Elastic Security Labs discovers that threat actors are taking advantage of readily available abused security tools and misconfigured environments. Elastic Security Labs has released the 2024 Elastic Global Threat Report, surfacing the most pressing threats, trends, and recommendations to help keep organizations safe for the upcoming year. Threat actors are finding success from the use of offensive security tools (OSTs), a misconfiguration of cloud environments, and a growing emphasis on Credential Access.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 has passed through the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and is now on its way to Congress, set to become law by Q4 2024. With the CMMC becoming official law, its full implementation in defense contracts will occur through a phased approach over three years starting in 2025.

Containerization is now an important tool for businesses that want to make their apps scalable and efficient. A lot of people use Kubernetes because it can easily manage containers in many different environments. It is the best open-source platform for handling containerized workloads and services. But Kubernetes systems can be hard to manage and keep an eye on because they are spread out and have changing workloads.

Takeaways from OWASP Global AppSec SF 2024, covering security tools, AI risks, and strategies for improving application security while empowering developers.

If you’re a pentester, or a consumer of application security pentest reports, you’ll probably have come across Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) and its commonly associated misconfigurations. In either case, you’ll likely have quickly dismissed the finding because it resulted in yet another “recommendation” (a vulnerability without any impact).

A new series of vulnerabilities in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) threatens numerous Linux systems, potentially allowing remote code execution (RCE). This affects a wide range of platforms, including Debian, Red Hat, SUSE and macOS. The vulnerabilities—tracked as CVE-2024-47176, CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, and CVE-2024-47177—are believed to endanger over 76,000 devices, with estimates suggesting up to 300,000 could be affected.

Most modern applications contain a substantial number of open source packages, libraries, and frameworks. In fact, it's estimated that at least 80% of the source code in modern applications is from open source. In addition to relying heavily on commodity components to build applications, development teams often deploy these apps and services via community-sourced container base images.

As in many companies around the world, Bitsight leadership believes that adoption and innovation through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities is crucial to the future of our company. From the top down, our employees are continually on the hunt for ways to leverage AI to improve business outcomes and customer productivity.

The rise of cloud-based software applications has changed the way many companies operate. Leveraging SaaS platforms allows organizations to streamline their workflows and better accommodate remote and hybrid workforces. However, spreading your data throughout the cloud can leave it vulnerable — unless you have strong SaaS security practices in place.

We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to your support and trust, Veracode has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Application Security Testing for the fifth consecutive year! We believe this distinction is not just a testament to our solutions and services but, more importantly, a reflection of the strong partnerships we have formed with each of you.