Web applications are vulnerable to several kinds of attacks, but they’re particularly susceptible to code injection attacks. One such attack, the XPath Injection, takes advantage of websites that require user-supplied information to access data stored in XML format. All sites that use a database in XML format might be vulnerable to this attack. XPath is a query syntax that websites can use to search their XML data stores.
KrakenLabs has developed a new naming convention that uses poisonous plants to represent the origin and criminal activities of threat actors. This approach provides a creative way to classify different types of threat actors, allowing security professionals to quickly understand the nature and behavior of the threat actor, which is helpful for identifying and mitigating threats effectively.
We are honored and humbled to announce Snyk has been named to the CNBC 2023 Disruptor 50 List, following our debut on the Disruptor List in 2021 and our listing as a Top Startup for the Enterprise in 2022. The full list was unveiled this morning. Industry recognitions like this are a testament to all of the hard work and dedication our global team puts into fulfilling our founding mission each and every day: equipping and empowering every one of the world’s developers to build securely.
Organizations can reduce security risks in containerized applications by actively managing vulnerabilities through scanning, automated image deployment, tracking runtime risk and deploying mitigating controls to reduce risk Kubernetes and containers have become de facto standards for cloud-native application development due to their ability to accelerate the pace of innovation and codify best practices for production deployments, but such acceleration can introduce risk if not operationalized properly.
Finding and fixing security issues in your code has its challenges. Chief among them is the important step of actually changing your code to fix the problem. Getting there is a process: sorting through security tickets, deciphering what those security findings mean and where they come from in the source code, and then determining how to fix the problem so you can get back to development. Not to worry — AI will take care of everything, right?
Hackathons are well known among software development teams for driving innovation and collaboration. So, what if we applied that model to cybersecurity to improve an organization’s application security posture? That would be a dream come true for any CISO and security practitioner — and is exactly what we set out to do at Snyk in February 2023. Check out some of the funniest moments from our panels.
In honor of May the 4th, we’re featuring a narrative from an Imperial trooper in a faraway galaxy as he reflects on his organization’s worst day and how it could’ve gone differently. Don’t get me wrong. I’m still proud to work for one of the most formidable organizations in the galaxy. But as most of you probably know, we’ve recently hit quite a setback. Our higher-ups decided to build a space station.
