SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In this blog, I'll review how our State of Modern Application Security: Insights From 400+ AppSec Practitioners suggests that a developer-first approach is the only way to address this application security challenge. The efficiencies in this approach enable businesses to produce software at an ever-increasing pace.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 26, 2021

The SBOM requires third-party software companies to provide customers with the code equivalent of a “nutrition chart.” The SBOM requires third-party software companies to provide customers with the code equivalent of a “nutrition chart.” What is the Software Bill of Materials? Respond to new vulnerabilities.

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NetSpi Executives

JANUARY 8, 2024

In case you missed it, Chubb, one of the leading publicly traded property and casualty insurance companies, announced an innovative collaboration with NetSPI to strengthen client cyber-risk profiles via enhanced attack surface management and penetration testing solutions. What is proactive security?

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With a slim 3-to-2 majority vote, the SEC gave their final stamp of approval to a rule that is set to reshape the playing field for public companies. So, what’s all the buzz about? So, what’s on the to-do list for public companies? The final rule introduces significant new obligations to public companies.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Despite what your lightning-fast Wi-Fi connection may indicate, the internet is not instantaneous. Content delivery networks exist to expedite this process. CDNs improve this process by storing content on servers located throughout the country in data centers called “points of presence.”. CDN Security Concerns.

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Pen Test

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Developers may find themselves working on a new feature that requires integration with AWS and might, initially for convenience during testing, hardcode the AWS access key. This practice is acceptable for local testing, with the intention of removing the secret prior to pushing the final code to Source Code Management (e.g.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. The DevSecOps process is impossible without securing the source code. In this article, I would like to talk about Static Application Security Testing (SAST). As development fluency is growing every year, many companies are introducing DevSecOps. What is SAST?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2021

What are Secure Scorecards for open source projects? Secure Scorecards act as a set of best practices, building visibility into both actual and potential exploitation of vulnerabilities in an open-source software project. What are Secure Scorecards for open source projects? code review process. Who is OpenSSF?

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Isolation and testing remained in effect, the offices were closed, and we all worked out of our living rooms. Then the conversation carried on with Mitchell Schneider , a prominent Gartner analyst covering Threat and Vulnerability Management. We were debating about what we should call this new category. It is all history.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hiring an incident response (IR) vendor often “checks the box” for companies that need to comply with a regulation or want to improve their security posture. But when minutes count and a cyber incident is in process, that checked box doesn’t automatically translate to an effective response. Another is box-checking.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In this blog, we take a deeper dive into the continuingly aggressive role Nation States will play in 2022. But guess what? The threat actors know this, and our appetite toward accepting connections from people we have never met are all part of our relentless pursuit of the next 1,000 followers. By Raj Samani.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A critical vulnerability discovered in the open-source load balancer and proxy server HAProxy could enable bad actors to launch an HTTP Request Smuggling attack, which would let them bypass security controls and gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability has a severity rating of 8.6 HAProxy fits into that category.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Log4j/Log4shell is a remote code execution vulnerability (RCE) in Apache software allowing attackers unauthenticated access into the remote system. to Address Critical RCE Vulnerability Under Exploitation. What the vulnerability allows a threat actor to do is initially only connect to a remote endpoint and establish a beachhead.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

MARCH 22, 2023

It also includes a story from a real engagement focusing on both the human side of physical security and how a common vulnerability can be exploited and remediated. This article provides an introduction to covert entry assessments, and will address the many factors to consider when deciding on a pretext for physical social engineering.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Software developers face new threats from malicious code as their tools and processes have proven to be an effective and lucrative threat vector. by securing their devices, keeping programs updated, and following good security practices. by securing their devices, keeping programs updated, and following good security practices.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Cybersecurity can be one of the most nuanced and important areas of focus for a board, but not all board members are well versed in why and what they need to care about related to cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a board level topic for three main reasons: Cybersecurity breaches are a serious matter for any company.

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NetSpi Executives

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

NetSPI joined in with the launch of AI Penetration Testing to help teams bring their AI/ML implementations to market while staying confident in the security of their creations. Algorithms capable of analyzing massive amounts of data can quickly identify threats, flag vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and prevent attacks.

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Webroot

AUGUST 18, 2021

Because, if they don’t, everything we do is potentially vulnerable.”. “We For many within cybersecurity, the SolarWinds attack by what are widely believed to be state-sponsored cybercriminals was the most significant supply chain attack since the Cleaner attack of 2018 and a worrying reminder of the damage made possible by the tactic.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Okay, that’s not what I thought an astronomer does. By that I mean the jumping over barbed wire fences, the crawling through ventilation ducts, the putting on of makeup to look like that woman from headquarters most people only see from emails -- you know, the John McClane in DIE HARD aspects of pen testing. I mean really?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Okay, that’s not what I thought an astronomer does. By that I mean the jumping over barbed wire fences, the crawling through ventilation ducts, the putting on of makeup to look like that woman from headquarters most people only see from emails -- you know, the John McClane in DIE HARD aspects of pen testing. I mean really?

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Table of Contents What is penetration testing? How penetration testing is done How to choose a penetration testing company How NetSPI can help Penetration testing enables IT security teams to demonstrate and improve security in networks, applications, the cloud, hosts, and physical locations.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Both agree that encryption is useful - the question at hand is, what is the cost of using encryption? Government Encryption Fight. The fight for encryption can be summarized by the arguments of two sides: government and business. This working with law enforcement is where government comes in.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 31, 2020

The adoption of fuzzing has resulted in vulnerabilities being found and fixed at scale. Although it is known for a number of its benefits never seen before in other application security testing techniques, advanced users have eventually come across two key questions: How do we find good fuzzing targets quickly? What is left to fuzz?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 31, 2020

The adoption of fuzzing has resulted in vulnerabilities being found and fixed at scale. Although it is known for a number of its benefits never seen before in other application security testing techniques, advanced users have eventually come across two key questions: How do we find good fuzzing targets quickly? What is left to fuzz?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 31, 2020

The adoption of fuzzing has resulted in vulnerabilities being found and fixed at scale. Although it is known for a number of its benefits never seen before in other application security testing techniques, advanced users have eventually come across two key questions: How do we find good fuzzing targets quickly? What is left to fuzz?

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

The attack starts by driving targets to a legitimate website and tricking them into downloading a compressed RAR file that is booby-trapped with the network penetration testing tools Cobalt Strike and SilentBreak. The attackers use these tools to inject code into any process of their choosing. WinDealer’s man-on-the-side spyware.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

With growing concerns around security, ransomware and retail breaches, there are a few key considerations that retailers should keep in mind when it comes to protecting their organizations. The costs that follow a data breach are trending upward year over year. Through a process called RAM scraping, attackers can harvest PII data.

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McAfee

APRIL 3, 2020

I won’t discuss functionality in this blog – there are many places to find those comparisons, instead I will focus on the information you should review from a security and privacy point of view. I have been asked, “Which is the best collaboration and videoconferencing service?” Sharing Methods. Intellectual Property Ownership.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. How did he get started and what’s next? He also gives a preview of his new YouTube series on the sudo vulnerability. And some hackers are starting to have a large number of followers. Massive numbers.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. How did he get started and what’s next? He also gives a preview of his new YouTube series on the sudo vulnerability. And some hackers are starting to have a large number of followers. Massive numbers.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

But what if you’re an immigrant or just a person of color. What if you are a woman in information security? Booth babes and rampant sexism were more of a problem in infosec in the past. That is, until Chenxi Wang spoke up. Today she runs a 100% woman owned VC. When I was a kid, I really wanted to direct motion pictures.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

By clicking what appeared to be a link to the movie, the visitor got to view the official trailer or a film studio logo. By clicking what appeared to be a link to the movie, the visitor got to view the official trailer or a film studio logo. Those who just could not wait were in for a disappointment and a waste of cash.

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NopSec

APRIL 7, 2019

Many security companies are adopting it as well, to solve security problems such as intrusion detection, malware analysis, and vulnerability prioritization. In our l ast week’s blog post , we outlined the first part of that webinar, without going into the three specific applications and the challenges. How big is the problem?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

“The seed phrase is literally the money,” said Nick Bax , director of analytics at Unciphered , a cryptocurrency wallet recovery company. “The seed phrase is literally the money,” said Nick Bax , director of analytics at Unciphered , a cryptocurrency wallet recovery company. Then on Aug.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Third Party Risk Risk Level In the interconnected web of modern business ecosystems, supply chain risks have emerged as insidious threats, leaving even the most vigilant organizations vulnerable to devastating cyber breaches. What are supply chain attacks?

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Fox IT

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Due to the high-profile nature of Log4Shell, the vulnerability quickly drew the attention of both attackers and defenders. This 1-year anniversary seems like an appropriate time to look back and reflect on what we did right and what we could do better next time. The second part of this blog discusses the remainder of the year.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The G7 members, through the Hiroshima AI Process , and China, with the Global AI Governance Initiative , exemplify a strategic push towards creating frameworks that set benchmarks for responsible AI usage. The same survey states that 79% of respondents across all job titles are exposed to generative AI either at work or at home.

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