Application Security

We take advantage of April Fools to look at some of appsec's myths, mistakes, and behaviors that lead to bad practices. It's easy to get trapped in a status quo of chasing CVEs or discussing which direction to shift security. But scrutinizing decimal points in CVSS scores or rearranging tools misses the opportunity for more strategic thinking. We s...

The malware targets the “ethers” package and opens a reverse shell.

LLMs are helping devs write code, but is it secure code? How are LLMs helping appsec teams? Keith Hoodlet returns to talk about where he's seen value from genAI, where it fits in with tools like source code analysis and fuzzers, and where its limitations mean we'll be relying on humans for a while. Those limitations don't mean appsec should dismiss...

Researchers showed how GitHub Copilot and Cursor could be manipulated with hidden Unicode.

The crypto world is rife with smart contracts that have been outsmarted by attackers, with consequences in the millions of dollars (and more!). Shashank shares his research into scanning contracts for flaws, how the classes of contract flaws have changed in the last few years, and how optimistic we can be about the future of this space. Segment Re...

The theme had millions of installations before it was removed in late February.

Malicious apps previously in the Google Play Store enabled theft of messages, files and more.

XCSSET variant features enhanced stealth features that can lead to the exfiltration of sensitive financial information.