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A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24.

Most dynamic web applications and sites — ones that store and process user information — use some sort of database implementation. One of the most common implementations involves SQL. Structured Query Language is a standard language for relational database management systems (RDBMS). It lets you query database records, change and modify them, set permissions, create custom views and storage procedures.

Zero-Day” is an intriguing concept in the domain of cybersecurity. Imagine diligently following security best practices such as patching exploits and updating the systems regularly. Plus, you’re following strict risk management and governance frameworks within the organization to vet new software applications for security risk before adding them to your library. But what happens when the security flaws are novel — and a patch does not exist?

Malicious software like ransomware often use tactics, techniques, and procedures such as copying malicious files to the local machine to propagate themselves across the network. A few years ago, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to ward off potential harm from threat actors for at-risk entities.

In recent years, there have been several high-profile cyber attacks that have involved the abuse of digital certificates. Digital certificates are electronic credentials that verify the identity of an entity, such as a person, organization, or device, and establish trust between parties in online transactions. They are commonly used to encrypt and sign data, authenticate users and devices, and secure network communications.

The blockchain industry is expected to grow and hit a value of $163 billion by 2029. With such growth will also come the ever-increasing need for ensuring the protection of blockchain applications. In comes blockchain auditing companies.

Cybersecurity is often about making progress: Progress in the way organizations procure, deploy and manage software; in the new skills and techniques teams acquire to run their cybersecurity programs; and in stopping breaches to protect hard-earned productivity gains.

According to the AV-TEST Institute, more than 1 billion strains of malware have been created, and more than 500,00 new pieces of malware are detected every day. One of the main reasons for this rapid growth is that malware creators frequently reuse source code. They modify existing malware to meet the specific objectives of an attack campaign or to avoid signature-based detection.

Recently, Gartner® refreshed one of its foundational cybersecurity research, “The 6 Principles of Successful Network Segmentation Strategies.”1 The principles covered in the research are tried and true. Segmenting networks to improve security and performance is nothing new to security teams, yet the same challenges persist year after year.