Application Security News and Articles


Application Attack Patterns: Attack Graphs Reveal 81 Threats Your Tools Miss

TL;DR Applications face thousands of attack attempts monthly, yet traditional security tools miss the ones that matter most. New data from Contrast Security reveals that while WAFs, EDR, and SIEM platforms excel at their designed functions, they ...

Cybersecurity Maturity and Why Your API Security is Lagging Behind – FireTail Blog

Nov 11, 2025 - Jeremy Snyder - Understanding Cybersecurity Maturity Models (CMM) Cybersecurity maturity models offer valuable guidance for organizations seeking to enhance their security posture. While the Cybersecurity Maturity Model ...

IDOR Attacks and the Growing Threat to Your API Security – FireTail Blog

Nov 11, 2025 - Jeremy Snyder - IDOR Attacks: Common And Deadly IDOR attacks, or Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) attacks, are one of the most common and costly forms of API breach. In an IDOR attack, hackers directly reference internal ...

Evaluating the Attack Surface of AI Chatbots Deployed in Enterprise Settings 

AI chatbots boost enterprise efficiency but expand the attack surface. Learn about vulnerabilities like prompt injection, data leakage, and API exploits — and how to secure them. The post Evaluating the Attack Surface of AI Chatbots Deployed in ...

Cloud Security Automation: Using AI to Strengthen Defenses and Response 

AI-driven automation is transforming cloud security by detecting anomalies in real time, and enabling intelligent threat response. The post Cloud Security Automation: Using AI to Strengthen Defenses and Response  appeared first on Security ...

Encryption, Encoding and Hashing Explained

What is Encoding? Encoding is a process of transforming the data into different parameters to enhance its compatibility, usefulness, and to transmit it through various systems and applications. Therefore, the main purpose of encoding is not ...

Firewalla unveils MSP 2.9 to simplify multi-device network management

Firewalla has announced the release of MSP 2.9, the latest update to its Managed Security Portal (MSP). The update is now available to all MSP Early Access users. Firewalla MSP is a web-based platform designed for security and infosec ...

United States of America Veterans Day November 11, 2025: Honoring All Who Served

Veterans Day Poster Competition - via The United States Department of Veteran's Affairs: Veterans Day Poster Competition - Each year the Veterans Day National Committee publishes a commemorative Veterans Day poster. The Committee selects a poster ...

Data Privacy in the World of ChatGPT: Risks, Importance, Best Practices

What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a conversational AI that has been created by OpenAI and is based on the ability to understand and generate text that is in many ways similar to how a human being would write it, given an input. It belongs to a line of ...

To get funding, CISOs are mastering the language of money

In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Wheeler, CISO at Resilience, talks about how CISOs are managing changing cybersecurity budgets. While overall spending is up, many say the increases don’t match their most pressing needs. Wheeler ...

How far can police push privacy before it breaks

Police use drones, body cameras, and license plate readers as part of their daily work. Supporters say these tools make communities safer. Critics see something different, a system that collects too much data and opens the door to abuse. When ...

CISOs are cracking under pressure

Cybersecurity leaders are hitting their limit. A new report from Nagomi Security shows that most CISOs are stretched thin, dealing with nonstop incidents, too many tools, and growing pressure from their boards. The pressures are so intense that ...

Hidden risks in the financial sector’s supply chain

When a cyber attack hits a major bank or trading platform, attention usually turns to the institution. But new research suggests the real danger may lie elsewhere. BitSight researchers found that many of the technology providers serving the ...

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: November 11, 2025

Academy Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst Bridewell | United Kingdom | Hybrid – View job details As an Academy Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will manage OpenCTI data, triage and escalate attack surface monitoring alerts, ...

AI Agents Rewriting Fraud Rules

The New Fraud Frontier: How AI Agents Are Rewriting the Rules Pop quiz: What percentage of your traffic is from agentic AI? If you answered “I don’t know,” you are not alone – and you’re sitting on a major blind spot that’s both a ...

Faster Than Real-Time: Why Your Security Fails and What to Do Next

“Security systems fail. When it fails, what do you do?” This critical question from Spire Connect’s Pankaj Sharma set the stage at Gitex 2025 for a conversation with Francois Driessen, the “Human Ambassador” of ADAMnetworks. His core ...

SecureIQLab brings independent outcome-based validation to Mplify at Global NaaS Event (GNE)

SecureIQLab joins forces with Mplify The post SecureIQLab brings independent outcome-based validation to Mplify at Global NaaS Event (GNE) appeared first on SecureIQ Lab. The post SecureIQLab brings independent outcome-based validation to Mplify ...

Can Your NHIs Withstand a Cyber Attack?

Are You Optimizing Your NHIs for Cyber Attack Resilience? When faced with the myriad challenges of cybersecurity, have you considered how to optimize your Non-Human Identities (NHIs) for better protection against cyber threats? NHIs, representing ...

Why Trust in NHIs Is Essential for Business Security

What Are Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in Cybersecurity? Have you ever considered the importance of trust within your organization’s cybersecurity framework? Trust is not just applicable to human interactions but also extends to non-human ...

Empower Your Security Team with Efficient NHI Management

How Can NHI Management Revolutionize Your Security Practices? How can organizations bridge the gap between their security and R&D teams to create a more secure cloud environment? The answer lies in the effective management of Non-Human ...