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GitHub Discovers Authentication Issue

SecureWorld News

GitHub announced a security update due to a bug causing issues with the authentication of sessions. On March 2, GitHub received an external report of anomalous behavior for their authenticated GitHub.com user session. This would give them the valid and authenticated session cookie for another user. How did GitHub fix the issue?

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The Roles of SAST and DAST and Fuzzing in Application Security

ForAllSecure

Applications have become a major part of our lives. With more applications being built every day, the need for robust Application Security Testing (AST) has never been greater. In this blog post, we'll cover the roles DAST and SAST play in Application Security Testing and discuss how fuzzing fits into it all.

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Zero Trust

Phil Windley

My new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media covers many of the topics in this post such as multi-factor authentication, authorization and access control, and identity policy development in depth. User Authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Requiring users to provide multiple forms of verification (e.g.,

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AI-based typing biometrics might be authentication's next big thing

Network World

Identifying or authenticating people based on how they type is not a new idea, but thanks to advances in artificial intelligence it can now be done with a very high level of accuracy, making it a viable replacement for other forms of biometrics. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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'Citrix Bleed' Vulnerability Raises Concerns as Exploits Continue

SecureWorld News

Exploiting this flaw allows threat actors to hijack legitimate user sessions, bypassing authentication protocols such as passwords and multi-factor authentication. Mandiant emphasized the need for organizations to rely on web application firewalls (WAF) and network appliances recording HTTP/S requests for detection.

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Report: Attackers Move Lightning Fast to Capitalize on  Vulnerabilities

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Its analysis reveals a startling insight into how quickly attackers capitalize on these vulnerabilities. One-third of high-risk vulnerabilities impacted network devices and web applications. This morning, the Qualys Threat Research Unit released its 2023 Threat Landscape Year in Review report. 115 exploited by named threat actors.

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