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OWASP Top 10 AI Vulnerabilities Explained

The OWASP top 10 AI vulnerabilities are a commonly used search phrase for guidance on security risks in LLM and generative AI systems. Originally launched as the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications (LLMs), the initiative later expanded into the...

Industry AppSec Thought Leadership

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How to Prevent Reverse Shell Attacks: Detection, Defense, and Best Practices

How to Prevent Reverse Shell Attacks: Detection, Defense, and Best Practices TL;DR: A reverse shell attack happens when an attacker uses your system to initiate an outbound connection back to their remote machine, giving them interactive shell access (a remot...

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SBOM Best Practices: Building Accurate Software Bills of Materials

Few modern software products are built entirely from scratch. Instead, they rely on a foundation of open-source libraries, third-party components, and proprietary code. This presents a unique problem: developers and stakeholders need a clear view of what exte...

DevSecOps Industry AppSec

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SAST vs. SCA: Understanding the Key Differences in Code Security Testing

Modern application security depends on understanding what’s in your code, both the source code you write and the third-party components you rely on. As software development accelerates and organizations adopt DevSecOps practices, teams face rising pressure to...

Industry AppSec Thought Leadership

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Code Vulnerabilities: What They Are and How to Stop Them

In today’s world, where most of our lives revolve around apps and software, a single flaw in an application’s codebase can wreak havoc. These flaws, called code vulnerabilities, can serve as entry points for bad actors to access sensitive data or ...

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Software Composition Analysis (SCA) for Open-Source Security

If you want to know what SCA is and how it can help with your development, we’ve created a guide to scanning your application.

Software Testing DevSecOps Industry AppSec

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SBOM Standards: Complete Guide to Software Bill of Materials

TL;DR: Three SBOM standards serve different purposes. CycloneDX prioritizes vulnerability tracking with native VEX support. SPDX focuses on licensing compliance and has broader tool adoption. SWID is an IT asset management term used only for specific fed...

DevSecOps Industry AppSec

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What Is Code Analysis? Complete Guide to SAST, DAST, SCA (and Why Developers Need It)

Code analysis is an automated process that scans source code to detect issues, enabling developers to identify and address problems early. Integrated at every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), code analysis enhances software quality, helps s...

Industry AppSec Thought Leadership

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Application Security Testing Tools: SAST, DAST, SCA & RASP Compared

See the best application security tools to safeguard your software from vulnerabilities and cyber threats. Learn how Kiuwan can improve your security

Thought Leadership Industry AppSec

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Application Vulnerability: How To Detect and Fix Security Risks Before Deployment

Application vulnerabilities pose serious challenges for software teams. A single flaw can ripple through systems, undermining performance, security, and user trust. Modern applications rely on countless moving parts. Libraries, APIs, integrations, and updates...

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How SAST and Application Hardening Work Together to Strengthen Software Security

Security teams often treat Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and application hardening as separate disciplines. One scans code for vulnerabilities before release; the other protects the running application from tampering and reverse engineering after...

Industry AppSec Thought Leadership

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Buffer Overflow Attacks: Causes, Outcomes, and Prevention

A buffer overflow attack is a common vulnerability in software security. It happens when a program writes more data into a memory buffer than it can hold, causing data corruption, crashes, or even remote code execution. Buffer overflows have been known for d...

Industry AppSec Thought Leadership