Tag: application-security
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Best Practices für Anwendungssicherheit im KI-Zeitalter – KI-generierter Code überfordert klassische AppSec-Audits
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/appsec-audits-ki-generierter-code-kontinuierliche-sicherheitspruefungen-a-7bcecd63096deca4e56a10fc634b655f/
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95 Prozent der CISOs stehen unter Druck, Compliance-relevante Probleme der Cybersicherheit zurückzustellen
Checkmarx hat die Ergebnisse seines diesjährigen <> vorgestellt. Demnach nutzen inzwischen 96 Prozent der Entwicklerinnen und Entwickler KI-Tools in ihrer IDE und bewerten deren Nutzen überwiegend positiv. Allerdings geben lediglich 18 Prozent an, bereits während der Entwicklung kontinuierliche Sicherheitsprüfungen durchzuführen. Gleichzeitig geben 95 Prozent der CISOs an, unter Druck zu stehen, […] First seen on…
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Known vulnerabilities behind most application security incidents
Eight in ten organizations took an application security hit during the past year tied to a vulnerability their team had already cataloged, according to a survey of 902 IT and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/03/csa-application-security-incidents/
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Top 10 Best Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools for Security Teams in 2026
The complexity of modern software development requires security to be deeply embedded within the engineering pipeline rather than treated as an afterthought. Whether you are managing extensive front-end codebases or back-end API integrations, catching flaws before code is compiled is crucial. This proactive approach is the essence of Static Application Security Testing (SAST). By identifying…
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What to Look for When Choosing an ASPM Platform
Application security posture management (ASPM) has become a foundational capability for software-as-a-service (SaaS) and software companies building increasingly complex, artificial intelligence-assisted applications. As engineering velocity increases and AI-generated code becomes part of everyday development workflows, security teams are under pressure to unify visibility, reduce fragmented tooling, and improve how risk isidentifiedand prioritized across the software…
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AI agent finds 18-year-old remote code execution flaw in Nginx
Tags: ai, api, application-security, cve, cvss, data, dos, endpoint, exploit, flaw, github, leak, mitigation, network, open-source, remote-code-execution, risk, service, technology, update, vulnerability, wafngx_http_rewrite_module, a component that handles URL rewrites, and impacts Nginx versions from 0.6.27 to 1.30.0. The issue has been given a 9.2 CVSS severity score and was patched in versions 1.31.0 and 1.30.1.The commercial product, Nginx Plus, owned and developed by network and application security firm F5, is also vulnerable, and received patches in versions…
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QA: Why Vulnerability Scans Are Giving Businesses a False Sense of Security
Phillip Wylie is an internationally recognised cybersecurity expert, ethical hacker and offensive security specialist with more than 28 years’ experience across IT, network security, application security, penetration testing, red teaming and social engineering. As co-author of The Pentester BluePrint, founder of The Pwn School Project and host of The Phillip Wylie Show, Phillip has built his career around…
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Developer workstations are the new beachhead
Tags: access, application-security, attack, authentication, cloud, container, control, credentials, edr, endpoint, exploit, github, group, Hardware, identity, incident response, infrastructure, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, software, supply-chain, threat, updateThe economics that drive the convergence: A typical developer workstation holds SSH keys, cloud provider credentials, container registry tokens, Git authentication tokens and CI/CD pipeline secrets. Many developers have administrative access to internal package registries and deployment infrastructure. Their machines often sit outside the hardened perimeter that security teams build around production systems.From an attacker’s…
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Official CheckMarx Jenkins package compromised with infostealer
Tags: application-securityCheckmarx warned over the weekend that a rogue version of its Jenkins Application Security Testing (AST) plugin had been published on the Jenkins Marketplace. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/official-checkmarx-jenkins-package-compromised-with-infostealer/
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Malicious Hugging Face model masquerading as OpenAI release hits 244K downloads
Part of a broader AI supply chain targeting: HiddenLayer, in its advisory, said that it identified six additional Hugging Face repositories uploaded under a separate account that used nearly identical loader logic and shared infrastructure with the campaign.The researchers also linked elements of the operation to earlier software supply-chain attacks involving npm typosquatting campaigns and…
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Application Security Strategies Are Changing as AI-generated Code Floods the SDLC
AI-generated code is changing AppSec workflows, forcing teams to rethink SDLC security, dependency checks, code review, and risk prioritization. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/application-security-strategies-ai-generated-code-sdlc/
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Claude Security Enters Public Beta for Enterprise Customers
Anthropic has officially launched the public beta of Claude Security, an advanced vulnerability detection and remediation tool now available to Claude Enterprise customers. Powered by the highly capable Claude Opus 4.7 model, this platform shifts application security testing from basic pattern matching to deep, contextual analysis. As AI accelerates the timeline between discovering and exploiting…
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Bad Bots in the Agentic Age: What the 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report Reveals
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, automation, banking, business, container, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, fraud, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, LLM, malicious, monitoring, resilience, risk, service, threat, tool, vulnerabilityBad Bots in the Agentic Age: What the 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report Reveals josh.pearson@t“¦ Thu, 04/30/2026 – 07:31 The modern internet is becoming less human by the day. Bot traffic is increasing, and human traffic is shrinking. Malicious automated traffic is getting harder to spot. The Thales 2026 Bad Bot Report, now in it’s…
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Checkmarx confirms LAPSUS$ hackers leaked its stolen GitHub data
Application security company Checkmarx has confirmed that the LAPSUS$ threat group leaked data stolen from its private GitHub repository. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/checkmarx-confirms-lapsus-hackers-leaked-its-stolen-github-data/
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Checkmarx Confirms Security Incident Involving GitHub Repository Exposure
Tags: application-security, ciso, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, github, group, security-incidentApplication security provider Checkmarx has officially confirmed a new security incident involving the exposure of its internal GitHub repository. On April 27, 2026, Udi-Yehuda Tamar, the company’s VP of Platform Engineering and Global CISO, revealed that a cybercriminal group successfully leaked Checkmarx data on the dark web. This alarming development stems from an earlier security…
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AI is reshaping DevSecOps to bring security closer to the code
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, cloud, communications, compliance, container, control, data, data-breach, detection, exploit, governance, infrastructure, injection, least-privilege, risk, service, skills, software, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityExplicit security requirements elevate AI benefits: While deploying AI with DevSecOps is helping to shift the emphasis on security to earlier in the development lifecycle, this requires “explicit instruction to do it right,” says Noe Ramos, vice president of AI operations at business software provider Agiloft.”AI coding assistants accelerate development meaningfully, but they optimize for…
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Why PoP Count Isn’t the Real Measure of Application Security Performance
When evaluating cloud security platforms, one question comes up again and again: “How many Points of Presence do you have?” At first glance, the logic seems sound. More locations should mean lower latency, faster response times, and better protection. The assumption is simple: if security is delivered at the edge, then more edge locations must……
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Claude Desktop Reportedly Adds Browser Access Bridge for Chromium Browsers
A detailed cybersecurity report published by privacy expert Alexander Hanff on April 18, 2026, reveals that Anthropic’s Claude Desktop application for macOS silently installs a Native Messaging bridge across multiple Chromium-based browsers. This unprompted installation establishes out-of-sandbox browser automation hooks that pose significant privacy and security risks, bypassing explicit user consent and standard application security…
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Claude Desktop Reportedly Adds Browser Access Bridge for Chromium Browsers
A detailed cybersecurity report published by privacy expert Alexander Hanff on April 18, 2026, reveals that Anthropic’s Claude Desktop application for macOS silently installs a Native Messaging bridge across multiple Chromium-based browsers. This unprompted installation establishes out-of-sandbox browser automation hooks that pose significant privacy and security risks, bypassing explicit user consent and standard application security…
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Bitwarden CLI Compromised in Ongoing Checkmarx Supply Chain Campaign
Bitwarden CLI has been compromised as part of the newly discovered and ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign, according to new findings from Socket.”The affected package version appears to be @bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0, and the malicious code was published in ‘bw1.js,’ a file included in the package contents,” the application security company said.”The attack appears to have leveraged…
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CNAPP ein Kaufratgeber
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, authentication, cloud, container, detection, edr, encryption, framework, group, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, linux, ml, monitoring, network, open-source, risk-management, saas, soar, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, vmwareCloud Security bleibt ein diffiziles Thema und die Tools, mit denen sie sich gewährleisten lässt, werden zunehmend komplexer und schwieriger zu durchschauen auch dank der ungebrochenen Liebe der Branche zu Akronymen. Mit CNAPP kommt nun ein weiteres hinzu. Die Abkürzung steht für Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform und kombiniert die Funktionen von vier separaten Cloud-Security-Werkzeugen: Cloud…
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SnowFROC 2026: Secure Defaults, Real Trust, and a Better Layer on Top
This year’s Devner OWASP event showed why modern AppSec depends on secure defaults, stronger provenance, and security controls that appear where developers make decisions. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/snowfroc-2026-secure-defaults-real-trust-and-a-better-layer-on-top/
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From Panic to Playbook: Modernizing Zero”‘Day Response in AppSec
Learn how AppSec teams build a repeatable zero-day response workflow. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/from-panic-to-playbook-modernizing-zero%e2%80%91day-response-in-appsec/
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From Panic to Playbook: Modernizing Zero”‘Day Response in AppSec
Learn how AppSec teams build a repeatable zero-day response workflow. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/from-panic-to-playbook-modernizing-zero%e2%80%91day-response-in-appsec/
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We beat Google’s zero-knowledge proof of quantum cryptanalysis
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, best-practice, computer, computing, control, cryptography, data, exploit, google, group, Hardware, metric, programming, risk, rust, technology, tool, update, vulnerabilityTwo weeks ago, Google’s Quantum AI group published a zero-knowledge proof of a quantum circuit so optimized, they concluded that first-generation quantum computers will break elliptic curve cryptography keys in as little as 9 minutes. Today, Trail of Bits is publishing our own zero-knowledge proof that significantly improves Google’s on all metrics. Our result is…
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Production-first Security: Why Runtime Intelligence Should Drive Application Security
<div cla TL;DR Traditional application security focuses on finding vulnerabilities before code ships. However, pre-production scanning identifies theoretical risks while production reveals what is actually reachable, exploitable, and under active attack. Production-first security leverages runtime intelligence to prioritize remediation, giving teams visibility into real-world attack patterns rather than hypothetical weaknesses. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…