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Low code/no code tools reap IT benefits—with caveats

CIO

Low-code/no-code visual programming tools promise to radically simplify and speed up application development by allowing business users to create new applications using drag and drop interfaces, reducing the workload on hard-to-find professional developers. So there’s a lot in the plus column, but there are reasons to be cautious, too.

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Get rid of client secrets with OAuth authorization code PKCE flow

Xebia

Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) flow, an extension of the Authorization Code flow that helps prevent CSRF and authorization code interception attacks. PKCE is mandated for all OAuth clients using the Authorization Code flow, not only public clients. Introduction to Authorization Code Flow The OAuth 2.0

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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

CIO

Identity attacks use social engineering, prompt-bombing, bribing employees for 2FA codes, and session hijacking (among many techniques) to get privileged access. Plants decoys of internal apps like code repositories, customer databases, business applications, and objects like S3 buckets and AWS keys in your cloud tenants.

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The Shift Beyond the Hype: Transitioning from Vanity Metrics to Authentic Business Objectives

Xebia

A vanity metric might be choosing to monitor a few app downloads – and a success (on the surface) would be if you notice a sudden spike in the number of app downloads – seems like a major win. This means that although more people are downloading the app, not many continue to use it afterward.

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Code signing: securing against supply chain vulnerabilities

CircleCI

This collection of agents and actors involved in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) is called the software supply chain. Because you are working with several moving parts — including open source material, APIs, and so on — it is crucial to know just how secure each component of your software supply chain is.

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ApatchMe - Authenticated Stored XSS Vulnerability in AWS and GCP Apache Airflow Services

Tenable

Each Apache Airflow instance is attached to a managed web panel that authenticates its users and grants them session cookies to perform sensitive authenticated operations. Apache Airflow is one of the most popular orchestration tools, with 12 million downloads per month. How common is Apache Airflow?

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CVE-2024-24919: Check Point Security Gateway Information Disclosure Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

During this monitoring, Check Point noticed “a small number of login attempts” that were utilizing local accounts with password-only authentication enabled. Password-only authentication is not recommended as brute-force attacks could allow attackers to compromise accounts with weak passwords. Hotfix Version Download Link R81.20