Collaborate Disseminate
Until recently, the word “Hafnium” most commonly referred to an obscure atomic element—atomic number 72 in the Periodic Table of the Elements. It was named for the city where it was discovered in 1923—Copenhagen, Denmark, whose Latin name is Hafni… Continue reading A BIGGER SHARE OF VULNERABILITIES WERE SERIOUS IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR
As we look back on 2020, I think we all would agree that it was a year like no other. What we now know is that for many of the same months we were working from home and experiencing myriad other disruptions in our lives, state-sponsored cyber crim… Continue reading AS 2020 CLOSED OUT, MORE APPLICATIONS HAD SERIOUS VULNERABILITIES AND ATTACK LIKELIHOOD REMAINED ELEVATED
The massive SolarWinds hack is a stark reminder of the importance of application security, but as most readers of this blog are aware, this event is unique only because of its size. The truth is that attacks on applications are rapidly growing in … Continue reading CONTRAST V.5 BETA RISKSCORE RELEASE HELPS WITH APPSEC PRIORITIZATION CHALLENGES
Industries across the spectrum are seeing rapid changes in their threat landscape. With the arrival of COVID-19, healthcare companies quickly became top targets for bad actors. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Johnson and Johnson r… Continue reading Application Risk From 4 of Top 5 Vulnerability Attack Types Grows, .NET Applications Become Bigger Target for Attacks
Highlights From Contrast Security’s Bimonthly Application Security Intelligence Report
The saying that “every company is a software company” has never been more apropos. With the onset of COVID-19, we have witnessed an acceleration in the digital … Continue reading Application Security Risks Remain Elevated
COVID-19 transformed businesses overnight. Suddenly,
more than half of the workforce found themselves working from home and most businesses could no longer meet with customers and prospects in person. Those with mature digital strategies had a compe… Continue reading Application Vulnerabilities Spike, .NET Applications Appear in the Attack Crosshairs
Analyzing data captured from June 2019 to May 2020, Contrast Labs found that applications experienced over 13,000 attacks on average each month over the past year. Serious vulnerabilities plague more than one-quarter of applications and 11% have s… Continue reading Application Risk Is 1.7x Higher for Organizations That Fail to Manage Security Debt
The threat landscape is constantly evolving, growing in sophistication as well as volume and velocity. This presents serious challenges for organizations of all sizes and industry sectors. Software applications are a top target when it comes to cyberat… Continue reading What Vulnerabilities and Attacks Matter? Insights from Contrast Labs’ AppSec Intelligence Report
This report summarizes Contrast Labs’ analysis of real world application attack and vulnerability data from December 2019. By providing continuous insight and detection from inside applications, Contrast can identify and trend the way that attacke… Continue reading DECEMBER 2019 AppSec Intelligence Report
This report summarizes Contrast Labs’ analysis of real world application attack and vulnerability data from November 2019. It builds on data that Contrast Security observed over the previous months and highlights to highlight key trends and useful tidb… Continue reading November 2019 AppSec Intelligence Report