CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2023

CloudSEK has developed a new app called BeVigil that can help search malicious apps downloaded on a mobile phone and collect data on what permissions and data they were accessing and processing. Furthermore, BeVigil can also prove as a resourceful tool to identify security risks and existing bugs on an application.

Engineering 132

Engineering Artificial Intelligence Mobile Internet 132

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 28, 2021

It’s been four years since OWASP updated its Top 10 list , but this year we got three brand new categories along with a reshuffling of the rest. With lists from years past, the specificity meant that they could be used (some would say misused) as a starting point for identifying vulnerabilities present in your application. Conclusion.

Software 113

Software Risk Authentication 113

Centraleyes

APRIL 22, 2024

Department of Commerce responsible for developing and promoting standards and guidelines to enhance the security and interoperability of information systems. To address this, NIST developed FIPS-199, “Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems.”

Risk 52

Risk Information Security Encryption Cybersecurity 52

IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The properties of materials at the nanoscale can vary significantly, providing unique functionalities and applications for technology. Nanomaterials can be divided into four main categories: nanoparticles, nano-fibers, nano-tubes, and nano-aminates. This has resulted in the development of lightweight, thin, and breathable fabrics.

Computers and Electronics 119

Computers and Electronics Technology Manufacturing Healthcare 119

Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Developing and maintaining secure code at scale is hard. Having the right Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solution makes it easier, but how are practitioners to choose? Veracode earns the top scores across the Current Offering, Strategy, and Market Presence (tied) categories.

Marketing 52

Marketing 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In September this year, the update happened as the nonprofit Open Web Application Security Project refreshed the content of the OWASP Top 10 2021 website. It is now regarded as the most serious web application security risk based on the data contributed to OWASP’s threat intelligence, which shows that 3.81 The Rise of Insecure Design.

Cyber threats 117

Cyber threats Cyber Attacks Software Risk 117

InfoWorld on Security

MAY 17, 2021

It often makes business sense to code microservices, customized applications, innovative customer experiences, enterprise workflows, and proprietary databases. Low-code platforms come in several categories. Some focus on tools for rapidly developing web and mobile user interfaces and workflows.

IoT 98

IoT Mobile Internet Internet 98

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2024

The funding will be used for core research and development to build new AI technology and products to protect against generative AI threats, such as deepfake social engineering and autonomous fraud. About Reken: Reken is building a new category of AI products and platform to protect against generative AI threats.

Artificial Intelligence 100

Artificial Intelligence Education Cybercrime Social Engineering 100

eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2023

Jump ahead to: How Pentest Frameworks Work 10 Categories in a Pentest Framework How Penetration Test Frameworks Are Used 7 Top Pentest Frameworks Bottom Line: Pentest Frameworks Also read: What Is Penetration Testing? Reporting results: The pentest framework is used to frame results based on tools used, tactic category performance, and more.

Penetration Testing 84

Penetration Testing Cybersecurity Social Engineering Hacking 84

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Despite all this, there is one tech category that has held up fairly well: Cybersecurity. Vaibhav Narayanam, who is the Director of Corporate Development & Venture Investments at ServiceNow, invests in a variety of technologies. One of the firm’s investments in this category is Immuta. Developer Tools and SDKs.

Cybersecurity 123

Cybersecurity Risk Technology Ransomware 123

Google Security

APRIL 15, 2021

Existing guidelines tend to be either too lightweight or too onerous for the average developer, and lack a compliance arm. The ioXt Mobile Application Profile provides a minimum set of commercial best practices for all cloud connected apps running on mobile devices.

Mobile 141

Mobile VPN IoT Internet 141

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Organizations need to provide all employees, not only those who traditionally have been mobile, as well as their suppliers and contractors secure remote access to systems and applications with modern and strong multi-factor authentication. Thales Data Protection on Demand (DPoD), in the category Managed Security Service.

Cybersecurity 71

Cybersecurity Encryption Authentication Data breaches 71

The Last Watchdog

JULY 26, 2023

to help organizations protect ML systems and AI applications from unique security vulnerabilities, data breaches and emerging threats. The company has the vision, technology and expertise to capture a lion’s share of this new market category.” To date, the company has raised a total of $48.5M

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Software Digital transformation Marketing Artificial Intelligence 153

Veracode Security

APRIL 23, 2021

list, consider defect severity, the criticality of the application, and how easy it would be to exploit the flaw. you can create an application security (AppSec) policy to break the build whenever a flaw falls into that category. In other words, which flaws pose real and immediate risk? Once you???ve s important that you don???t

Software 120

Software Risk 120

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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. Eliminating vulnerabilities at the stage of application development significantly reduces information security risks. What is SAST?

Marketing 128

Marketing Software Risk Technology 128

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

can target an increasing number of applications, passing from 378 to 467 target applications to steal account credentials and crypto-wallets. ERMAC first determines what applications are installed on the host device and then sends the information to the C2 server. RECORD_AUDIO Allows an application to record audio??

Banking 141

Banking Malware Cybercrime Phishing 141

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

From Office 365 to Zoom to Salesforce.com, cloud-hosted software applications have come to make up the nerve center of daily business activity. Security analysts had gotten accustomed to locking down servers and applications that were on premises and within their arms’ reach. But many companies simply shrugged off the NIST protocols.

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Cloud Migration CISO Technology Security Awareness 201

Schneier on Security

JULY 7, 2023

And they would pay at the point of generative AI output, such as from ChatGPT, Bing, Bard, or their embedded use in third-party services via Application Programming Interfaces. A similar type of fee would be applied to other categories of generative AI outputs, such as images. Our proposal also includes a compulsory licensing plan.

Technology 238

Technology Small Business Artificial Intelligence Government 238

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2022

These apps were downloaded a total of over 300k times belonging to the following common categories: Communication (47.1%) Health Personalization (5.9%) Photography Tools (39.2%). “The tools and communication were among the most targeted categories covering the majority of the Joker-infected apps. ” continues the report.

Malware 121

Malware Spyware Banking Mobile 121

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The new chip, which runs on reduced instruction set computing (RISC) technology, was developed by Advanced RISC Machines (ARM), which makes 32-bit and 64-bit versions. These developments are interesting for at least two reasons. Apple introduced the M1 in November 2020 on the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini.

Malware 109

Malware Adware VPN Architecture 109

Veracode Security

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Open Web Application Security Project (aka OWASP) recently announced its latest updates to the venerable OWASP Top Ten list. The frameworks, software libraries, and other tools that development teams rely on are updated with increasing speed.

Risk 78

Risk Software Architecture Technology 78

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

million apps , Firebase is a mobile application development platform that offers a multitude of useful features, including analytics, hosting, and real-time cloud storage. Using Firebase, developers can conveniently store authentication tokens, user credentials, personal data, and other types of app-related information in the cloud.

Mobile 114

Mobile Authentication Technology Marketing 114

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

Adobe has released security updates to address 36 vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Adobe DNG Software Development Kit. Vulnerability Category Vulnerability Impact Severity CVE Number Null Pointer Application denial-of-service Important??? update for Software Development Kit (SDK) (APSB20-26 ). Severity? ?

Software 91

Software Advertising Hacking 91

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Along with “direct software dependencies,” NIST also uses the FAQ to define the term “critical trust” as: categories of software used for security functions such as network control, endpoint security, and network protection. Web app scanners, if applicable. Adopting the Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF).

Cybersecurity 96

Cybersecurity Software Technology Risk 96

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation and an open community dedicated to security awareness. OWASP teams update the curated list every three or four years to reflect the current threat and web application landscape. ” Outdated applications are often weak. The damages can be massive.

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Authentication Penetration Testing Firewall Security Awareness 113

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Software application vulnerabilities fall into three different risk categories : Known Known : Known Knowns are identifiable risks that are known to lead to compromise. Static Application Security Testing (SAST), or static analysis tools uncover bugs by analyzing source code. SAST is best used during the SDLC development phase.

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Risk Software 40

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

What Application Developers Need to Know About HIPAA Compliance. Increasingly, patients want to access their healthcare information using mobile applications or web applications. As healthcare providers increased their use of technology during the COVID pandemic, securing health applications is more important than ever.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Technology Software 52

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Organizations that are all-in leveraging microservices to speed-up application development, on the DevOps side of the house, have begun acknowledging the importance of incorporating SecOps along the way. I had a deep discussion about this with Setu Kulkarni, WhiteHat’s vice president of strategy and business development.

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Mobile Banking Internet Internet 130

Google Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Posted by Anu Yamunan and Khawaja Shams (Android Security and Privacy Team), and Mohet Saxena (Compute Trust and Safety) Keeping Google Play safe for users and developers remains a top priority for Google. We also recently launched new features and resources to give developers a better policy experience. In 2022, we prevented 1.43

Mobile 87

Mobile Data collection Accountability Education 87

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The developers behind the BRATA Android malware have implemented additional features to avoid detection. During the last months, a new variant has been observed targeting entities in EU territory posing as specific bank applications. This malicious app was developed to target users from Italy, Spain, and the UK.

Malware 107

Malware Banking Antivirus Phishing 107

Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2021

Application Security for builders and creators?—?part Previously on Application Security for builders and creators?—?Alice Thank you for sharing the details on the application infrastructure for your app. Showing empathy and emotional intelligence are quite key while discussing security topics with developers.

Engineering 80

Engineering Passwords Technology Risk 80

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

This is so because a confluence of developments in 2021 has put API security in the spotlight, where it needs to be. A big reason why APIs haven’t gotten the attention they deserve may be that, from a security standpoint, they fall into a category of hacking tactics known as Living off the Land, or LotL. Reversing the pendulum.

Digital transformation 242

Digital transformation Hacking Architecture Cyber Risk 242

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

These malicious Android apps were initially distributed through both Google Play and third-party application stores. After the researchers reported the findings to Google, the malicious applications were removed from the Google Play store. Applications of this kind are often referred to as fleeceware.

Mobile 57

Mobile Social Engineering Malware Scams 57

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

70 percent of mobile and desktop applications that today we use are affected at least by one security flaw that is present in open-source libraries. Experts pointed out that every library could be affected by one o more issues which will be inherited from all the applications that use them. ” reads the report. .

Software 136

Software Mobile Advertising Hacking 136

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 25, 2021

In order to find these weaknesses, software security testers and developers often have to manually test the entire codebase and determine if any vulnerabilities exist. In recent years, approaches like neural fuzzing have emerged to make application security testing faster and more accurate. What is Fuzzing?

Software 132

Software Artificial Intelligence Network Security Risk 132

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2022

Organizations are rapidly opening their ecosystem through Application Programming Interfaces (API) by ensuring seamless access to data and interaction with external software components and services. An API’s ability to allow communication between different applications makes life easy, particularly the ability to automate tasks.

Authentication 87

Authentication Encryption Software Hacking 87

NopSec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Brad LaPort , a veteran Gartner analyst and I were on a content project, talking about why the market was missing out on a new category to encapsulate the disparate exposure data and derive actionable insights. We were debating about what we should call this new category. Is it Cyber Exposure Management? Threat Exposure Management?

Marketing 52

Marketing Risk Digital transformation Software 52