Application Security News and Articles


Get SOAR Savvy Before RSAC 2024: 5 Reads to Level Up Your SOC

For security leaders heading to RSAC 2024 in need of a refresher on all things SOAR (Security Automation, Orchestration and Response), D3 Security has you covered. Before you hit the expo floor, check out these must-read resources that will equip ...

Cloud Monitor Automation Thwarts Phishing & Malware Emails

We recently hosted Michael Tapia, Chief Technology Director at Clint ISD in Texas, and Kobe Brummet, Cybersecurity Technician at Hawkins School District in Tennessee, for a live webinar. Michael and Kobe volunteered to share with other K-12 tech ...

MY TAKE: Is Satya Nadella’s ‘Secure Future Initiative’ a deja vu of ‘Trustworthy Computing?’

SAN FRANCISCO — On the eve of what promises to be a news-packed RSA Conference 2024, opening here on Monday, Microsoft is putting its money where its mouth is. Related: Shedding light on LLM vulnerabilities More precisely the software … ...

Palo Alto Networks Extends SASE Reach to Unmanaged Devices

Prisma SASE 3.0 promises to make it simpler and faster to apply zero-trust policies. The post Palo Alto Networks Extends SASE Reach to Unmanaged Devices appeared first on Security Boulevard.

USENIX Security ’23 – Cryptographic Deniability: A Multi-perspective Study of User Perceptions and Expectations

Authors/Presenters: Tarun Kumar Yadav, Devashish Gosain, Kent Seamons Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the ...

The impact of automating open source dependency management

Recently, I chatted with developers from a customer in a heavily regulated industry. They were manually updating their open source dependencies and wanted to find a better solution to save time. Keeping their dependencies up-to-date was very ...

Unlocking SMB Cybersecurity: The Rise of Virtual CISOs in 2024 and Beyond

  This year, virtual CISOs must begin making a difference in our industry.  For the longest time, small and medium businesses (SMBs) have been abandoned by the cybersecurity industry.  But, SMBs need security leaders to guide them through ...

Vulnerability of the Month – Controversy of the JetBrains TeamCity CVE-2024-27198 & CVE-2024-27199

This month we dive into CVE-2024-27198 for JetBrains TeamCity and the controversy surrounding the patching process that contributed to it being exploited in the wild. The post Vulnerability of the Month – Controversy of the JetBrains ...

Navigating Container Security with AttackIQ’s Optimization Solutions

As businesses continue to adopt container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes for their deployment efficiency and scalability, they also face a growing challenge—securing these environments. Container security is still a developing ...

IronRadar Reforged

What is IronRadarSM, and why is it important? Cybersecurity organizations are fighting a constant battle against threats across an evolving cyber landscape while being understaffed and facing constrained budgets. Traditional cybersecurity threat ...

CEO Discusses MDR Service With a Risk-Based Approach

Every organization has its own combination of cyber risks, including endpoints, internet-connected devices, apps, employees, third-party vendors, and more. Year after year, the risks continue to grow more complex and new threats emerge as threat ...

GitLab ‘Perfect 10’ Bug Gets a CISA Warning: PATCH NOW

Password reset FAILURE: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns GitLab users of a 100-day-old, maximum severity vulnerability. The post GitLab ‘Perfect 10’ Bug Gets a CISA Warning: PATCH NOW appeared first on Security ...

Our New “Days of Rage” Protest Activity and Considerations for Corporate Security

3 Takeaways Relentless Risk The world seems to be on fire, fueled by the Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli Defense Force (IDF) invasion of Gaza. As a result, protests have taken off like wildfire across many college campuses. As ...

Understanding the Link Between API Exposure and Vulnerability Risks

In a digital+ world, there is no escaping “vulnerabilities.” As software development grows more complex and APIs become more central to new software architectures, vulnerabilities can stem from various sources, whether it’s an issue within ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Defining “Broken”: User Experiences and Remediation Tactics When Ad-Blocking or Tracking-Protection Tools Break a Website’s User Experience

Authors/Presenters: Alexandra Nisenoff, Arthur Borem, Grant Nakanishi, Maya Thumpasery, Blase Ur Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Alphabetical Cartogram’

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

Bug hunters can get up to $450,000 for an RCE in Google’s Android apps

Google has drastically increased the rewards bug hunters can get for reporting vulnerabilities in Android apps it develops and maintains. “We increased reward amounts by up to 10x in some categories (for example Remote Arbitrary Code ...

Streamline NIS2 Compliance with Automation

The post Streamline NIS2 Compliance with Automation appeared first on AI Enabled Security Automation. The post Streamline NIS2 Compliance with Automation appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/3/24

Insight #1 Here we go again: Verizon’s new Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out, and once again,  unauthorized uses of web application credentials and exploits of vulnerabilities in web applications are among the top three on the ...

A Closer Look at Top 5 Vulnerabilities of April 2024

Keeping pace with the latest cybersecurity threats is vital for organizations of all sizes. Here at Strobes, our security team has assembled a list of the top 5 most critical... The post A Closer Look at Top 5 Vulnerabilities of April 2024 ...