Expert perspectives on application security, compliance, and emerging threats
IncidentOn June 7, attackers sent 4 million requests through a single unauthenticated REST API endpoint in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin. By that point, the vulnerability had been public for nearly three
IncidentA Major Shift in Security Priorities On September 24, 2021, OWASP released an updated Top 10 list that significantly altered the landscape of security priorities. SQL injection, which had long been a
GeneralYour SAST tool probably finds vulnerabilities. The question is whether you can act on them. Checkmarx just released performance metrics for their redesigned static application security testing engine:
IncidentA malicious web page executing arbitrary code on your development machine through your AI agent—that s exactly what Microsoft researchers discovered in AutoGen Studio s pre-release builds. The AutoJac
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ResearchYour mobile app just integrated an advertising SDK promising better fill rates and higher eCPMs. Three months later, you discover it s using method swizzling to intercept user data and potentially sip
IncidentWhat Happened CVE-2026-4020 , a vulnerability in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin, allows unauthenticated attackers to extract API keys and SMTP configuration data through a broken access control fla
IncidentOn January 9, 2025, attackers compromised the npm account of a Mastra AI maintainer and published malicious updates to over 140 packages. Microsoft attributes the attack to Sapphire Sleet, a North Kor
IncidentF5 disclosed two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in NGINX Open Source on January 14, 2025. Both CVE-2026-42530 and CVE-2026-42055 carry CVSS v4 scores of 9.2. If your team is running NG
IncidentYour security information and event management (SIEM) platform should detect intrusions, not enable them. However, in June 2026, organizations running unpatched Splunk Enterprise found themselves in a
ResearchWhen Microsoft disclosed the AutoJack vulnerability in AutoGen Studio, the attack vector was clear: three layered weaknesses in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) WebSocket implementation allowed malici
GeneralSecurity teams often focus on data exfiltration when considering AI risks. Your DLP alerts fire when someone pastes code into ChatGPT. Your CASB flags uploads to Claude. You ve probably written a poli
StandardsScope - What This Guide Covers This guide focuses on implementing machine identity security programs. You ll find specific controls for service accounts, API keys, certificates, tokens, and AI agents
IncidentWhat Happened Varonis Threat Labs revealed a prompt injection attack against Microsoft M365 Copilot Enterprise that exposed internal corporate data through manipulated URL parameters. The attack, call
IncidentA vulnerability fix in a widely-used Golang JWT package was never merged into the version most developers used. This oversight left projects exposed to authentication bypass, despite the existence of
IncidentWhat Happened Novo Nordisk experienced a security breach when an attacker accessed its systems through a leaked GitHub token. This token, a credential for automated systems to interact with the compan
IncidentWhat Happened Your developers store credentials on their laptops. Git history, environment files, configuration snippets, and API keys are all vulnerable on machines that connect to public WiFi, run u
