Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, a major player in the vulnerability disclosure ecosystem, is ramping up the pressure on software vendors that consistently ship faulty security patches.
Security Analysis Leads to Discovery of Vulnerabilities in 18 Electron Applications
A team of researchers from various companies has analyzed Electron-based desktop applications and ended up discovering vulnerabilities in several widely used pieces of software.
Microsoft Announces Disruption of Russian Espionage APT
Microsoft on Monday announced another major disruption of an APT actor believed to be linked to the Russian government, cutting off access to accounts used for pre-attack reconnaissance, phishing, and email harvesting.
Black Hat USA 2022 – Announcements Summary
Hundreds of companies and organizations showcased their products and services this week at the 2022 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
Researchers Find Stolen Algorithms in Commercial Cybersecurity Products
LAS VEGAS – BLACK HAT USA 2022 – An analysis conducted by two researchers has revealed that some commercial cybersecurity products rely on algorithms that have been taken from other security tools without authorization.
How Bot and Fraud Mitigation Can Work Together to Reduce Risk
Onions are great for analogies, as are buckets full of stuff from the beach. In this piece, I’d like to take a look at how both of these analogies can help us understand how bot and fraud mitigation can work together to help enterprises both improve their security postures and lower their fraud losses.
Microsoft Publishes Office Symbols to Improve Bug Hunting
Microsoft Office has started publishing Office symbols for Windows in an effort to help bug hunters find and report security issues.
Symbols are pieces of information used during debugging, and are contained within Symbol files, which are created by the compiler during application build.
Twilio Hacked After Employees Tricked Into Giving Up Login Credentials
Enterprise software vendor Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) has been hacked by a relentless threat actor who successfully tricked employees into giving up login credentials that were then used to steal third-party customer data.
Ghost Security Snags $15M Investment for API Security Tech
Texas startup Ghost Security has joined the list of early-stage companies in the API and application security space attracting venture capital funding.
The Austin-based company emerged from stealth this week with $15 million in investments from 468 Capital, DNX Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures.
Slack Forces Password Resets After Discovering Software Flaw
Workplace productivity software giant Slack on Friday forced password resets for a tiny fraction of its users after the discovery of a security flaw that exposed Slack credentials.
Slack’s security response team alerted users to the issue via email and followed up with a blog post warning about the risk of passwords leaking to a skilled attacker.
