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One of the major concerns of multi-cloud companies is security. 69% of organizations admitted to experiencing data breaches or exposures due to multi-cloud security configurations.

Over the last few years, APIs have rapidly become a core strategic element for businesses that want to scale and succeed within their industries. In fact, according to recent research, 97% of enterprise leaders believe that successfully executing an API strategy is essential to ensuring their organization’s growth and revenue.

At Cloudflare, we're constantly vigilant when it comes to identifying vulnerabilities that could potentially affect the Internet ecosystem. Recently, on September 12, 2023, Google announced a security issue in Google Chrome, titled "Heap buffer overflow in WebP in Google Chrome," which caught our attention. Initially, it seemed like just another bug in the popular web browser. However, what we discovered was far more significant and had implications that extended well beyond Chrome.

Between the time it takes to stand up a new security tool in an IT environment, the resources needed to continually train personnel to effectively use each tool, and the raw cost of the solution itself, enterprise security teams invest quite a lot when introducing new security controls. Solutions that have been in place for a long time have likely grown with the team’s needs, and are well trusted within the organization.

Artificial Intelligence, often abbreviated to AI, refers to the development of computer systems capable of carrying out tasks and rendering decisions that traditionally demand human intelligence. This entails the creation of algorithms and models that empower machines to acquire knowledge from data, discern patterns, and adjust to unique information or scenarios.

Snyk has been a long-time active participant in and sponsor of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). We’re there because we believe in supporting its mission of securing the open source ecosystem. A recent summit meeting convened by the OpenSSF with the White House brought together various US Government departments for a chat about open source security.

On 2023-10-04 at 13:00 UTC, Atlassian released details of the zero-day vulnerability described as “Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server” (CVE-2023-22515), a zero-day vulnerability impacting Confluence Server and Data Center products. Cloudflare was warned about the vulnerability before the advisory was published and worked with Atlassian to proactively apply protective WAF rules for all customers.

The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn vendors, designers, and developers of web applications and organizations using web applications about Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities.