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GUEST ESSAY : Advanced tech to defend API hacking is now readily available to SMBs

The Last Watchdog

APIs have become a security nightmare for SMBs and enterprises alike. The same types of security risks impact businesses, whatever their size. Related: Using employees as human sensors. A primary culprit of these attacks is the lack of understanding of application programming interfaces, or APIs.

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Secret Scanner for Jira and Confluence: CVE-2023–22515 Defense in Depth

Pen Test

TLDR; Upgrade Confluence to a patched version and employ the open-source security scanner n0s1 to proactively address potential secret leaks. It is a widely recognized best practice for Product Security Engineers to conduct scans of the software codebase in search of potential inadvertent secret leaks. Vault, 1Password, etc.),

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Nearly a Million Kubernetes Instances Exposed on Internet

eSecurity Planet

The threat-hunting exercise led to some general findings on risk exposure: The United States has the highest exposure count by far (65%), followed by China (14%) and Germany (9%) The top ports in use are 443, 10250, and 6443. Also read: Top Container Security Solutions for 2022. Kubernetes Security Risks.

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Top Changes in the OWASP API Security Top 10 2023RC

Security Boulevard

The OWASP API project has recently decided to refresh the popular API Security Top 10 threat map. The team at Salt Security has always been actively involved in this project, having been a key contributor to the initial creation of the list. BOLA attacks remained the go-to attack vector when it came to API attacks.

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Threat Group TeamTNT Returns with New Cloud Attacks

eSecurity Planet

The Aqua Nautilus research team observed three attacks that appeared very similar to those performed by TeamTNT, a threat actor specializing in cloud platforms and online instances such as Kubernetes clusters, Redis servers, and Docker APIs. In other words, old malware and worms can still scan and infect new targets automatically.

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What is WAAP? – A Quick Walk Through

CyberSecurity Insiders

Many of the businesses that already have revenue-generating web applications are starting an API-first program. The common question most organizations grapple with is – how to enhance application security designed for web apps to APIs and API security? API Security Breaches are Piling Up.

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USPS Site Exposed Data on 60 Million Users

Krebs on Security

Postal Service just fixed a security weakness that allowed anyone who has an account at usps.com to view account details for some 60 million other users, and in some cases to modify account details on their behalf. Image: USPS.com. A USPS brochure advertising the features and benefits of Informed Visibility.