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Stranger Danger: Your Java Attack Surface Just Got Bigger

Building Java applications today means that we take a step further from writing code. We use open-source dependencies, create a Dockerfile to deploy containers to the cloud, and orchestrate this infrastructure with Kubernetes. Welcome, you're a cloud native application developer! As developers, our responsibility broadened, and more software means more software security concerns for us to address.

Meet the Best Hackers: Shuchita Mishra and Parth Shukla | SnykWeek Boston

During SnykWeek Boston, Shuchita Mishra and Parth Shukla were crowned the best hackers by fixing the most vulnerabilities during our fix challenge. Check out our interview with them to learn about the passion for developer security and what they loved most about Snyk.

Vulnerability management: 3 best practices and tips for image building and scanning

As enterprises adopt containers, microservices, and Kubernetes for cloud-native applications, vulnerability management is crucial to improve the security posture of containerized workloads throughout build, deploy, and runtime. Securing your build artifacts and deployment pipeline, especially when it comes to images, is extremely important.

Security 101: Vulnerabilities, Threats & Risk Explained

In cybersecurity, the things to consider are endless. Before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s make sure we fully understand three fundamental concepts of security: In this article, we’ll look at these security concepts in depth and hear from industry experts. (For the latest and greatest in all things security, check out the Splunk Security Blog & these Cybersecurity and InfoSec Events & Conferences.)

CVE-2022-3172 - kube-apiserver can allow an aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL

A new vulnerability was reported on Sep 16th in kube-apiserver that allows an aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL. As a result, the client may perform unexpected actions and share the API server credentials with third parties. The aggregated API server extension in Kubernetes API server enables users to extend API server with alternative objects and paths.

ZAPESCAPE: Organization-wide control over Code by Zapier

In the middle of March 2022, Zenity research team discovered a sandbox-escape vulnerability in Code by Zapier, a service used by Zapier to execute custom code as part of a Zap. Exploiting this vulnerability, any user could take full control over the execution environment of their entire account allowing them to manipulate results and steal sensitive data. For example, a Zapier user could take control over the admin’s custom code execution environment.

Analysis and Remediation Guidance of CSRF Vulnerability in Csurf Express.js Middleware

On 28th of August fortbridge.co.uk reported a vulnerability in csurf middleware – expressjs supporting library that enables CSRF protection in expressjs. As of 13th of September csurf library has been deprecated with no plans to fix the vulnerabilities. There is no viable alternative for csurf middleware now.