application-security
Safeguard articles tagged "application-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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AI Writes Code Faster Than You Can Review It. Which Scanner Do You Point at It?
AI-generated code arrives faster than review can absorb and fails in distinct patterns. SAST, DAST, and reachability each catch part of that — and each misses a specific, predictable slice.
Your DAST Scanner Was Built to Crawl Links. Your Application Doesn't Have Any.
Classic DAST discovers attack surface by following hyperlinks. In an estate of APIs and serverless functions there is nothing to crawl, so the scan completes, reports clean, and covers little.
The Average Enterprise Runs 900 APIs. It Can List Maybe 600 of Them.
API attacks are climbing steeply and 87% of organisations reported an incident last year. The root cause is not weak authentication — it is that many production endpoints are on nobody's list.
Buyer's guide: application security tools for retail and ...
A practical, no-fluff comparison of application security tools for retail e-commerce, covering PCI compliance, SCA, and vendor tradeoffs.
Path traversal vulnerabilities explained with real-world examples
Path traversal (CWE-22) has powered CVEs from Apache to Citrix to F5. Here's how it works, real breaches, and how to stop it.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) explained for developers
XSS has topped vulnerability lists for two decades. Here's how reflected, stored, and DOM-based XSS actually work, real incidents, and how to fix them.
SQL injection: a complete developer's guide
A developer's guide to SQL injection: how it works, why CWE-89 still ranks in MITRE's Top 25, real breaches, and how to detect and fix it.
OS command injection explained
OS command injection lets attackers run arbitrary shell commands via unsanitized input. See how it works, real CVEs like PAN-OS 2024, and fixes.
Insecure deserialization vulnerabilities explained
Insecure deserialization vulnerabilities let attackers turn trusted classes into gadget chains for RCE. See real CVEs, affected languages, and fixes.
XML External Entity (XXE) injection explained
XXE injection lets attackers abuse XML parsers to read files, hit cloud metadata via SSRF, or crash servers — here's how it works and how to stop it.
Open redirect vulnerabilities explained
Open redirect flaws (CWE-601) score as medium severity alone, but they power real phishing campaigns against Google, Amex, and Microsoft. Here's how they work and how to stop them.
Arbitrary file upload vulnerabilities explained
Arbitrary file upload flaws (CWE-434) have caused breaches from Equifax to GitLab. Here's how they work, the CVEs that prove it, and how to stop them.
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