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APIs were already ubiquitous in driving modern applications. However, the pandemic has further accelerated growth in innovation and expansion of digital services, making APIs even more widespread. In today’s world, rapid innovation would not be possible without secure APIs. Attacks on APIs are increasing exponentially. Gartner suggests API abuses are the most significant attack vector since 2022. Hence securing APIs is more critical than ever in the past.

Every five to ten years, major technology shifts change the way that vulnerability assessment and the related IT risk mitigation processes are approached or implemented. What has remained constant is the formula we use to measure risk and thus prioritize and triage vulnerabilities. Risk = (Likelihood of event) * (Impact of consequences) It’s an approach that intuitively makes sense, but there have been two challenges with how this formula has been applied.

CrowdStrike incident responders have been at the forefront of investigating impacted victims of CVE-2023-34362. Since the release of the vulnerability, there has been great collaboration across the cybersecurity industry, and this blog will cover novel details for teams investigating the potential impact to their organizations.

CVE-2023-34362 is an SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability that has been found in the MOVEit Transfer web application that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to MOVEit Transfer’s database. SQL Injection (SQLi) poses significant risks as it allows attackers to potentially steal, manipulate, or delete sensitive data from databases.

PaperCut NG is a popular print management software that has 100 million users at over 70,000 organizations around the world. Recent discoveries have unveiled critical vulnerabilities in this widely-used software, specifically the CVE-2023-27350 authentication bypass vulnerability. This vulnerability, if exploited, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on a target system.

Ethical hacking refers to the practice of using hacking techniques to identify and expose vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks, and applications. Unlike malicious hackers, ethical hackers use their skills and knowledge to help organizations and businesses identify security weaknesses before they can be exploited by malicious actors. Ethical hacking can include a range of activities, from scanning and penetration testing to social engineering and physical security testing.

Ethical hacking is used to find potential security issues in computer systems and networks. In this post, we’ll cover a collection of techniques and procedures commonly used by ethical hackers to find vulnerabilities before malicious users can take advantage.

A zero-day vulnerability, denoted by the CVE identifier CVE-2023-30777, exposes a dangerous reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw. This high-severity vulnerability has been discovered within the WordPress plugin (Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and Advanced Custom Fields Pro). The CVE-2023-30777 exposes over 2 million installations to security risks, triggering widespread concern and anxiety among website owners and administrators.

The Smashing Security podcast recently invited our Director of Product Management, John Stock, on to discuss our Vulnerability Prediction Technology (VPT) tool, the security challenges brought by remote work, and the importance of balancing risk management with business goals.