security

Swagger UI being blocked by Spring Security

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I am trying to implement spring security with JWT token, I am trying to achieve authentication with method level authorization My configuration looks like this SwaggerConfig.java @Configuration @PropertySource({“classpath:application.properties”}) @EnableSwagger2 @EnableWebMvc public class SwaggerConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer { @Autowired private Environment env; @Value(“${swagger.enable:false}”) private Boolean isEnabled; @Bean public Docket swaggerBean() { return new Docket(DocumentationType.SWAGGER_2) .enable(isEnabled) .select() .apis(RequestHandlerSelectors.basePackage(“com.my.packageapi.v1”)) … Read more

The Evolution of Configuration Management: IaC vs. GitOps

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Misconfigurations are the leading cause behind security incidents in Kubernetes-orchestrated or otherwise containerized environments. Without proper configuration in place, applications would run into problems ranging from noncompliance and inconsistencies to performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and functionality failure. Therefore, configuration management is a critical component in a software development lifecycle for maintaining systems in a desired, … Read more

Open Source Security Risks – DZone Open Source

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What Are Open-Source Vulnerabilities? While open-source software drives rapid innovation, it introduces many challenges. On the one hand, it provides developers with ready-made software to add functionality to existing applications or even use it as the foundation for a new product. However, it also introduces security risks. Open-source security has become a cornerstone of modern … Read more

Demystify the Cybersecurity Risk Management Process

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Cybersecurity is critical today, with data breaches becoming more common and sophisticated. As a result, cybersecurity risk management is a complex and ever-changing field. After checking out some online surveys, we found around 304.7 million ransomware attempts in the first half of 2021. In the second half, it was even worse, reaching 318.6 million. These … Read more

jwt – Spring Security Authentication Manager Response is not what is expected

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I am learning to set up stateless security with spring and jwt. The code works fine when I submit a valid user. But when I submit invalid credentials the response in browser is not what I expected. I have the follwing pom.xml. ?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <project xmlns=”http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0″ xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” xsi:schemaLocation=”http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd”> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>2.6.6</version> … Read more

API Security Weekly: Issue 163

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This week, we have an article on 7 reasons why API security strategies are failing, details on the recent keynote by Werner Vogels at AWS re:Invent on 6 rules for good API design, an article by Cisco on API discovery, and a review of some of the biggest API security attacks in 2021. Article: 7 … Read more

SAST in Secure SDLC: 3 Reasons to Integrate It in a DevSecOps Pipeline

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Vulnerabilities produce enormous reputational and financial risks. As a result, many companies are fascinated by security and desire to build a secure development life cycle (SSDLC). So, today we’re going to discuss SAST — one of the SSDLC components. SAST (static application security testing) searches for security defects in application source code. SAST examines the … Read more

Handling Sensitive Data: A Prim

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Properly securing sensitive customer data is more important than ever. Consumers are secured insisting that their data be and managed properly. The regulatory environment is also becoming tougher, and business requirements are becoming increasingly complex. The burden is placed on the company and its development teams to meet these requirements while still delighting users. If … Read more

Angular + React: Vulnerability Cheatsheet

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Securing applications is not the easiest thing to do. An application has many components: server-side logic, client-side logic, data storage, data transportation, API, and more. With all these components to secure, building a secure application can seem really daunting. Thankfully, most real-life vulnerabilities share the same root causes. By studying these common vulnerability types, why … Read more