Application Security News and Articles


The Secret Threat Hiding in Your SaaS Stack: Shadow IT

While SaaS apps enable better business operations, a secret threat is hiding in your SaaS stack: "Shadow IT.” The post The Secret Threat Hiding in Your SaaS Stack: Shadow IT appeared first on Security Boulevard.

The Role of Automation in Enforcing the Principle of Least Privilege

As businesses continue to expand their reliance on cloud security and privileged access management, the imperative to implement least privilege access in a manner both effective and efficient cannot be overstated. Yet, with the increasing ...

Boardroom Blindspot: How New Frameworks for Cyber Metrics are Reshaping Boardroom Conversations

With new frameworks for cyber metrics and reporting being implemented globally, regulators have effectively elevated risk to the same level of board awareness as financial risks. The post Boardroom Blindspot: How New Frameworks for Cyber Metrics ...

Embracing the Absurd: Finding Freedom in Cyber Security 

Life can be overwhelming. When you’re young, change is exciting, but as we grow older, it often brings uncertainty. In cyber security, our quest for certainty mirrors Albert Camus’ philosophy of the absurd. Let me break it down for you: ...

Researchers Uncover UEFI Vulnerability Affecting Intel CPUs

Cybersecurity researchers have recently uncovered a UEFI vulnerability in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware, which affects a variety of Intel Core desktop and mobile processors. This now-patched vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-0762 with ...

Maintaining human oversight in AI-enhanced software development

In this Help Net Security, Martin Reynolds, Field CTO at Harness, discusses how AI can enhance the security of software development and deployment. However, increased reliance on AI-generated code introduces new risks, requiring human oversight ...

The Value of HR in Your Insider Risk Management Program

Companies hire people, and while every one of those individuals presents a potential risk, not all (hopefully none) will manifest as an insider threat to the company. As a human challenge, one cannot identify or address insider risks (or threats) ...

Secator: Open-source pentesting Swiss army knife

Secator is an open-source task and workflow runner tailored for security assessments. It facilitates the use of numerous security tools and aims to enhance the efficiency of pen testers and security researchers. Secator features Curated list of ...

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 3, 2024

CISO Atera | Israel | On-site – View job details The CISO will oversee our company’s information, cyber, and technology security and will have end to end full responsibility developing, implementing, and enforcing security ...

Companies spend more on cybersecurity but struggle to track expenses

Most companies do not know how effectively they are investing money to fight the cybersecurity threat, according to Optiv. Cybersecurity budgets are increasing and cyber incidents are rampant, and yet only a small percentage of respondents have a ...

How do you assess the risk of AI within your operations?

How do you assess the risk of AI within your operations? How do you assess the risk of AI within your operations? Assessing the Risk of AI Within Your Operations Assessing the Risk of AI Within Your Operations Artificial intelligence (AI) has ...

A Brief History of SmokeLoader, Part 2

IntroductionIn this two-part blog series, we explore the evolution of SmokeLoader, a malware downloader that has been active since 2011. In Part 1, we explored early versions of SmokeLoader, from its initial rudimentary framework to its adoption ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Efficient 3PC for Binary Circuits with Application to Maliciously-Secure DNN Inference

Authors/Presenters:Yun Li, Tsinghua University, Ant Group; Yufei Duan, Tsinghua University; Zhicong Huang, Alibaba Group; Cheng Hong, Ant Group; Chao Zhang and Yifan Song, Tsinghua University Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their ...

Upcoming Book on AI and Democracy

If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ve noticed that I have written a lot about AI and democracy, mostly with my co-author Nathan Sanders. I am pleased to announce that we’re writing a book on the topic. This isn’t a book about deep fakes, ...

Latest OpenSSH Vulnerability Might Impact 14M Linux Systems

Qualys this week reported the discovery of a Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in OpenSSH servers (sshd) that could potentially impact more than 14 million Linux systems. The post Latest OpenSSH Vulnerability Might Impact ...

Comic Agilé – Mikkel Noe-Nygaard, Luxshan Ratnaravi – #295 – Agile Consultant Ambitions

“It’s All About the Blazer”, 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 ...

‘Perfect 10’ Apple Supply Chain Bug — Millions of Apps at Risk of CocoaPods RCE

Tim looks grim: 10 year old vulnerabilities in widely used dev tool include a CVSS 10.0 remote code execution bug. The post ‘Perfect 10’ Apple Supply Chain Bug — Millions of Apps at Risk of CocoaPods RCE appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Secrets Exposed: The Rise of GitHub as an Attack Vector

A Look at Chariot’s Capability to Protect On June 6, 2024, an anonymous user posted nearly 300 GB of stolen source code to 4chan. Per the user, the leak contained “basically all source code belonging to The New York Times”. The NYT later ...

We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About regreSSHion

... Read more » The post We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About regreSSHion appeared first on Deepfactor. The post We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About regreSSHion appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Weaponizing API discovery metadata

Learn how to weaponize API discovery metadata to improve your recon of the APIs you are hacking or conducting security testing on. The post Weaponizing API discovery metadata appeared first on Dana Epp's Blog. The post Weaponizing API discovery ...