How To Protect Your Kubernetes Cluster with Wallarm – part 1 of 3

Kubernetes clusters enable an organization to easily take advantage of containerization. While this is a huge asset, it also creates security issues. Many organizations lack visibility into the applications within their Kubernetes cluster and their attack surface. Within a Kubernetes cluster, an...

SOC 2 Compliance During Covid-19 Times

A lot of IT Security Officers responsible for driving the SOC 2 certification in their companies are probably wondering how the switch to mostly remote workspaces will affect their SOC 2 landscape. I would say that there are two types of companies affected or not affected by the coronavirus:...

The Evolution of Cyber Defense

To my knowledge, the first reference to the idea and principles of signatures for detecting network attacks dates back to 1987. This was a scientific paper by Dorothy E. Denning from Stanford Research Institute SRI Heres the link to the paper. According to the publication’s records, it was sent t...

Security Challenges in FinTech – Discussion with Vandana Verma, OWASP

In the digital era, financial institutions serve an increasing number of customers through web and mobile applications. Fintech maintains online security, and OWASP offers pieces of the puzzle to address the challenges. We CAN solve these challenges by leveraging the OWASP community knowledge bas...

Yii2 Gii Remote Code Execution

This article is written specifically for web developers who use a module. We will tell you how we got access to sensitive data on a staging server through Yii2 Gii Remote Code: First to the testing environment, and then to the production. Spoiler: We have notified the module developer about the...

Why You Need to Use Rules in Your Yii2 Framework Models

In the previous article, we described the vulnerability discovered in the Yii2 Framework 2.0.35. In this piece, you'll find out how to prevent it. It's a highly recommended read, especially for web developers who want to quickly check the rule settings and fix a detected vulnerability. Yii is an...

Securing GraphQL API

Introduction to GraphQL Representational state transfer REST APIs are the most popular type of API. However, GraphQL is rapidly growing in popularity as a competitor to REST. GraphQL is a meta-layer with built-in query language to access object-oriented data. It’s based on JSON-encoded HTTP...

Testing ModSecurity for false positives by books texts

The main things that prevent enabling security solutions like WAF/RASP/IDS/IPS in a blocking mode are false positives. Probably the second one is their inline performance and additional latency, but still. As a cloud-native WAF vendor, we at Wallarm are actively checking our products for false...

Apache Solr 1,2,3,4 Kill-Chain.

One of the services Wallarm offers today are Pentest Audits. Our team has met a new challenging task at a recent project: penetration test & usage for Apache Solr V4.10.4. We want to use this blog to describe the way we have identified vulnerability & managed to execute commands with root...

Isometric Illustrations in Figma

Figma is a powerful tool for interface development and prototyping. We use it to design our products and to create graphic layouts for marketing and other purposes. One of the most significant advantages of Figma is that it allows you to write custom plugins enabling third-party developers to...

Protecting gRPC applications and APIs

Wallarm has always stood out from its competitors when it comes to supporting modern stacks. For a long time Wallarm has been the only product to provide comprehensive protection for WebSockets-based web applications. Once again, Wallarm is glad to be the pioneer and add support for the gRPC...

Application security through the lens of Cyberwar – One on One with Chris Kubecka

Last month, Wallarm Cybersecurity Strategist Kavya Pearlman interviewed cyberwar fare expert Chris Kubecka via a webinar session that was well attended and very timely discussion. If you missed the webinar, worry not! Here is a quick recap of the discussion around “Application Security in the age...

OWASP API Top 10 Projects: Highlights and Overview

In addition to the same risks that web applications are exposed to, APIs are faced with a number of unique security risks and vulnerabilities. This blogs provides an overview of the new OWASP API Top 10 risk project. The post OWASP API Top 10 Projects: Highlights and Overview appeared first on...

When your WAF needs its own WAF

Security products have their own security issues, which can affect products that they were designed to secure. It's not a recursive loop, but the reality. WAFs there are not an exclusion. You can remember CloudFlare self-DoS that happened last year...

RSA 2020 – Must Visit

Visit Wallarm at RSA 2020 booth 4118 + see a list of other events going on during the conference for a richer experience The post RSA 2020 - Must Visit appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Blind SSRF exploitation

There is such a thing as SSRF. There’s lots of information about it, but here is my quick summary. Let's say you go to a website, fill out your profile, and get to the “Upload Profile Picture” step. And you have a choice: upload a file or specify a link. The post Blind SSRF exploitation appeared...

Wallarm team is growing!

Wallarm’s unique approach provides actionable insight that identifies and protects against real attacks and vulnerabilities. I’m excited to be part of the team that automates this for modern services and cloud-based applications. The post Wallarm team is growing! appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Native integrations in Wallarm WAF

How to configure sending reports to email? How to get a notification to the messenger about an event requiring a response? How to connect Wallam and other solutions that use DevOps and the security team? Integrations will help to solve all these issues in Wallam WAF. And today we'll talk about th...

The most cited Wallarm researches in 2019

Our researchers are constantly working on information security issues and in 2019 we published dozens of articles on this topic. Stay with us and let's make the IT world safer together! The post The most cited Wallarm researches in 2019 appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Putting Wallarm Management Console on a Fast Track

With this update we significantly reduced Elasticsearch load and thereby improved the responsiveness of the user interface with an attack showing up within seconds of being detected. Our new user-friendly interface has a lag time of no more than 5 seconds. The post Putting Wallarm Management...

Cybersecurity: What to Expect in the Year Ahead

So, what lies ahead? Let’s turn over our virtual coffee cups and read the coffee grounds. .... report also shows that as many as 60% of all hacker attacks are using a compromised web application to gain unauthorized access or steal data. The post Cybersecurity: What to Expect in the Year Ahead...

A Match Made in the Clouds

With recent explosion of Kubernetes adoption and Wallarm’s consistent effort to deliver Kubernetes native security offerings, I feel tremendous confidence in our collective ability to stay ahead of the emerging threats in the cloud native ecosystem. The post A Match Made in the Clouds appeared...

New Wallarm Dashboard

There is an update in the Wallarm Console, which presents a brand new dashboard that can’t be missed. There are three significant changes that are worth mentioning: New structure. The dashboard has a new, clear structure emphasizing multiple modules of the Wallarm Platform — WAF, Scanner, FAST. T...

GraphQL Batching Attack

There is a new attack surface when the app tech stack includes GraphQL. It's Batched Attacks on GraphQL APIs. How can these apps be protected? Read more to find out. The post GraphQL Batching Attack appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Why and how to disable introspection query for GraphQL APIs

Intro In the last post, we touched on the topic of GraphQL security. As a reminder, GraphQL is a popular alternative to REST APIs. A single article can not encapsulate all the things one wants to know about such an interesting technology. This installment of the series will look at the first step...

Wallarm Launches Support of Envoy Proxy/ Envoy API Protection

Wallarm can protect North-South API in the applications that use Envoy as an alternative Ingress controller at the front end of a Kubernetes cluster. Wallarm can also protect edge traffic and also East-West Envoy API for Service-Mesh and Istio. The post Wallarm Launches Support of Envoy Proxy/...

Is Service Mesh right for your infrastructure?

Andrew Jenkins of Aspen Mesh identifies three deployment options with regards to how a Service Mesh delivers its services: As a sidecar that runs alongside your microservice container As a library that can be built into each of the microservices As an agent that sit in the container infrastructur...

What The Actual WAF!?

we need to kick out the solutions that are no longer functioning to give ample room for the advanced WAF solutions. Join us in this discussion. The post What The Actual WAF!? appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Race Condition in Web Applications

Even web application APIs can be subject to race conditions. Check out where it can happen such as the cases of HTTP pipelining, splitting HTTP and others. The post Race Condition in Web Applications appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Legacy WAF Issues

Traditional WAFs speak to bigger adoption problems for technologists, innovators, and businesses. Making a decision in today’s marketplace is like being a kid in a toy store. There are so many options that excitement quickly turns to settling on a familiar choice, so it’s no surprise that...

Securing GraphQL. Part 1

GraphQL is an alternative to the REST concept that allows working with the data in a more structured and object-oriented way. This technology is very famous and used by many enterprise companies such as Facebook, Walmart, Intuit among other. Whether you know it or not, GraphQL has a significant...

The hidden costs of security breaches

The real cost of a security breach to your business is larger than many imagine. On the surface there is incredible expensive to recovering from breaches. What is often also at risk is the inestimable damage to company morale, brand reputation, and operations. The post The hidden costs of securit...

Tips for Securing Online Payments

Understand how e-commerce transactions work, what a payment gateway is, and how to keep your online payments secure. Online businesses mean even more reliance of customer trust, which means higher security. The post Tips for Securing Online Payments appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is becoming a common enough word, but what is it, how does it benefit your world, and how does it work? The post What is Kubernetes? appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

What DevOps trends to follow (and what to ignore)

Cut through the fluff and get to the heart of which DevOps trends are worth hitching your wagon or budget to in the coming years—and which should be marked with a hazard warning. From containers to chaos engineering, here are the DevOps trends to trash and the ones you'll want to go fanboy on." T...

4 DevOps Strategies to Boost Your Security

DevSecOps is more than a corporate buzzword. As a combined term, DevSecOps bears out the interdependence of responsibilities that lead to security transformation from a fixed set of inflexible tools into security as a process. The post 4 DevOps Strategies to Boost Your Security appeared first on...

Security 101 for eCommerce Businesses

Understand the risks to ecommerce businesses and how to secure your online business. Know the fact from compliance to dealing with hackers, at any level of business maturity. The post Security 101 for eCommerce Businesses appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Perimeter Breaches: The attack front you’re losing

Everything is data. Defining your perimeter is nearly impossible, which makes securing it even more tricky. Old strategies are obsolete. How do we navigate and protect our boundaries in an increasingly digital world? The post Perimeter Breaches: The attack front you're losing appeared first on...

PHP Remote Code Execution 0-Day Discovered in Real World CTF Exercise

When a security researcher found an unusual PHP script while solving an hCorem Capture the Flag task, it reveal hundreds of millions of users are vulnerable to attack. Learn the deep tech. The post PHP Remote Code Execution 0-Day Discovered in Real World CTF Exercise appeared first on Wallarm Blo...

Recent discoveries reveal high-risk PHP vulnerabilities

Hundreds of millions of people using everyday platforms could be at risk. One of the most popular server-side web programming languages, Hypertext Preprocessor PHP was discovered to be at high risk for attacks. Patches for high-severity vulnerabilities have been released. Without a protective...

Wallarm connector to Apigee

If you are a business undergoing a digital transformation, like Walgreens, Nike or Bechtel, heavy reliance on APIs is a key part of that digital transformation strategy. “The growing demand for information, delivered securely at any time, in any place and on any device has changed the way we thin...

An Analog Approach to Secure Operations in Kubernetes

Security is not something you achieve. It's something you continually take care of and understand as constantly transforming. Here are our tips about your K8s cybersecurity The post An Analog Approach to Secure Operations in Kubernetes appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

An Analog Approach to Secure Operations in Kubernetes

Security is not something you achieve. It's something you continually take care of and understand as constantly transforming. Here are our tips about your K8s cybersecurity The post An Analog Approach to Secure Operations in Kubernetes appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

WAF-Based Attacks & The Future of Security

Understand WAFs and cybersecurity. Recent WAF-based breaches with CapitalOne, Imperva, and Cloudflare offer essential lessons we can learn from where WAF technology is failing us and what can we do to improve our security. The post WAF-Based Attacks & The Future of Security appeared first on...

WAF-Based Attacks & The Future of Security

Understand WAFs and cybersecurity. Recent WAF-based breaches with CapitalOne, Imperva, and Cloudflare offer essential lessons we can learn from where WAF technology is failing us and what can we do to improve our security. The post WAF-Based Attacks & The Future of Security appeared first on...

Shift to Microservices: Evolve Your Security Practices & Container Security

Understand the best practices of shifting left to change your DevOps into DevSecOps. Your security health will get a serious boost. The post Shift to Microservices: Evolve Your Security Practices & Container Security appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Shift to Microservices: Evolve Your Security Practices & Container Security

Understand the best practices of shifting left to change your DevOps into DevSecOps. Your security health will get a serious boost. The post Shift to Microservices: Evolve Your Security Practices & Container Security appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Choose the right ingress controller for your Kubernetes environment

Choosing the right ingress controller can help you ensure the right infrastructure, direction, and level of customization. Get the information about ingress controllers you need. The post Choose the right ingress controller for your Kubernetes environment appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Choose the right ingress controller for your Kubernetes environment

Choosing the right ingress controller can help you ensure the right infrastructure, direction, and level of customization. Get the information about ingress controllers you need. The post Choose the right ingress controller for your Kubernetes environment appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Frenemy at the Gates: The Breaching

Online businesses have to be careful. It’s a dangerous world, full of anonymous people and services wearing digital skins. It sounds horrific because it is. On the other side of a transaction, could be anyone. Extra measures have to be made to secure web interfaces and API endpoints that online...