Scaling Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Introduction Microsoft engineering teams use the Security Development Lifecycle to ensure our products are built in alignment with Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative security principles: Secure by Design, Secure by Default, and Secure Operations. A key component of the Security Development...

Empowering Small Businesses in the Digital Age: A Must-Read Guide to Web Application & API Security

Small and medium-sized businesses have increasingly become reliant on web applications - whether they are developed or procured, to drive their operations, engage customers, and scale their businesses. The increasing reliance on online operations is underscored by 84% of businesses using digital...

Building an AppSec Program with Qualys WAS -Introduction and Configuring a Web Application or API: Default Scan Settings

Qualys WAS Web Application Scanning tools stand out as The Leading Dynamic Application Security Testing DAST solutions in the industry. Since it comes with default scan settings, understanding these settings in detail is critical to uncover vulnerabilities effectively. Scan performance and covera...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4206

A sensitive information leak issue has been discovered in all versions of DAST API scanner from 1.6.50 prior to 2.0.102, exposing the Authorization header in the vulnerability report...

An End-to-End Approach to Next-Gen Security for Web Applications & APIs

According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, web applications remain both the top hacking vector and data breach pattern, accounting for roughly 70% of security incidents. This is because web applications are everywhere and easily probed for weaknesses. A vulnerability in any...

7 Rapid Questions: Meet Adrian Stewart, Aspiring Pilot Turned Product Manager

Welcome back to 7 Rapid Questions, our blog series where we ask passionate leaders at Rapid7 how they’re challenging convention and making an impact. In this installment, we talk to Adrian Stewart, a product manager working on InsightAppSec, Rapid7’s dynamic application security testing DAST tool...

OWASP Top 10 Deep Dive: Identification and Authentication Failures

In the 2021 edition of the OWASP top 10 list, Broken Authentication was changed to Identification and Authentication Failures. This term bundles in a number of existing items like cryptography failures, session fixation, default login credentials, and brute-forcing access. Additionally, this...

ChopChop - ChopChop Is A CLI To Help Developers Scanning Endpoints And Identifying Exposition Of Sensitive Services/Files/Folders

ChopChop is a command-line tool for dynamic application security testing on web applications, initially written by the Michelin CERT. Its goal is to scan several endpoints and identify exposition of services/files/folders through the webroot. Checks/Signatures are declared in a config file by...

Rapid7 Named a Visionary in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing

Rapid7 is excited to share that we have been recognized as a Visionary in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing AST We are so excited to share the news that Rapid7 has been recognized as a Visionary in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing.Thi...

Creating coefficiency: DevOps, Security, and Compliance

Secure IaC Infrastructure-as-code IaC is a powerful partnership accelerator. As businesses and organizations scale into the cloud to realize its full production-enablement potential, security often struggles to keep up. The ultimate goal on the security horizon is, of course, to prevent risks and...

Prepare for more sophisticated security threats in 2021

As computing becomes more distributed to achieve greater optimization and efficiency, the threats posed by cyberattackers are destined to become increasingly more sophisticated. Here are some steps organizations should take in 2021 to mitigate such sophisticated security threats. Start with...

WordPress Plugin Huge-IT Video Gallery 2.0.4 - SQL Injection

WordPress Plugin Huge-IT Video Gallery 2.0.4 - SQL Injection DefenseCode ThunderScan SAST Advisory WordPress Huge-IT Video Gallery Plugin Security Vulnerability Advisory ID: DC-2017-01-009 Advisory Title: WordPress Huge-IT Video Gallery plugin SQL injection vulnerability Advisory URL:...

WordPress All In One Schema.org Rich Snippets 1.4.1 XSS

DefenseCode ThunderScan SAST Advisory WordPress All In One Schema.org Rich Snippets Plugin Security Vulnerability Advisory ID: DC-2017-01-002 Advisory Title: WordPress All In One Schema.org Rich Snippets Plugin Security Vulnerability Advisory URL: http://www.defensecode.com/advisories.php Softwar...