Application Security News and Articles


What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not

Cyber hygiene sounds simple. Patch your systems, remove old accounts, update your software. But for large organizations, this gets messy fast. Systems number in the thousands. Teams are scattered. Some machines haven’t been rebooted in ...

Why B2B Leaders Must Rethink Cybersecurity Strategies With AI at the Core

There must be a fundamental shift in strategy for B2B leaders, one that places artificial intelligence (AI) threat detection at the core of cyberdefense.  The post Why B2B Leaders Must Rethink Cybersecurity Strategies With AI at the Core ...

Want faster products and stronger trust? Build security in, not bolt it on

In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Kennedy, CISO at Group 1001, discusses how cybersecurity initiatives are reshaping enterprise cybersecurity strategy. He explains why security must be embedded across IT, business lines, and ...

DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year

Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of attacks, including some of the ...

Compliance Challenges in Cloud Data Governance 

Adopting cloud computing allows organizations of all shapes and sizes to access data and collaborate in the most flexible ways imaginable. While it brings many benefits, it also brings along compliance issues in data governance, particularly when ...

Investing in security? It’s not helping you fix what matters faster

Automation and structured collaboration have a strong, positive influence on the efficiency of vulnerability management, according to Seemplicity. However, manual processes, unstructured workflows, and excessive noise from vulnerability scanning ...

Hopper Security emerges from stealth to fix open-source security problems

Modern software relies on open-source. As open-source software (OSS) scaled, accelerated by AI, legacy security tools failed to keep pace, introducing undesired cost, complexity, and drag on developer productivity. Gartner cites false positives, ...

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 29, 2025

Analyst IV – Cybersecurity Carpenter Technology | USA | On-site – View job details As an Analyst IV – Cybersecurity, you will guide IT teams on IAM tasks, including account provisioning, password vaulting, access ...

RSA Conference Dispatch: Mr. NHI – Leading the Movement to Expose Cybersecurity’s Biggest Blind Spot!

RSA Conference Dispatch: Beyond the Briefings. Beneath the Buzz. John Boyle Uncovers and Shares Gems from RSAC 2025 The post RSA Conference Dispatch: Mr. NHI – Leading the Movement to Expose Cybersecurity’s Biggest Blind Spot! appeared ...

IBM’s $150 Billion US Investment to Boost Quantum Innovation and National Security

IBM will invest more than $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue its American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers. The post IBM’s $150 Billion US Investment to Boost Quantum Innovation and National ...

PointGuard AI 2.0: The Future of Enterprise AI Security Is Here

Next-generation platform is the only solution to protect the full AI and application The post PointGuard AI 2.0: The Future of Enterprise AI Security Is Here appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Announcing New Legit ASPM AI Capabilities

Get details on Legit's new AI capabilities. The post Announcing New Legit ASPM AI Capabilities appeared first on Security Boulevard.

News alert: Case dismissed against VPN executive, affirms no-logs policy as a valid legal defense

Toronto, Canada, Apr. 28, 2025, CyberNewswire — Windscribe, a globally used privacy-first VPN service, announced today that its founder, Yegor Sak, has been fully acquitted by a court in Athens, Greece, following a two-year legal battle in ...

Certain Your Data Is Safe in the Cloud?

Are You Confident Your Data Safety Measures Are Up to Scratch? The rise of digital transformation is not without its pitfalls, one of which is the challenge of maintaining data safety and security. With the majority of businesses relying heavily ...

Harnessing Powerful Tools for Secrets Scanning

Capturing the Essence of Powerful Secrets Scanning Wondering how to enhance your organization’s cybersecurity measures? Among the vast spectrum of cybersecurity tools available, secrets scanning is one that holds paramount significance. Secrets ...

Your NHIDR Is Getting Better—How?

Why Does Improving Non-Human Identity and Data Response (NHIDR) Matter? How often do we consider the impact of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) on our data security? The management of NHIs and their accompanying secrets has become an indispensable ...

BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – PhishDefend: A Reinforcement Learning Framework

Author/Presenter: Bobby Filar Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and ...

Bugcrowd Launches Red Team Service to Test Cybersecurity Defenses

Bugcrowd today at the 2025 RSA Conference announced its intent to create a red team service to test cybersecurity defenses using a global network of ethical hackers. Alistair Greaves, director of red team operations for Bugcrowd, said via a Red ...

Blackpoint Cyber Extends MDR Service to Improve Cyber Resiliency

Blackpoint Cyber today at the 2025 RSA Conference unveiled a unified security posture and response platform that is based on the company’s managed detection and response (MDR) service. Company CTO Manoj Srivastava said the CompassOne platform ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘PhD Timeline’

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