Application Security News and Articles


Microsoft’s Security Update in July of High-Risk Vulnerabilities in Multiple Products

Overview On July 10, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released a security update patch for July, which fixed 139 security issues involving Windows, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office, Azure and other widely used products, including ...

Understanding The 5 Pillars of Certificate Lifecycle Management

Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) involves discovering, issuing, renewing, and revoking digital certificates, crucial for enterprise cybersecurity. Key pillars: Discover, Deploy, Revoke and Replace, Renew, Integration. The post Understanding ...

P2PInfect Botnet Using Miner And Ransomware Payload

Recent media reports have brought to light the P2PInfect malware. The peer-to-peer botnet has been found targeting and exploiting the Redis server’s vulnerability with ransomware and crypto miners. The malware that was once deemed to be dormant ...

How to design a third-party risk management framework

Most organizations focus on securing routers, servers, firewalls, and other endpoints, but threats can also arise from unfamiliar sources such as third-party networks, which can be used by hackers to attack an organization. Through a strong TPRM ...

Managing cyberattack fallout: Financial and operational damage

In this Help Net Security, Ashley Harrington, Director of Cybersecurity at Aspida, discusses the impact of cyberattack on business operations and financial health. Beyond immediate disruptions and financial burdens, cyber incident can severely ...

Top priorities for compliance leaders this year

Legal, compliance and privacy leaders list strengthening their personal impact on company strategy as their top priority for 2024, according to Gartner. Improving third party risk management (TPRM), and ensuring compliance programs can keep pace ...

New infosec products of the week: July 12, 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from AttackIQ, IT-Harvest, Pentera, Prompt Security, and Quantum Xchange. AttackIQ Mission Control simplifies security testing for distributed teams AttackIQ ...

Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) with Email Verification on NTA

This article provides instructions on configuring and using email verification with password authentication to implement two-factor authentication (2FA) on NTA. The NTA version used in this article is V4.5R90F05. The email verification feature is ...

NSFOCUS Recognized as a Leading Innovator in AI-driven Cybersecurity Solutions at WAIC 2024

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 12, 2024 — NSFOCUS is honored to announce that its Large Model Empowered Security Operations case has been featured in the 2024 Case Studies of Demonstration Application for Foundation Models at the World Artificial ...

The Heritage Foundation Hacked, User Should Reset Passwords

The Heritage Foundation, which authored a controversial policy roadmap called project2025, has been hacked. The group that hacked it, SiegedSec, has now disbanded. The post The Heritage Foundation Hacked, User Should Reset Passwords appeared ...

Inside SAST Tools: How They Work and Why You Need Them

The Inner Workings of SAST Tools: An In-Depth Exploration and How Static Application Security Testing WorksContinue reading on Medium »

Most Websites and Apps Use Dark Patterns to Cheat Consumers: FTC

The FTC found in a review of studies that more than three-quarters of websites and apps used dark patterns to deceptively manipulate consumers into buying products they didn't want or to hand over information. The post Most Websites and Apps Use ...

Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q2 2024

Amazingly, Medium has fixed their stats (so not all is lost) so my blog quarterly is back to life. As before, this covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, and our Cloud Security Podcast (subscribe). Top 7 posts with the ...

USENIX Security ’23 – How Library IT Staff Navigate Privacy, Security Challenges and Responsibilities

Authors/Presenters: Alan F. Luo, Noel Warford, Samuel Dooley, Rachel Greenstadt, Michelle L. Mazurek, Nora McDonald Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong ...

Emulating the Long-Term Extortionist Nefilim Ransomware

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by the extortionist ransomware Nefilim during activities against multiple organizations, primarily based in North or South America, distributed in the financial, ...

What is Online Grooming and How Can I Protect My Kids? | Avast

We live our lives in two worlds: the real one and the digital one. We communicate online all the time. Most jobs, if not all, have at least a web component. The internet is a necessity for school and colleges. Even everyday appliances can be ...

Comic Agilé – Mikkel Noe-Nygaard, Luxshan Ratnaravi – #297 – Line Management Deadlock

via the respected Software Engineering expertise of Mikkel Noe-Nygaard and the lauded Software Engineering / Enterprise Agile Coaching work of Luxshan Ratnaravi at Comic Agilé! Permalink The post Comic Agilé – Mikkel Noe-Nygaard, ...

Hyperproof Sweeps G2 Summer Awards (Again)

It’s summer, so it’s time for some sun — and another round of G2 awards! This time, Hyperproof was in the top 10 in 64 categories and brought home 32 awards, a testament to our strong customer experience with our industry-leading software. ...

Why Do Phishers Target New Employees?

Reading Time: 5 min Why are new employees prime targets for phishers? Explore the reasons behind this trend and how to safeguard your workforce from phishing scams. The post Why Do Phishers Target New Employees? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

OIDC vs SAML: A Comprehensive Technical Comparison

Dive into the identity and access management world with a technical comparison of OpenID Connect (OIDC) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). This technical guide explores architectures, key differences, and use cases of these powerful ...