Detectify is driving the future of internet security with automation and crowdsourcing hacker research. It’s focused on helping companies detect anomalies in their web attack surface at scale, and creative automated hacks in the web app layer in time.
I’ve been working at Tripwire for over two decades, and I’ve acquired a fair bit of swag over those years: branded jackets, hats, shoes, a watch, and of course a drawer full of t-shirts. One thing I never would have predicted owning was a Tripwire-branded face mask to protect me from a global pandemic. Over the past year, I’ve worn that face mask more than any of my other swag. Of course, none of my other swag protected me and others from a highly contagious, deadly virus.
JFrog has recently disclosed a directory traversal issue in CivetWeb, a very popular embeddable web server/library that can either be used as a standalone web server or included as a library to add web server functionality to an existing application. The issue has been assigned to CVE-2020-27304.
Software and Data Integrity Failures is #8 in the current OWASP Top Ten Most Critical Web Application Security Risks.
Server-Side Request Forgery is #10 in the current OWASP Top Ten Most Critical Web Application Security Risks.
Insecure design is #4 in the current OWASP top Ten Most Critical Web Application Security Risks.
CVE-2021-33177, CVE-2021-33178, and CVE-2021-33179 are SQL injection, path traversal, and XSS vulnerabilities in the popular application, service, and network monitoring software Nagios XI.
Keeping up with today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape is an ongoing battle for software development organizations, as many struggle to keep their assets and customers secure while keeping up with the competitive pace of software delivery.
When it comes to cybersecurity, vulnerability management is one of the older technologies that still play a critical role in securing our assets. It is often overlooked, disregarded, or considered only for checkbox compliance needs, but a proper vulnerability management program can play a critical role in avoiding a series data breach. CIS Control 07 provides the minimum requirements, table stakes if you will, for establishing a successful vulnerability management program.
JFrog security research team (formerly Vdoo) has recently disclosed a code injection issue in Yamale, a popular schema validator for YAML that’s used by over 200 repositories. The issue has been assigned to CVE-2021-38305.
