Software security is key to the online world’s survival. Collaborative efforts of cybersecurity professionals and volunteers have come together to create the OWASP web security testing guide. Malicious actors constantly threaten web applications, the backbone of many businesses. OWASP penetration…
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Database Penetration Testing: Secure Your Data
Today, organisations store a lot of sensitive data in their database systems. This could be customer info, financial records, intellectual property, etc. Protecting this from unauthorised access is key; database penetration testing helps achieve this by finding holes in the…
Why SPRS Matters and 4 Steps to Improve Your Security Posture
The supplier performance risk system (SPRS) is a database maintained by the DoD that “utilizes suppliers’ performance data in areas of product delivery and quality to rate performance and predict potential risk.” The post Why SPRS Matters and 4 Steps…
Balancing Security and Convenience with EV Charging
Even as manufacturers tackle convenience issues, the need for digital trust throughout EV infrastructure and ecosystems still remains. The post Balancing Security and Convenience with EV Charging appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard…
Human Vigilance is Required Amid AI-Generated Cybersecurity Threats
While many organizations are adopting AI at an alarming pace to gain efficiencies and lower operating costs through technology and headcount reduction, they may also be sacrificing their security. The post Human Vigilance is Required Amid AI-Generated Cybersecurity Threats appeared…
Continuous Threat Exposure Management for Google Cloud
On July 9th, 2020, an independent security firm discovered a trove of personal health information belonging to Pfizer patients on the public internet. The breach exposed unencrypted conversations between patients and providers of four different Pfizer products, including full names,…
Paperclip Maximizers, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Stupidity
Existential risk from AI Some believe an existential risk accompanies the development or emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Quantifying the probability of this risk is a hard problem, to say nothing of calculating the probabilities of the many non-existential…
USENIX Security ’23 – Notice the Imposter! A Study on User Tag Spoofing Attack in Mobile Apps
Authors/Presenters:Shuai Li, Zhemin Yang, Guangliang Yang, Hange Zhang, Nan Hua, Yurui Huang, and Min Yang 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 conference’s…
Applying Bloch’s Philosophy to Cyber Security
Ernst Bloch, a luminary in the realm of philosophy, introduced a compelling concept known as the “Not-Yet” — a philosophy that envisions the future as a realm of potential and possibility. Bloch’s ideas revolve around the belief that the world…
CVE-2024-6387: New OpenSSH RegreSSHion Vulnerability Gives Hackers Root Access on Linux Servers – 700,000+ Linux Boxes Potentially at Risk
Labeled as CVE-2024-6387, the recently discovered vulnerability in OpenSSH has become a serious cause for concern among Linux servers. OpenSSH is a collection of networking tools built on the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. It is widely utilized to secure remote…
USENIX Security ’23 – The OK Is Not Enough: A Large Scale Study of Consent Dialogs in Smartphone Applications
Authors/Presenters:Simon Koch, Benjamin Altpeter, Martin Johns 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 conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via the…
Researchers Discover Cache of Billion Stolen Passwords
Researchers claim to have uncovered what they claim is the biggest cache of stolen credentials ever found. The post Researchers Discover Cache of Billion Stolen Passwords appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read…
USENIX Security ’23 – Eye-Shield: Real-Time Protection of Mobile Device Screen Information from Shoulder Surfing
Authors/Presenters:Brian Jay Tang, Kang G. Shin 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 conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via the…
Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Routine Maintenance’
<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://xkcd.com/2952/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”413″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/9633d7d7-f49c-4a83-bf12-0235ff3676d0/routine_maintenance.png?format=1000w” width=”299″ /> </a><figcaption class=”image-caption-wrapper”> via the comic & cartographic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Routine Maintenance’ appeared first…
‘Polyfill’ Supply Chain Threat: 4x Worse Than We Thought
Spackle attack: Chinese company takes over widely used free web service—almost 400,000 websites at risk. The post ‘Polyfill’ Supply Chain Threat: 4x Worse Than We Thought appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read…
The Pros and Cons of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) manages and optimizes the delivery of network services across multiple locations. Secure Web Gateway (SWG) protects users from web-based threats by filtering malicious content, including malware, phishing attempts, and unauthorized websites. Zero Trust Network Access…
Understanding API Key Verification
As organizations look to improve their API security, two distinct approaches to API key verification have emerged — centralized and decentralized verification. The post Understanding API Key Verification appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security…
Extending the Reach and Capabilities of Digital Signing With Standards
Digital signatures are ideal for addressing today’s challenges, providing the robust security, flexibility and scalability that organizations require for a wide range of use cases. The post Extending the Reach and Capabilities of Digital Signing With Standards appeared first on…
Smashing Silos With a Vulnerability Operations Center (VOC)
VOC enables teams to address the vulnerabilities that present the greatest risk to their specific attack surface before they can be exploited. The post Smashing Silos With a Vulnerability Operations Center (VOC) appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has…
The Runtime Secrets’ Security Gap
The last mile in secrets security is securing secrets in workloads. Discover a new way to securely deliver encrypted secrets in your infrastructure with innovative open-source tools, and say goodbye to plaintext secrets. The post The Runtime Secrets’ Security Gap…