Application Security News and Articles


SonicWall: Attackers did not exploit zero-day vulnerability to compromise Gen 7 firewalls

Akira ransomware affiliates are not leveraging an unknown, zero-day vulnerability in SonicWall Gen 7 firewalls to breach corporate networks, the security vendor shared today. “Instead, there is a significant correlation with threat activity ...

Wait… Did I Just Push My Database?

Accidentally committed a sensitive file with Git? Here’s how to fix it and prevent future mistakes.Continue reading on Stackademic »

Organizations Warned of Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Deployment

CISA and Microsoft have issued advisories for CVE-2025-53786, a high-severity flaw allowing privilege escalation in cloud environments.  The post Organizations Warned of Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Deployment appeared first on ...

Securing Online Writing Platforms with Passwordless Authentication

Discover how passwordless authentication secures online academic writing platforms while enhancing user privacy and trust. The post Securing Online Writing Platforms with Passwordless Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Multiple Ransomware Groups are Using Tool to Kill EDR Defenses: Sophos

Multiple ransomware vendors are using the same EDR killer tool, which not only adds to the trend in developing such payloads to terminate protections for systems but also suggests that competing threat actors are sharing tools and technical ...

New HTTP Request Smuggling Attacks Impacted CDNs, Major Orgs, Millions of Websites

A desync attack method leveraging HTTP/1.1 vulnerabilities impacted many websites and earned researchers more than $200,000 in bug bounties. The post New HTTP Request Smuggling Attacks Impacted CDNs, Major Orgs, Millions of Websites appeared ...

The Overlooked Part of Sales Funnels: How MojoAuth Secures Lemlist Alternative Platforms

MojoAuth adds passwordless security to Lemlist alternative platforms, safeguarding sales funnels and boosting trust, compliance, and deliverability The post The Overlooked Part of Sales Funnels: How MojoAuth Secures Lemlist Alternative Platforms ...

CISA, Coast Guard Hunt Engagement Offer Path to Protect Critical Infrastructure   

Organizations should remember that the proactive hunts conducted by CISA, which has been stripped down and is under assault by the Trump administration, are invaluable. The post CISA, Coast Guard Hunt Engagement Offer Path to Protect Critical ...

Integrating SCA into the CI/CD Pipeline: A Step-by-Step Guide

For modern development teams, the use of open-source components is a double-edged sword. While it accelerates innovation, it also…Continue reading on Medium »

Avoid Python SAST scanners based on AI

What happened with blockchain technology is also happening with AI technology. Too many people believe that it is a solution for all hard…Continue reading on Medium »

Why Your Growing B2B Company Shouldn’t Build AI Infrastructure (And What to Do Instead)

Most growing B2B companies are making the same expensive mistake with AI that they made with cloud computing 15 years ago. Here's why building your own AI infrastructure will kill your competitive advantage and what smart leaders are doing ...

Top solutions to watch after Black Hat USA 2025

Black Hat USA 2025 was packed with innovation, with companies showing off tools built to get ahead of what’s coming next. From smarter offensive security to new ways of spotting attacks faster, the conference had no shortage of exciting ...

How to authenticate OpenAI Operator requests using HTTP message signatures

Cloudflare recently introduced a new authentication standard, HTTP message signatures, designed to securely verify automated traffic from known bot operators. OpenAI has adopted this standard in its OpenAI Operator product, which allows ChatGPT ...

Everything You Need to Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2025

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): CCPA and CPRA, Simplified On July 1, 2025, the California Attorney General settled with Healthline for $1.55 million, the highest CCPA-related fine to date, citing... The post Everything You Need to Know ...

Photos: Black Hat USA 2025

Here’s a look inside Black Hat USA 2025. The featured vendors are: Stellar Cyber, Vonahi Security, Gurucul, Check Point, HackerOne, EasyDMARC, Elastic, Google, Tines, Veracode, VioletX, Pentera, Keep Aware, Oleria, SpyCloud, and Picus ...

Has Cyber Been Infected With the Economic Malaise?

From the floor at #BlackHat2025: Cybersecurity has the blinking lights, but this year it also has blood in the water, writes Alan. The post Has Cyber Been Infected With the Economic Malaise? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Beyond PQC: Building adaptive security programs for the unknown

In this Help Net Security interview, Jordan Avnaim, CISO at Entrust, discusses how to communicate the quantum computing threat to executive teams using a risk-based approach. He explains why post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is an urgent and ...

Match or trap? Online dating scams and other dangers to know

First comes swiping, then comes… scams? Online dating can lead to lasting love, but it can also open the door to heartbreak, fraud, and safety risks. Here’s what to watch out for so you can date smarter and safer.  The post Match or trap? ...

Cybercriminals are getting personal, and it’s working

Cybercriminals are deploying unidentifiable phishing kits (58% of phishing sites) to propagate malicious campaigns at scale, indicating a trend towards custom-made or obfuscated deployments, according to VIPRE Security. These phishing kits ...

Elastic AI SOC Engine helps SOC teams expose hidden threats

Elastic AI SOC Engine (EASE) is a new serverless, easy-to-deploy security package that brings AI-driven context-aware detection and triage into existing SIEM and EDR tools, without the need for an immediate migration or replacement. EASE delivers ...