Application Security News and Articles


Phishing in 2025: Smarter Threats, Smarter Defense

ManagedMethods recently hosted a webinar on one of the most pressing issues in K–12 cybersecurity: phishing. While schools have been targets for years, 2025 feels different. Attackers are evolving faster than ever, and traditional email ...

Apple fixes zero-day vulnerability exploited in “extremely sophisticated attack” (CVE-2025-43300)

Apple has fixed yet another vulnerability (CVE-2025-43300) that has apparently been exploited as a zero-day “in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” About CVE-2025-43300 CVE-2025-43300 is an ...

Your Digital Shadow: Why Human-Powered Due Diligence Still Matters in the Age of Data Overload

There’s never been more data available about people and organizations. Yet, paradoxically, the overwhelming volume of that data can obscure the very truths security professionals are trying to uncover. In a landscape shaped by automation, AI, ...

BSidesSF 2025: How To Pull Off A Near Undetectable DDoS Attack (And How To Stop It)

Creator, Author and Presenter: Simon Wijckmans Our deep appreciation to Security BSides - San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s ...

Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged

US federal prosecutors have charged a man with running Rapper Bot, a powerful botnet that was rented out to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks around the world. According to court documents, 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of ...

Futurum Signal is Live: Real-Time Intelligence for Cyber Defenders

In cybersecurity, timing is everything. Threats don’t wait for quarterly analyst updates, and adversaries don’t schedule their attacks to match publication calendars. We live in a world where zero-days drop overnight, AI-powered phishing ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Snake-In-The-Box Problem’

via the cosmic humor & dry-as-the-desert wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Snake-In-The-Box Problem’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

AuthZed Adds Cloud Edition of Infrastructure Authorization Platform

AuthZed today unfurled a self-service edition of its platform for managing infrastructure authorizations that can be deployed in a cloud computing environment. Company CEO Jake Moshenko said this AuthZed Cloud option will make it simpler for some ...

AuthZed Adds Self-Service Cloud for Infrastructure Authorization

AuthZed today unfurled a self-service edition of its platform for managing infrastructure authorizations that can be deployed in a cloud computing environment. Company CEO Jake Moshenko said this AuthZed Cloud option will make it simpler for some ...

Application Security in 2025: Why Scale, AI, and Automation Are Reshaping Priorities

New survey results shed light on the state of AppSec in 2025. The post Application Security in 2025: Why Scale, AI, and Automation Are Reshaping Priorities appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Case for Authenticating AI Agents

As agentic AI blends into malicious traffic, Authenticating AI Agents with cryptographic signatures is becoming the only scalable way to separate trusted bots from imposters. The post Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Case for Authenticating AI ...

Link11 Highlights Growing Cybersecurity Risks and Introduces Integrated WAAP Protection Platform

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 20th August 2025, CyberNewsWire The post Link11 Highlights Growing Cybersecurity Risks and Introduces Integrated WAAP Protection Platform appeared first on Security Boulevard.

BSidesSF 2025: Threat Modeling Meets Model Training: Web App Security Skills For AI

Creator, Author and Presenter: Breanne Boland Our deep appreciation to Security BSides - San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s ...

GPT-5 Has a Vulnerability: Its Router Can Send You to Older, Less Safe Models

Instead of GPT-5 Pro, your query could be quietly redirected to an older, weaker model, opening the door to jailbreaks, hallucinations, and unsafe outputs. The post GPT-5 Has a Vulnerability: Its Router Can Send You to Older, Less Safe Models ...

Slow and Steady Security: Lessons from the Tortoise and the Hare

By focusing on fundamentals, enterprises can avoid the distraction of hype and build security programs that are consistent, resilient, and effective over the long run. The post Slow and Steady Security: Lessons from the Tortoise and the Hare ...

Commvault plugs holes in backup suite that allow remote code execution

Commvault has fixed four security vulnerabilities that may allow unauthenticated attackers to compromise on-premises deployments of its flagship backup and replication suite. Technical details about the vulnerabilities have been published on ...

The Future of Pentesting: Can AI Replace Human Expertise? ⎥ Jyoti Raval

Discover insights from The Elephant in AppSec episode with Jyoti Raval The post The Future of Pentesting: Can AI Replace Human Expertise? ⎥ Jyoti Raval appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Apache ActiveMQ Breach Reveals Unusual Attacker Behavior

Security researchers have confirmed that a recent wave of cyberattacks is exploiting a critical vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, allowing attackers to compromise Linux servers and install long-term persistence tools. The attackers are not only ...

Elastic Refutes Claims of Zero-Day in EDR Product

Elastic has found no evidence of a vulnerability leading to RCE after details and PoC of a Defend EDR bypass were published online. The post Elastic Refutes Claims of Zero-Day in EDR Product appeared first on SecurityWeek.

StackHawk empowers security teams to expand their API testing coverage

StackHawk releaseed LLM-Driven OpenAPI Specifications, a powerful new capability that creates API documentation directly from source code, empowering security teams to expand their API testing coverage without relying on developers. This ...