Tag: api
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Exploitation of Critical Wazuh Server RCE Vulnerability Leads to Mirai Variant Deployment
The Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has uncovered active exploitation of a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Wazuh servers, identified as CVE-2025-24016 with a CVSS score of 9.9. Disclosed in February 2025, this vulnerability affects Wazuh versions 4.4.0 through 4.9.0 and stems from unsafe deserialization in the Distributed API (DAPI) requests,…
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Hidden Backdoors in npm Packages Let Attackers Wipe Entire Systems
Malicious npm packages found with hidden endpoints that wipe systems on command. Devs warned to check dependencies for express-api-sync, system-health-sync-api. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/backdoors-npm-packages-attackers-wipe-systems/
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Chrome extension privacy promises undone by hardcoded secrets, leaky HTTP
Extension code uses hardcoded credentials: Guo added that hardcoded credentials, such as API keys, secrets, and tokens, are exposed within popular extensions’ JavaScript, making them accessible to anyone who inspects the extension’s source code. For instance, Avast Online Security and Privacy and AVG Online Security extensions, aimed at browsing privacy and security, both contain hardcoded Google…
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Unmasking the silent saboteur you didn’t know was running the show
Tags: 5G, access, ai, api, attack, authentication, backup, blockchain, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, firewall, firmware, GDPR, governance, Hardware, incident response, iot, ISO-27001, login, malicious, network, nis-2, PCI, service, siem, supply-chain, threat, zero-trustCybersecurity depends on accurate clocks : Your logs are only as valuable as your clocks are accurate. If your servers are out of sync, forget to reconstruct timelines. You’ll spend hours chasing phantom alerts. Event correlation and forensics Your SIEM is only as good as the timestamps it gets. Correlating events across endpoints, firewalls and cloud…
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Cloud assets have 115 vulnerabilities on average, some several years old
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, cloud, credentials, data, data-breach, github, gitlab, iam, infrastructure, risk, service, strategy, threat, vulnerabilityIsolated risks lead to bigger issues: Orca also warns that half of organizations have assets exposing attack paths that can lead to sensitive data exposure, as well as 23% with paths that lead to broad permission access and compromised hosts. Attack paths are the combination of risks that appear isolated but can be combined to…
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Malicious npm Utility Packages Enable Attackers to Wipe Production Systems
Socket’s Threat Research Team has uncovered two malicious npm packages, express-api-sync and system-health-sync-api, designed to masquerade as legitimate utilities while embedding destructive backdoors capable of annihilating production systems. Published under the npm alias >>botsailer
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Cybersecurity 2025: The Trends Defining Risk and How to Stay Ahead
Cybersecurity 2025: The Trends Defining Risk and How to Stay Ahead Cybersecurity 2025: The Trends Defining Risk and How to Stay Ahead The rules of cybersecurity are shifting”, again. As 2025 unfolds, companies face a paradox: digital acceleration is non-negotiable, but it’s also becoming their biggest liability. From API sprawl to AI-driven phishing, today’s threats…
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Chrome Extensions Flaw Exposes Sensitive API Keys, Secrets and Tokens
A critical security flaw has been uncovered in numerous popular Chrome extensions, affecting millions of users worldwide by exposing sensitive credentials such as API keys, secrets, and tokens directly within their source code. This alarming oversight in modern development practices has left digital doors wide open for cyber attackers to exploit, potentially leading to data…
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Popular Chrome Extensions Leak API Keys, User Data via HTTP and Hard-Coded Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged several popular Google Chrome extensions that have been found to transmit data in HTTP and hard-code secrets in their code, exposing users to privacy and security risks.”Several widely used extensions […] unintentionally transmit sensitive data over simple HTTP,” Yuanjing Guo, a security researcher in the Symantec’s Security Technology and Response First…
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Announcing our Series A – Impart Security
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, ceo, ciso, cloud, cve, defense, detection, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, monitoring, risk, saas, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, wafToday, we’re announcing our $12 million Series A led by Madrona. This funding represents more than capital”, it validates our solution to what I call the ‘last mile problem’ in application security. Here’s a scenario every security professional will recognize: Your team demos an impressive application security tool that catches sophisticated attacks in real-time. The…
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Popular Chrome Extensions Leak API Keys, User Data via HTTP and Hardcoded Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged several popular Google Chrome extensions that have been found to transmit data in HTTP and hard-code secrets in their code, exposing users to privacy and security risks.”Several widely used extensions […] unintentionally transmit sensitive data over simple HTTP,” Yuanjing Guo, a security researcher in the Symantec’s Security Technology and Response First…
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Meet Escape Copilot: Automate App and Scan Management via MCP
Tags: apiMeet Escape Copilot. Powered by the MCP over the Escape Public API, it helps you boost productivity and get more done with less context switching inside Escape. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/meet-escape-copilot-automate-app-and-scan-management-via-mcp/
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Supply chain attack hits RubyGems to steal Telegram API data
Risk may extend past the regional ban: The malicious packages (Gems) were published by the threat actor on May 24, 2025, three days after Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications ordered a nationwide ban on Telegram and gave internet service providers until June 2 to report compliance.Apart from the timing, the aliases used by the…
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Addressing API Security with NIST SP 800-228
According to the Wallarm Q1 2025 ThreatStats report, 70% of all application attacks target APIs. The industry can no longer treat API security as a sidenote; it’s time to treat it as the main event. NIST seems to be on board with this view, releasing the initial public draft of NIST SP 800-228, a set…
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Securing Against Attacks: How WAF Rate Limiting Works
Rate limiting plays a major role in application security, especially when it is about defending web applications from malicious bot attacks, credential stuffing, brute force attacks and excessive API calls. Rate limiting security ensures that systems function properly without overwhelming them. It controls the number of requests a client or a specific IP address can……
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What the Arc Browser Story Reveals About the Future of Browser Security
By Dakshitaa Babu, Security Researcher, SquareX In a candid letter that Joshua Miller, CEO of Arc Browser, wrote to the community, he revealed a truth the tech industry has been dancing around: “the dominant operating system on desktop wasn’t Windows or macOS anymore”Š”, “Šit was the browser.” The evidence is everywhere”Š”, “Šcloud revenue surging year…
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Umfassender und von Gartner bestätigter Schutz für Web-Anwendungen und APIs
Check Point Software Technologies gibt bekannt, dass die wichtigsten Anforderungen des aktuellen Gartner-Market-Guide for Cloud-Web-Application and API-Protection (WAAP) erfüllt. Die cloudnative Lösung bietet eine KI-gestützte Sicherheitsarchitektur, die moderne Web-Anwendungen und APIs umfassend schützt von der Entwicklung über den Betrieb bis zur automatisierten Bedrohungsabwehr. In einer zunehmend komplexen Bedrohungslandschaft reichen traditionelle Signatur-basierte WAF-Lösungen […] First seen…
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Google Unveils Gemini Nano for On-Device AI in Android Apps
Gemini Nano APIs empower Android developers with on-device AI features like summarization, proofreading, and enhanced privacy. Get started today! First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/google-unveils-gemini-nano-for-on-device-ai-in-android-apps/
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Malicious PyPI, npm, and Ruby Packages Exposed in Ongoing Open-Source Supply Chain Attacks
Several malicious packages have been uncovered across the npm, Python, and Ruby package repositories that drain funds from cryptocurrency wallets, erase entire codebases after installation, and exfiltrate Telegram API tokens, once again demonstrating the variety of supply chain threats lurking in open-source ecosystems.The findings come from multiple reports published by Checkmarx, First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Discover First, Defend Fully: The Essential First Step on Your API Security Journey
APIs power today’s digital economy, but their lightning-fast evolution and astronomical call volumes can leave security teams scrambling to keep up. How can you secure what you can’t yet see or quantify? Imperva’s Unlimited Discovery-Only capability for the Cloud WAF (CWAF) add-On delivers continuous, comprehensive visibility into your entire API landscape without requiring up-front commitment……
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Salt Security Introduces Instant API Security Deployment with Complete Environment Visibility
Tags: apiFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/salt-security-introduces-instant-api-security-deployment-with-complete-environment-visibility
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What Tackling the SaaS Security Problem Means to Me
By Kevin Hanes, CEO of Reveal Security When I reflect on the years I spent leading one of the world’s largest Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and incident response teams, the lessons learned aren’t just war stories”¦they’re a playbook for how we should rethink our responsibilities in the face of today’s fast-evolving attack surfaces. Back then,…
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Malicious RubyGems pose as Fastlane to steal Telegram API data
Two malicious RubyGems packages posing as popular Fastlane CI/CD plugins redirect Telegram API requests to attacker-controlled servers to intercept and steal data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-rubygems-pose-as-fastlane-to-steal-telegram-api-data/
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API Security: The Importance of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT)
First seen on resecurity.com Jump to article: www.resecurity.com/blog/article/api-security-the-importance-of-vulnerability-assessment-and-penetration-testing-vapt
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Stealth Syscall Technique Allows Hackers to Evade Event Tracing and EDR Detection
Advanced threat actors have developed sophisticated stealth syscall execution techniques that successfully bypass modern security infrastructure, including Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), Sysmon monitoring, and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems. These techniques combine multiple evasion methods such as call stack spoofing, ETW API hooking, and encrypted syscall execution to render traditional detection mechanisms ineffective,…