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  With the increase of supply chain attacks on everything from logging software like Log4J to takeovers of important JavaScript packages to compromises of network utility tools like SolarWinds, more and more organizations are recognizing the need to adopt a Zero Trust mindset. Zero Trust can improve security, reduce risks, and give organizations greater confidence […]

  The Open Source Software (OSS) Supply Chain is under attack. As evidenced by the recent Log4Shell vulnerability, the OSS supply chain is increasingly a focus for attackers seeking to exploit weak links in security. A number of research reports have recorded a significant increase in so-called “next-gen software supply chain attacks” over the past […]

25 vulnerabilities to look out for in Node JS applications: Directory traversal, prototype pollution, XSSI, and more… Securing applications is not the easiest thing to do. An application has many components: server-side logic, client-side logic, data storage, data transportation, API, and more. With all these components to secure, building a secure application can seem really […]

The future of application security is in the cloud. Software development and application deployment continue to move from on-premise to various types of cloud environments. While the basics of application security (AppSec) carry over from on-premise, the cloud introduces new areas of complexity and a new set of requirements. AppSec best practices for the cloud […]

By now you’ve probably already heard of the name “Log4j”. What happened Late November this year, a Chinese researcher named Chen Zhaojun privately disclosed to Log4j maintainers that version 2 of Log4j contains a critical vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) in applications that utilize the library. On December 9th, the vulnerability was […]

It shouldn’t be surprising that application security has become more important over the last few years. As part of the move to the cloud, applications have become the foundation of business operations. Today, more companies use more applications to do more things than ever before. SaaS applications transmit, store, and process large amounts of sensitive […]

For companies writing and maintaining software at scale today, SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools have become essential for increasing code security and reducing cyber risk. First-party code remains a frequent target for attacks on all types of organizations, with attackers probing applications constantly to look for weaknesses and vulnerabilities, known and unknown. A wide […]

Apache log4j2 is one of the most widely utilized logging library in the Java ecosystem. Many applications depend on log4j that include and are not limited to VMware, Apple, Twitter, Minecraft to plethora of open-source projects like Apache Solr, Apache Druid, and many more. On November 30, 2021, the Apache log4j2 team became aware of […]

On 9 December 2021, Apache disclosed that the Log4j 2 utility contains a critical vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), a serious issue that impacts a large number of applications. This post is coauthored by Chetan Conikee, Fabian Yamaguchi, and Katie Horne. What is affected? Log4j is a popular open source logging package […]