Top security researchers key in on vulnerability trends
A banking application that leaked sensitive user data in plaintext. A vulnerability in an international transportation organization that could have allowed an attacker to reroute shipments. Cache poisoning that turned companies’ content delivery networks against them.
These are all real-world examples of glaring security flaws uncovered by members of the elite Synack Red Team community of security researchers. Hear other takeaways from the cutting edge of penetration testing by tuning into the full video of Synack’s Exploits Explained breakfast event at RSA.
The live panel was moderated by Synack head of communications Blake Sobczak and featured top SRT members Nikhil Srivastava, SRT Legend and co-founder of the BSides Ahmedabad security conference; Miranda Ross, SRT researcher and security consultant; and SRT Guardian of Trust inductee Nicolas Krassas.
In the full video, you’ll hear about:
- Why broken access control and injection vulnerabilities are so common across customer attack surfaces
- How the blockbuster Log4j vulnerability was “a very big party” for security researchers
- What a typical day looks like for a Synack Red Team researcher – and how they achieve cybersecurity work/life balance