Application Security News and Articles


Decryptor for DoNex, Muse, DarkRace, (fake) LockBit 3.0 ransomware released

A cryptographic weakness in the DoNex ransomware and its previous incarnations – Muse, fake LockBit 3.0, and DarkRace – has allowed Avast researchers to create a decryptor for files encrypted by all those ransomware variants. DoNex ...

Balancing Security and Convenience with EV Charging

Even as manufacturers tackle convenience issues, the need for digital trust throughout EV infrastructure and ecosystems still remains. The post Balancing Security and Convenience with EV Charging appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Human Vigilance is Required Amid AI-Generated Cybersecurity Threats

While many organizations are adopting AI at an alarming pace to gain efficiencies and lower operating costs through technology and headcount reduction, they may also be sacrificing their security. The post Human Vigilance is Required Amid ...

July 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: The end of an AV giant in the US

The US celebrated Independence Day last week, providing many with a long weekend leading into patch week. With summer vacations underway, many developers must be out of the office because June was fairly quiet regarding software updates. This ...

How nation-state cyber attacks disrupt public services and undermine citizen trust

In this Help Net Security interview, Rob Greer, VP and GM of the Enterprise Security Group at Broadcom, discusses the impact of nation-state cyber attacks on public sector services and citizens, as well as the broader implications for trust and ...

Critical SSH Vulnerability, Facial Recognition Flaws, How to Safely Dispose of Old Devices

In episode 337, we cover “broken” news about the new SSH vulnerability ‘regreSSHion‘ highlighting the vulnerability discovered in the OpenSSH protocol by Qualys and its implications. We then discuss the Detroit Police Department’s new ...

Monocle: Open-source LLM for binary analysis search

Monocle is open-source tooling backed by a large language model (LLM) for performing natural language searches against compiled target binaries. Monocle can be provided with a binary and search criteria (authentication code, vulnerable code, ...

Organizations change recruitment strategies to find cyber talent

An estimated 4 million professionals are needed to fill the growing cybersecurity workforce gap, according to Fortinet. At the same time, Fortinet’s 2024 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report found that 70% of organizations indicated that ...

How Chrome’s Third-Party Cookie Restrictions Affect User Authentication?

Google Chrome has planned to phase out third-party cookies, which will affect different website functionalities depending on third-party cookies. This blog focuses on how this phase-out affects identity and user authentication and discusses ...

Continuous Threat Exposure Management for Google Cloud

On July 9th, 2020, an independent security firm discovered a trove of personal health information belonging to Pfizer patients on the public internet. The breach exposed unencrypted conversations between patients and providers of four different ...

Paperclip Maximizers, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Stupidity

Existential risk from AI Some believe an existential risk accompanies the development or emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Quantifying the probability of this risk is a hard problem, to say nothing of calculating the ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Notice the Imposter! A Study on User Tag Spoofing Attack in Mobile Apps

Authors/Presenters:Shuai Li, Zhemin Yang, Guangliang Yang, Hange Zhang, Nan Hua, Yurui Huang, and Min Yang Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong ...

Applying Bloch’s Philosophy to Cyber Security

Ernst Bloch, a luminary in the realm of philosophy, introduced a compelling concept known as the “Not-Yet” — a philosophy that envisions the future as a realm of potential and possibility. Bloch’s ideas revolve around the belief that the ...

Week in review: A need for a DDoS response plan, human oversight in AI-enhanced software development

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 4 key steps to building an incident response plan In this Help Net Security interview, Mike Toole, head of security and IT at Blumira, discusses ...

CVE-2024-6387: New OpenSSH RegreSSHion Vulnerability Gives Hackers Root Access on Linux Servers – 700,000+ Linux Boxes Potentially at Risk

Labeled as CVE-2024-6387, the recently discovered vulnerability in OpenSSH has become a serious cause for concern among Linux servers. OpenSSH is a collection of networking tools built on the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. It is widely utilized to ...

Attack Surface Management: A Free Enablement Technology for Effective Continuous Threat Exposure Management

As digital landscapes continue to evolve daily, organizations are increasingly aware and focused on their attack surfaces to identify and mitigate potential risks. However, a troubling trend has emerged: companies are often compelled to pay bug ...

USENIX Security ’23 – The OK Is Not Enough: A Large Scale Study of Consent Dialogs in Smartphone Applications

Authors/Presenters:Simon Koch, Benjamin Altpeter, Martin Johns Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the ...

Researchers Discover Cache of Billion Stolen Passwords

Researchers claim to have uncovered what they claim is the biggest cache of stolen credentials ever found. The post Researchers Discover Cache of Billion Stolen Passwords appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Simplifying Infrastructure Management with Imperva’s Terraform Module for Cloud WAF

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, managing infrastructure efficiently is paramount for businesses striving to stay competitive. With the rise of cloud computing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has emerged as a game-changer, ...