Application Security News and Articles


Veeam Backup & Replication RCE flaw may soon be leveraged by ransomware gangs (CVE-2024-40711)

CVE-2024-40711, a critical vulnerability affecting Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), could soon be exploited by attackers to steal enterprise data. Discovered and reported by Code WHite researcher Florian Hauser, the vulnerability can be ...

Australia Threatens to Force Companies to Break Encryption

In 2018, Australia passed the Assistance and Access Act, which—among other things—gave the government the power to force companies to break their own encryption. The Assistance and Access Act includes key components that outline ...

How to Create a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Strategy Roadmap for Long-Term Protection

Cyber threats are becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and damaging in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. Traditional approaches to cyber risk management, which often rely on periodic cyber risk assessments and static data, are no ...

A New Milestone in Code Security: SafeLine WAF

SafeLine is an open-source code security scanning platform developed and maintained by Chaitin Tech. This platform is designed to help…Continue reading on Medium »

Old Habits, New Threats: Why More Phishing Attacks are Bypassing Outdated Perimeter Detection

The rise in sophisticated phishing threats like polymorphic attacks, social engineering tactics, and the use of compromised accounts have undoubtedly highlighted the significant gaps in perimeter technology, leading to a notable increase in ...

Ubuntu Fixes a High-Severity PostgreSQL Vulnerability

PostgreSQL is an open-source, widely used object relational SQL database. However, like any other software, it is not immune to vulnerabilities. A new high-severity vulnerability has been discovered in PostgreSQL versions before PostgreSQL 16.4, ...

Security Budget Growth Slows, but Spending Remains Elevated

The expansion of security budgets has slowed, indicating the end of rapid growth in the sector, according to a survey of 755 CISOs. The post Security Budget Growth Slows, but Spending Remains Elevated appeared first on Security Boulevard.

How to Streamline Your Network Penetration Testing Approach

Technical advances have fundamentally changed the way companies operate and interact with consumers. With the proliferation of mobile technology, social media, and the digitization of business processes, cybersecurity now underpins the health of ...

The Foundation of Zero-Trust Security Architecture

For today’s IT organizations, establishing a zero-trust (ZT) architecture is an ongoing process of refinements for existing networks, resources, methods and security capabilities. The post The Foundation of Zero-Trust Security Architecture ...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI extends innovation across the hybrid cloud

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AI is Red Hat’s foundation model platform, enabling users to develop, test, and run GenAI models to power enterprise applications. The platform brings together the open source-licensed Granite LLM family and ...

Parablu’s Guide to 2024 Ransomware Playbook

Parablu’s Guide to 2024 Ransomware Playbook Ransomware incident response is the need of the hour. Let me explain you why-  Ransomware attacks have evolved to become a critical threat in 2024, while recovery from such an attack increased ...

Cobalt Strike Attack: Threat Actors Leverage Phishing Emails

In the cybercrime landscape, Chinese users have been targeted with a new Cobalt Strike attack. Unidentified threat actors behind the campaign leverage phishing email for infecting Windows systems with the payload. In this article, we’ll ...

AI cybersecurity needs to be as multi-layered as the system it’s protecting

Cybercriminals are beginning to take advantage of the new malicious options that large language models (LLMs) offer them. LLMs make it possible to upload documents with hidden instructions that are executed by connected system components. This is ...

OpenZiti: Secure, open-source networking for your applications

OpenZiti is a free, open-source project that embeds zero-trust networking principles directly into applications. Example of an OpenZiti overlay network OpenZiti features “We created OpenZiti to transform how people think about connectivity. ...

Best practices for implementing the Principle of Least Privilege

In this Help Net Security interview, Umaimah Khan, CEO of Opal Security, shares her insights on implementing the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP). She discusses best practices for effective integration, benefits for operational efficiency and ...

Shocking SQL Injection in TSA App, Bitcoin ATM Scams Targeting Seniors

This week, we discuss a critical SQL injection vulnerability discovered in an app used by the TSA, raising ethical questions about responsible disclosure. Plus, we shed light on the alarming rise of Bitcoin ATM scams exploiting older adults, ...

Phishing in focus: Disinformation, election and identity fraud

The frequency of phishing attacks is rising as attackers increasingly utilize AI to execute more scams than ever before. In this Help Net Security video, Abhilash Garimella, Head Of Research at Bolster, discusses how phishing scams are now being ...

End of an era: Security budget growth slows down

Amidst global economic and geopolitical uncertainty, markets are jittery, companies are spending frugally, and investors remain cautious, according to IANS Research and Artico Search. Security budgets are also affected by these realities with ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Collide+Power: Leaking Inaccessible Data with Software-based Power Side Channels

Authors/Presenters:Andreas Kogler, Jonas Juffinger, Lukas Giner, Lukas Gerlach, Martin Schwarzl, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, Stefan Mangard Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, ...

Week in review: Vulnerability allows Yubico security keys cloning, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Vulnerability allows Yubico security keys to be cloned Researchers have unearthed a cryptographic vulnerability in popular Yubico (FIDO) ...