Tag: programming
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Why CISOs Are Adopting DevSecOps for Secure Software Development
CISOs adopting DevSecOps strategically enhance security measures while ensuring fast-paced software development, responding to the growing landscape of cyber threats. Integrating security practices throughout the entire development lifecycle is critical for organizations seeking to reduce vulnerabilities without sacrificing innovation speed. The DevSecOps Imperative DevSecOps builds upon the DevOps foundation by embedding security practices directly into…
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Top 10 Software Development Practices That Are Shaping Business Success
The stark reality of today’s business world: two similar companies can launch identical products, yet within months, one thrives while the other struggles. What separates success from stagnation? Increasingly, it’s not just what a company builds, but how they build it. Behind every market-leading digital product stands a foundation of exceptional software development practices. These…
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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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AirBorne and Dangerous: Hacking Through the Soundwaves
Researchers Uncover Bugs in Apple’s AirPlay, Risking Takeover of Smart Devices. Vulnerabilities in wireless streaming protocol AirPlay could expose Apple operating system devices to remote code execution by enabling attackers to infiltrate networks through trusted connections. The flaws are in the software development kit used by third-party manufacturers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Apple ‘AirBorne’ flaws can lead to zero-click AirPlay RCE attacks
Tags: apple, attack, data-breach, flaw, programming, rce, remote-code-execution, software, vulnerabilityA set of security vulnerabilities in Apple’s AirPlay Protocol and AirPlay Software Development Kit (SDK) exposed unpatched third-party and Apple devices to various attacks, including remote code execution. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-airborne-flaws-can-lead-to-zero-click-airplay-rce-attacks/
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AI looms large on the RSA Conference agenda
Rise of the machines: Charlie Lewis, a partner at management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., similarly predicted that consolidation in cloud security and security operations were key industry trends likely to be showcased during the RSA Conference.”Enterprises need to integrate security into their software development practices,” Lewis told CSO. Enterprises need to deploy AI-based technologies…
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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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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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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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Introducing Rust in SonarQube
The popularity of the Rust programming language is growing. Rustaceans have been asking for SonarQube to support Rust and now it’s here! First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/introducing-rust-in-sonarqube/
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Update these two servers from Gladinet immediately, CISOs told
Tags: access, attack, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, defense, email, network, programming, risk, skills, update, vulnerabilityC:\Program Files (x86)\Gladinet Cloud Enterprise\root\web.config, although it has also been seen in this path as well: C:\Program Files (x86)\Gladinet Cloud Enterprise\portal\web.config. Similarly, Triofox web.config files could be in two locations: C:\Program Files (x86)\Triofox\root\web.config and C:\Program Files (x86)\Triofox\portal\web.config.The weakness can be leveraged to abuse the ASPX ViewState, a mechanism used to preserve the state of a…
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Tails 6.14.2 Released with Critical Fixes for Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities
The Tails Project has urgently releasedTails 6.14.2, addressing critical security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and the Perl programming language. This emergency release is vital for users who rely on Tails’ security and privacy features, following the discovery of multiple flaws that could compromise system safety. Critical Security Vulnerabilities Addressed The most significant updates in…
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AI Awful at Fixing Buggy Code
LLMs Falter on Real-world Bugs, Even With Debugger Access: Microsoft. Artificial intelligence can code but it can’t debug says Microsoft after observing how large language models performed when given a series of real world software programming tests. Most LLMs struggle to resolve software bugs, even when given access to traditional developer tools such as debuggers.…
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CodeSecure and FOSSA Partner to Deliver Single Integrated Platform for Binary and Open Source Analysis
Consolidated capabilities enable customers to create comprehensive software bill of materials and eliminate security blindspots across the software development lifecycle BETHESDA, Md., Apr. 9, 2025 CodeSecure, a leading global provider of application security testing (AST) solutions, and FOSSA, the complete software supply chain platform, today announced a strategic partnership and native product integration that”¦ First…
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The Silent Threat in CI/CD: How Hackers Target Your Automation?
Let’s enter the world of software development! Automation has now become the heartbeat of contemporary DevOps practices. However, on the backdrop, the threat associated with it has been growing at a similar rate. Tools like GitHub Actions are known to streamline workflows by automating the testing process, deployment, and integration tasks. As the world talked……
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The risks of entry-level developers over relying on AI
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, best-practice, cio, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, exploit, jobs, law, malicious, open-source, programming, resilience, risk, skills, software, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityThe risks of blind spots, compliance and license violation: As generative AI becomes more embedded in software development and security workflows, cybersecurity leaders are raising concerns about the blind spots it can potentially introduce. “AI can produce secure-looking code, but it lacks contextual awareness of the organization’s threat model, compliance needs, and adversarial risk environment,”…
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Critical flaw in Apache Parquet’s Java Library allows remote code execution
Experts warn of a critical vulnerability impacting Apache Parquet’s Java Library that could allow remote code execution. Apache Parquet’s Java Library is a software library for reading and writing Parquet files in the Java programming language. Parquet is a columnar storage file format that is optimized for use with large-scale data processing frameworks, such as…
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AI programming copilots are worsening code security and leaking more secrets
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, best-practice, breach, ceo, ciso, container, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, github, government, incident response, injection, least-privilege, LLM, monitoring, open-source, openai, password, programming, risk, skills, software, strategy, tool, training, vulnerabilityOverlooked security controls: Ellen Benaim, CISO at enterprise content mangement firm Templafy, said AI coding assistants often fail to adhere to the robust secret management practices typically observed in traditional systems.”For example, they may insert sensitive information in plain text within source code or configuration files,” Benaim said. “Furthermore, because large portions of code are…
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GoResolver: A Powerful New Tool for Analyzing Golang Malware
Analyzing malware has become increasingly challenging, especially with the growing popularity of programming languages like Golang. Golang, or Go, has captivated developers for its extensive features but has also proven to be an attractive choice for malware authors, thanks to its embedded libraries, sizable binaries, and potential for obfuscation. To combat these challenges, Volexity has…
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Legacy Stripe API Exploited to Validate Stolen Payment Cards in Web Skimmer Campaign
Threat hunters are warning of a sophisticated web skimmer campaign that leverages a legacy application programming interface (API) from payment processor Stripe to validate stolen payment information prior to exfiltration.”This tactic ensures that only valid card data is sent to the attackers, making the operation more efficient and potentially harder to detect,” Jscrambler researchers Pedro…
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Prince Ransomware An Automated Open-Source Ransomware Builder Freely Available on GitHub
Tags: attack, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, github, healthcare, open-source, programming, ransomware, toolThe cybersecurity landscape has witnessed a concerning development with the emergence of >>Prince Ransomware,
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10 best practices for vulnerability management according to CISOs
Tags: api, attack, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cybersecurity, data, detection, framework, group, incident response, metric, mitre, penetration-testing, programming, ransomware, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management1. Culture Achieving a successful vulnerability management program starts with establishing a cybersecurity-minded culture across the organization. Many CISOs admitted to facing historical cultural problems, with one summing it up well. “Our cybersecurity culture was pretty laissez-faire until we got hit with Log4J and then a ransomware attack,” he told CSO. “These events were an…
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6 hard-earned tips for leading through a cyberattack, from CSOs who’ve been there
Tags: attack, awareness, breach, business, cisco, ciso, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, lessons-learned, military, open-source, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, ransomware, security-incident, service, skills, software, strategy, threat, training, updateDevelop muscle memory, and patience, through simulations: Authority under crisis is meaningless if you can’t establish followership. And this goes beyond the incident response team: CISOs must communicate with the entire organization, a commonly misunderstood imperative, says Pablo Riboldi, CISO of nearshore talent provider BairesDev.”I find that employee involvement tends to be overlooked during cyberattacks.…
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New “ReaderUpdate” macOS Malware Evolves with Nim and Rust Variants
Security researchers at SentinelOne have discovered that ReaderUpdate, a macOS malware loader platform that has been active since at least 2020, has significantly evolved with new variants written in multiple programming languages. The malware, which previously went relatively unnoticed by many vendors, now includes versions written in Crystal, Nim, Rust, and most recently Go, in…
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New ReaderUpdate malware variants target macOS users
New ReaderUpdate malware variants, now written in Crystal, Nim, Rust, and Go, targets macOS users, SentinelOne warns. SentinelOne researchers warn that multiple versions of the ReaderUpdate malware written in Crystal, Nim, Rust, and Go programming languages, are targeting macOS users. ReaderUpdate is a macOS malware loader that has been active since 2020, the malicious code…