated attempts to circumvent their safeguards,” the report noted. The post Leading LLMs Insecure, Highly Vulnerable to Basic ...

Business Entities

Product Update: Version 4.4 We're thrilled to share Version 4.4 release with new feature updates: Business Entities for tracking customers, partners, and departments, improved control for transfer switch power devices, streamlined bulk actions ...

Apple API Allows Wi-Fi AP Location Tracking

Privacy FAIL: Apple location service returns far more data than it should, to people who have no business knowing it, without your permission. The post Apple API Allows Wi-Fi AP Location Tracking appeared first on Security Boulevard.

USENIX Security ’23 – AlphaEXP: An Expert System for Identifying Security-Sensitive Kernel Objects

Authors/Presenters:Ruipeng Wang, Kaixiang Chen, Chao Zhang, Zulie Pan, Qianyu Li, Siliang Qin, Shenglin Xu, Min Zhang, Yang Li Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the ...

GitHub Issues Patch for Critical Exploit in Enterprise Server

The vulnerability affects all GHES versions prior to 3.13.0 and achieves the highest possible CVSS score of 10. Instances with SAML SSO authentication are at risk. The post GitHub Issues Patch for Critical Exploit in Enterprise Server appeared ...