Application Security News and Articles


Deep Dive: How to Improve Kubernetes Management with IaC Tools

In container orchestration, Kubernetes has become the go-to solution for deploying and managing containerized applications at scale. Ten years after Kubernetes was made publicly available, however, the complexities associated with deploying it ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Exponential Growth’

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

Automata in Action: New Vulnerabilities Discovered in HP UEFI

Eclypsium has discovered new vulnerabilities in a particular Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) implementation from HP. This is the first vulnerability to be discovered automatically by our Automata binary analysis system, which ...

The WAF Oath: Primum Non Nocere | Impart Security

Impart Security's Director of Field Engineering, Jack Zarris, dives into the evolution of Web Application Firewalls from first generation RegEx tuning to next-generation threshold tuning of false positives and finally the current state of ...

Who Will Control Our AI Future? A Guide to Power, Influence, and Responsible AI Development

The rise of AI raises critical questions about power and control. Who's shaping the AI landscape? Discover the key players and how we can ensure a responsible AI future. The post Who Will Control Our AI Future? A Guide to Power, Influence, and ...

What’s the State of Identity Assurance Today? Recap of the 2024 Report

Identity security is at a crossroads. As digital transformation accelerates, organizations are increasingly vulnerable to identity-focused attacks, which are now the primary entry point for cybercriminals. The incorporation of artificial ...

USENIX Security ’23 – A Hybrid Alias Analysis and Its Application to Global Variable Protection in the Linux Kernel

Authors/Presenters: Guoren Li, Hang Zhang, Jinmeng Zhou, Wenbo Shen, Yulei Sui, Zhiyun Qian Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open ...

Compromised recording software was served from vendor’s official site, threat researchers say

Legitimate recording software JAVS Viewer has been saddled with loader malware and has been served from the developer’s site since at least April 2, a threat researcher has warned last month. After analyzing a flagged installer detected in ...

What America’s Federal Privacy Bill Means for Data Protection

After years of false starts, the US is edging closer to a federal data privacy law. In a surprise move, two lawmakers last month introduced a bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation described as “the best opportunity we've had in decades” ...

When to Automate and When Not to Automate Security

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Navigating Compliance Frameworks with Deepfactor: PCI DSS, SOC2, and NIST 800-53

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Beyond the Basics: Exploring Uncommon NTLM Relay Attack Techniques

NTLM (NT LAN Manager) relaying is an attack technique that has been around for years yet is still incredibly effective.  […] The post Beyond the Basics: Exploring Uncommon NTLM Relay Attack Techniques appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Hospitals Hacked: Urgent Care Needed

In recent research by Veriti, a significant cyber security breach at Change Healthcare highlighted severe vulnerabilities in healthcare data security, affecting over 1.35 million files. This breach involved multiple healthcare and insurance ...

Personal AI Assistants and Privacy

Microsoft is trying to create a personal digital assistant: At a Build conference event on Monday, Microsoft revealed a new AI-powered feature called “Recall” for Copilot+ PCs that will allow Windows 11 users to search and retrieve their ...

GitHub fixes maximum severity Enterprise Server auth bypass bug (CVE-2024-4985)

A critical, 10-out-of-10 vulnerability (CVE-2024-4985) allowing unrestricted access to vulnerable GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) instances has been fixed by Microsoft-owned GitHub. Fortunately, there is a catch that may narrow down the pool of ...

OneTrust helps organizations meet the framework requirements

OneTrust announced the expansion of OneTrust solutions to help organizations drive operational resilience and risk management across their extended enterprise, as well as comply with regulations like the European Union’s (EU) Digital ...

SOCRadar raises $25.2 million to accelerate investments in key areas

SOCRadar announced the successful completion of its Series B funding round, raising $25.2 million. The round was led by PeakSpan Capital, with participation from Oxx, reflecting investor confidence in SOCRadar’s innovative approach to ...

RSAC Fireside Chat: Qwiet AI leverages graph-database technology to reduce AppSec noise

AppSec has never been more challenging. By the same token, AppSec technology is advancing apace to help companies meet this challenge. Related: AppSec market trajectory At RSAC 2024, I sat down with Bruce Snell, cybersecurity strategist at ...

HHS pledges $50M for autonomous vulnerability management solution for hospitals

As organizations in the healthcare sector continue to be a prime target for ransomware gangs and CISA warns about a vulnerability (CVE-2023-43208) in a healthcare-specific platform being leveraged by attackers, the Advanced Research Projects ...

Setting Up SonarQube for Code Quality Inspection on Java(Maven/Gradle)/.NET/Python/Go Projects

SonarQube is a powerful tool for continuous inspection of code quality to perform automatic reviews with static analysis of code to detect…Continue reading on Medium »