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    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 03/07/25

    Insight No. 1. — Ransomware groups are using CISA’s KEV catalog as a runbook Given that CISA's Known Exploited..

    The most important things to know about ADR

    12 things to know about ADR

    The Application Security (AppSec) landscape is changing fast. With recent high-profile breaches and a wave of new..

    Contrast research: December saw deserialization application attacks surge.

    Silent but deadly: December sees deserialization attacks surge despite overall lull in app attacks

    Attacks on individual applications were down month to month in December 2024, but one of the most dangerous types of..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/20/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/20/24

    Insight No. 1: Forget the hype. Cloud security is a battlefield, and you're woefully unprepared. Let's cut the crap...

    Log4Shell: Three years later & Log4j is still burning down the house

    Log4Shell: Three years later & Log4j is still burning down the house

    Three years ago this month, the security world found out about a massive vulnerability in the Log4j library. Log4Shell..

    3 ways Contrast helps to build digital resilience

    3 ways Contrast helps to build digital resilience

    Cyberattacks, supply-chain issues, flooding, tsunamis, wildfires, equipment failures and even war: The financial sector..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 10/13

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 10/13

    Insight #1 Google is now defaulting to the use of passkeys for authentication. This is a huge step in increasing the..

    6 of the biggest GitHub application security threats

    6 of the biggest GitHub application security threats

    GitHub is the Megladon of source code hosts, and as such, it sports a gargantuan bulls-eye that flashes neon to hackers..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 10/6

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 10/6

    Insight #1 AI voice cloning is a problem: It’s reportedly taken the top spot in scam trends, particularly targeting..