Application Security News and Articles


Hackers stole call, text records of “nearly all” of AT&T’s cellular customers

Hackers leveraging stolen Snowflake account credentials have stolen records of calls and texts made by “nearly all” of AT&T’s cellular customers from May to October 2022, the company has confirmed. “The data does not ...

Info of 2,3+ million individuals stolen in Advance Auto Parts data breach

Personal information of over 2,3 million individuals has been stolen by attackers as part of the massive data grab via compromised Snowflake accounts without MFA protection, Advance Auto Parts has confirmed by filing notices with the attorney ...

Gathid identity governance platform enhancements help identify access changes

Gathid announced the release of Version 1.14.0 of its identity governance platform. This latest update introduces new comprehensive export capabilities that enable users to seamlessly establish an identity baseline in minutes with a complete view ...

GitLab Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2024-6385) Notification

Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that GitLab issued a security announcement and fixed the identity bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-6385) in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). Due to the incomplete fixing of ...

6 Steps to Build an Incident Response Workflow for Your Business

From data breaches to malware infections, cyber threats are numerous and ever-evolving. Having a robust incident response workflow is your shield against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Live patching can be a valuable tool in your ...

Forcepoint promotes Ryan Windham to CEO

Forcepoint announced the promotion of Ryan Windham, Chief Customer and Strategy Officer, to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Manny Rivelo, who is retiring from his position as CEO of the company. These transitions will be effective ...

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 ...