Reacting to Ransomware and Setting Secure Defaults - Rob Allen - ASW #353
21 October - 1 hour 3 minsRansomware attacks typically don't care about memory safety and dependency scanning, they often target old, unpatched vulns and too often they succeed. Rob Allen shares some of the biggest cases he's seen, what they have in common, and what appsec teams could do better to help them. Too much software still requires custom configuration to make it more secure. And too few software makers are embracing secure by default, let alone secure by design.
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