Tag: api
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Application Security in 2025 CISO’s Priority Guide
Application security in 2025 has become a defining concern for every Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) as organizations accelerate their digital transformation journeys. The explosion of cloud-native applications, microservices, and APIs has created a complex web of interconnected systems. This complexity, while enabling rapid innovation, has also expanded the attack surface, making applications prime targets…
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Salt Security Launches the First MCP Server to Revolutionise API Security in the Age of AI
API security pros Salt Security have announced the launch of the Salt Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server at RSAC 2025, giving enterprise teams a novel access point of interaction with their API infrastructure, leveraging natural language and artificial intelligence (AI). Built on the open MCP standard, Salt’s MCP Server enables AI agents to discover, understand, and analyse…
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SC Award Winners 2025 Traceable AI Best API Security Solution
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/sc-award-winners-2025-traceable-ai-best-api-security-solution
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The CISO’s Guide to Effective Cloud Security Strategies
As organizations accelerate cloud adoption, CISOs face unprecedented challenges securing dynamic, multi-cloud environments. The shift to cloud-native architectures, hybrid workloads, and decentralized data storage has expanded the attack surface, exposing enterprises to sophisticated threats like supply chain compromises, misconfigured APIs, and insider risks. With 70% of breaches now linked to cloud assets, CISOs must balance…
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Chase CISO condemns the security of the industry’s SaaS offerings
Tags: ai, api, ciso, cloud, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, network, risk, saas, sbom, threatSolutions missing: Fritz Jean-Louis, principal cybersecurity advisor at Info-Tech Research Group, said that he generally agreed with the Chase description of the cybersecurity challenges today.”One of the key points in the letter is that the modern SaaS model concentrates sensitive data behind a handful of cloud front doors. JP Morgan itself has logged multiple third-party…
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🚀 Agentic Runtime Protection Rules Makes Us the First Truly Self-Writing Security System – Impart Security
Agentic Runtime Rules: The First Self-Writing Security System for Runtime The End of Manual Security Management Is Here Say goodbye to regex repositories and ticket fatigue”, Impart delivers instant detections and autonomous investigations for security teams. For years, security teams have been trapped in reactive mode. Every investigation, detection rule update, or WAF configuration change…
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Threat Actors Accelerate Transition from Reconnaissance to Compromise New Report Finds
Tags: api, attack, automation, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, identity, technology, threat, tool, voipCybercriminals are leveraging automation across the entire attack chain, drastically reducing the time from reconnaissance to compromise. The data shows a staggering 16.7% global increase in scans, with over 36,000 scans per second targeting not just exposed ports but delving into operational technology (OT), cloud APIs, and identity layers. Sophisticated tools probe SIP-based VoIP systems,…
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Wallarm Extends API Security Reach to AI Agents
Wallarm at the 2025 RSA Conference announced that, starting this summer, it will extend the reach of its platform for securing application programming interfaces (APIs) to include artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Tim Erlin, vice president of product for Wallarm, said the Agentic AI Protection capability added to the platform makes it possible to thwart attack..…
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The API Imperative: Securing Agentic AI and Beyond
We recently released The Rise of Agentic AI, our API ThreatStats report for Q1 2025, finding that evolving API threats are fueled by the rise of agentic AI systems, growing complexity in cloud-native infrastructure, and a surge in software supply chain risks, and uncovered patterns and actionable insights to help organizations prioritize risks and harden their…
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New geolocus-cli For ONYPHE’s Geolocus Database
Tags: apiONYPHE has made available a free API and free MMDB download of their new Geolocus database. It provided IP address metadata in the form of: { “abuse”: [ “amzn-noc-contact@amazon.com”, “aws-routing-poc@amazon.com“, “aws-rpki-routing-poc@amazon.com“, “trustandsafety@support.aws.com” ], “asn”: “AS14618”, “continent”: “NA”, “continentname”: “North America”, “country”: “US”, “countryname”: “United States”, “domain”: [ “amazon.com”, “amazonaws.com”, “aws.com” ], “ip”: “3.215.138.152”, “isineu”: 0,……
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How DoubleVerify Achieved Full API Visibility and Security with Wiz and Escape
Discover how implementing Escape x Wiz integration helped the DoubleVerify AppSec team achieve full API visibility and accelerate targeted remediation. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/how-doubleverify-achieved-full-api-visibility-and-security-with-wiz-and-escape/
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Lesson from huge Blue Shield California data breach: Read the manual
read the documentation of any third party service you sign up for, to understand the security and privacy controls;know what data is being collected from your organization, and what you don’t want shared.”It’s important to understand these giant platforms make it easy for you to share your data across their various services,” he said. “So…
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Harness Adds Traceable WAAP to Secure Web Apps and APIs
Harness today unfurled a cloud web application and application programming interface (API) protection (WAAP) platform that makes it simpler for security operation (SecOps) teams to defend application environments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/harness-adds-traceable-waap-to-secure-web-apps-and-apis/
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Despite Recent Security Hardening, Entra ID Synchronization Feature Remains Open for Abuse
Microsoft synchronization capabilities for managing identities in hybrid environments are not without their risks. In this blog, Tenable Research explores how potential weaknesses in these synchronization options can be exploited. Synchronizing identity accounts between Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID is important for user experience, as it seamlessly synchronizes user identities, credentials and groups…
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Trotz Back-Up: 86 Prozent der Unternehmen zahlen Lösegeld
Tags: alphv, api, backup, cyber, cyberattack, germany, hacker, microsoft, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, zero-trust80 Prozent der Cyberangriffe beginnen mit kompromittierten Zugangsdaten und einem Active Directory.Cybertools um sich gegen Angriffe zu wappnen, werden genauso wie Kampagnen zur Sensibilisierung gegen Phishing und Ähnliches immer zahlreicher. Dennoch kapitulieren Unternehmen auf der ganzen Welt immer noch häufig vor Ransomware-Angreifern.Eine neue Studie von Rubrik Zero Labs, an der mehr als 1.600 IT- und…
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10 key questions security leaders must ask at RSA 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, authentication, automation, business, cisa, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, fido, finance, gartner, google, government, healthcare, infrastructure, microsoft, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, mssp, network, nist, passkey, password, phone, programming, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, switch, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustIs agentic AI more myth than reality?: Building on 2024’s AI enthusiasm, this year will be all about agentic AI, defined as “a type of AI that enables software systems to act autonomously, making decisions and taking actions based on goals, with minimal human intervention,” according to AI itself (source: Google Gemini). We’ll see lots…
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Defending Against Web API Exploitation With Modern Detection Strategies
In today’s interconnected digital landscape, APIs serve as the critical building blocks of modern web applications, enabling seamless data exchange and functionality. However, as their usage has exploded in recent years, attackers have increasingly adapted their tactics to target these essential components. An API exploit a technique or program that takes advantage of vulnerabilities can…
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Securing Cloud Data: A Relief for CFOs
Are Interactions in Your Digital Environment Truly Secure? Cybersecurity has grown beyond the protection of human accounts alone. Increasingly, the focus is on securing machine-based interactions, such as APIs and service accounts, that occur billions of times a day. Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management has emerged to be a pivotal strategy in securing……
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The Alternative to Acunetix: Escape DAST
Tags: apiLooking for an Acunetix alternative? Discover how Escape DAST offers seamless app and API security testing, modern integrations, and scalability. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/the-alternative-to-acunetix-escape-dast/
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Neue ResolverRAT-Malware zielt auf Gesundheitsbranche
Der neue Remote Access Trojaner ResolverRAT nutzt DLL-Side-Loading-Probleme aus.Forscher von Morphisec haben einen neuen Remote Access Trojaner (RAT) mit dem Namen ResolverRAT entdeckt, der über Phishing-E-Mails mit bösartigen Anhängen verbreitet wird. Die Angreifer nutzen dabei als Köder Begriffe wie Urheberrechtsverletzungen, verschiedene Rechtsverstöße und laufende Ermittlungen. Die E-Mails sind in mehreren Sprachen verfasst, darunter Englisch, Hindi,…
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Hacker Leaks 33,000 Employee Records in Third-Party API Breach
A hacker has exposed the personal records of over 33,000 employees after discovering unrestricted endpoints belonging to a major technology service provider. The breach, first reported by cybersecurity platform CloudSEK’s BeVigil, highlights alarming gaps in API security that could have far-reaching consequences for both the affected organization and its clients. CloudSEK’s BeVigil, a platform specializing…
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Latest Mustang Panda Arsenal: PAKLOG, CorKLOG, and SplatCloak – P2
This is Part 2 of our two-part technical analysis on Mustang Panda’s new tools. For details on ToneShell and StarProxy, go to Part 1.IntroductionIn addition to the new ToneShell variants and StarProxy, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered two new keyloggers used by Mustang Panda that we have named PAKLOG and CorKLOG as well as an EDR evasion…
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Latest Mustang Panda Arsenal: ToneShell and StarProxy – P1
IntroductionThe Zscaler ThreatLabz team discovered new activity associated with Mustang Panda, originating from two machines from a targeted organization in Myanmar. This research led to the discovery of new ToneShell variants and several previously undocumented tools. Mustang Panda, a China-sponsored espionage group, traditionally targets government-related entities, military entities, minority groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) primarily…
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How Safe Are Your Non-Human Identities?
Are Your Non-Human Identities Secure? Where interactions between software, applications, and API components are crucial for seamless processes, Non-Human Identifies (NHIs) and their security cannot be overlooked. NHIs are machine identities that perform sessions, transactions, and process automation. But, are they well-protected against potential security threats? Understanding the Criticality of NHI Security Expanding digital, coupled……
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Insurance Firm Lemonade Says API Glitch Exposed Some Driver’s License Numbers
Lemonade says the incident is not material and that its operations were not compromised, nor was its customer data targeted. The post Insurance Firm Lemonade Says API Glitch Exposed Some Driver’s License Numbers appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/insurance-firm-lemonade-says-api-glitch-exposed-some-drivers-license-numbers/
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Why Comprehensive API Discovery Requires Both Domain-Based and Runtime Techniques
Why Comprehensive API Discovery Requires Both Domain-Based and Runtime Techniques The API attack surface is growing”, and adversaries know it. Moving to the cloud, DevOps, and application modernization all lead to the proliferation of APIs. Resulting shadow APIs, deprecated endpoints, undocumented integrations, and increasing use of AI provide ideal entry points for attackers. Securing APIs…
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Malicious PyPI Package Targets MEXC Trading API to Steal Credentials and Redirect Orders
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a malicious package uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that’s designed to reroute trading orders placed on the MEXC cryptocurrency exchange to a malicious server and steal tokens.The package, ccxt-mexc-futures, purports to be an extension built on top of a popular Python library named ccxt (short for CryptoCurrency eXchange…
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Incomplete patching leaves Nvidia, Docker exposed to DOS attacks
Mitigations include restricting Docker access: CVE-2024-0132 first received a fix in September 2024, which did not fully patch the flaw and left a patch bypass issue tracked as CVE-2025-23359. Nvidia fixed the bypass in February which Trend Micro believes to be lacking.The problem is that the fix, issued with the version 1.17.4 update, includes an…