Application Security News and Articles


RSAC Fireside Chat: Here’s what it will take to achieve Digital Trust in our hyper-connected future

Confidence in the privacy and security of hyper-connected digital services is an obvious must have. Related: NIST’s  quantum-resistant crypto Yet, Digital Trust today is not anywhere near the level it needs to be. At RSAC 2024 I had a ...

Check Point Warning: VPN Gateway Products’ Zero-Day Attack

Check Point has issued an alert regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability identified in its Network Security gateway products. As per the Check Point warning This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24919 with a CVSS score of 8.6, has been ...

How businesses can integrate token technology into existing payment systems

In this Help Net Security interview, Mark Nelsen, SVP and Global Head of Consumer Product at Visa, discusses the integration of token technology into existing payment systems. How do businesses integrate tokenization into their existing payment ...

Maximizing productivity with Copilot for Microsoft 365: A security perspective

In this Help Net Security video, Brian Vecci, Field CTO at Varonis, talks about maximizing the potential of Microsoft Copilot for 365. He highlights its productivity benefits and addresses critical security challenges, providing actionable steps ...

GenAI keeps cybersecurity pros on high alert

“Businesses across every industry face unprecedented challenges posed by an increasing attack surface, zero-day vulnerabilities, cloud misconfigurations, and new emerging threats driven by AI,” said Andrei Florescu, president and GM of ...

The Next Big Thing in Identity Security: Identity Fabrics

Identity Security & Identity Fabrics Identity security seems simple enough – make sure people are... The post The Next Big Thing in Identity Security: Identity Fabrics appeared first on Axiad. The post The Next Big Thing in Identity ...

Eclypsium CEO Yuriy Bulygin: Beware Compromised Firmware and Baseboard Management Controllers

The post Eclypsium CEO Yuriy Bulygin: Beware Compromised Firmware and Baseboard Management Controllers appeared first on Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise. The post Eclypsium CEO Yuriy Bulygin: Beware Compromised ...

UEFI Firmware Exploit Evades EDR

As endpoint security tools improve, attackers target lower level firmware components to evade detection. This demo shows how malware targeting UEFI firmware, such as Black Lotus, can evade Windows device security features and EDR Vendor 1, and ...

Attacking an Internal Windows Medical Device from the Internet

This firmware attack scenario demonstrates the type of attacks seen in the wild and showcases how an attacker can target, implant, or even destroy an internal medical device from the Internet. The post Attacking an Internal Windows Medical ...

Eclypsium Overview

An introduction to Eclypsium's supply chain security, zero trust and device integrity solutions. The post Eclypsium Overview appeared first on Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise. The post Eclypsium Overview appeared ...

What is ISO 27001 Compliance?

ISO 27001 compliance involves adhering to the international standard for information security management systems (ISMS). This standard provides a systematic approach to managing sensitive information and ensuring data security. Qmulos' platform ...

What is Continuous Authority to Operate (cATO)?

Continuous Authority to Operate (cATO) is a dynamic and ongoing process for maintaining the authorization to operate IT systems within a federal agency. Unlike traditional ATO processes, cATO involves continuous monitoring and assessment of ...

Financial Institutions Must Reexamine Their Technology Setup

In today’s fast-evolving financial landscape where customer expectations and technological advancements are constantly shifting, financial... The post Financial Institutions Must Reexamine Their Technology Setup appeared first on Entrust ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Precise and Generalized Robustness Certification for Neural Networks

Authors/Presenters:Yuanyuan Yuan, Shuai Wang, Zhendong Su 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 ...

Proactive Application Security: Learning from the Recent GitHub Extortion Campaigns

A new threat actor group known as Gitloker has launched an alarming campaign that wipes victims’ GitHub repositories and attempts to extort them. Victims are finding their repositories erased, replaced only by a solitary README file bearing the ...

Enhancing Corporate Security: The Value of Intelligence in Weather Related Threats 

How to ensure the safety of corporate assets and personnel amidst increasingly frequent and intense severe weather Due to the increasing severity of destructive weather events — including hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires — improved ...

Daniel Stori’s ‘Just Touch It’

via the inimitable Daniel Stori at Turnoff.US! Permalink The post Daniel Stori’s ‘Just Touch It’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Streamlining CLI Authentication: Implementing OAuth Login in Python

When building an application that requires user authentication, implementing a secure login flow is critical. In this article, we'll walk through how we created a robust OAuth login flow for ggshield, our Python-based command line tool, to ...

Ransomware Group Jumps on PHP Vulnerability

A long-running ransomware campaign that has been targeting Windows and Linux systems since 2019 is the latest example of how closely threat groups track public disclosures of vulnerabilities and proofs-of-concept (PoCs) and how quickly they move ...

AWS unveils new and improved security features

At its annual re:Inforce conference, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced new and enhanced security features and tools. Additional multi-factor authentication option To facilitate the concerted push to get customers to secure their accounts ...