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• Machine learning can be used to prevent malicious actions by training it to do behavioral checks
• DevSecOps is not a silver bullet for software security engineering and should not be hyped as such
• The way organizations respond to bug reports contributes to the persistence of old security bugs
• Mitigation strategies that only fix reported bugs or prioritize based on risk rating are inadequate
• Publicly reported security bugs should be taken seriously and addressed promptly

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• Open source code makes up a significant portion of an organization's codebase, and new packages are constantly being developed, leading to vulnerabilities and breaches.
• Containerization is important for keeping code and infrastructure clean, but vulnerabilities can still surface in containers.
• Developers' integrated development environments, such as Visual Studio Code, are also vulnerable to attacks.
• Secure development environments are crucial for protecting end users and require a shift left approach to security.
• The presentation includes a demonstration of a vulnerability in the Instant Markdown plugin for Visual Studio Code.

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• Shift left is important in integrating security early on in the development process
• Development and security teams need to work together to maximize mutual understanding and cooperation
• Risk profiling is important in designing effective security defenses
• The Hardening Project in Japan is an eight-hour security competition that helps participants update their knowledge about incident response and improve their defenses
• The competition involves dealing with technical failures, customer complaints, and public relations response
• The Softening Day is a session where teams and attackers give presentations to share and summarize their activities and strategies

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• Unauthorized access or theft of cryptographic keys may lead to total loss of data
• Improper key management and access control, unintended forks and chain split attacks are concerns
• API integration with third parties leads to trust issues
• Blockchain can provide security for smart systems and achieve trusted data storage and execution of smart contracts
• Security and privacy are significant challenges in cyber physical systems
• Heterogeneity in device resources, multiple attack services, lack of control over data sharing, and poor implementation of security and privacy mechanisms are challenges
• Audit facilities and updating software and hardware are important
• Ransomware attacks are a major threat to cyber physical systems

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• OWASP ZAP is a web scanner tool designed to find vulnerabilities in custom web applications.
• The new automation framework simplifies the process of configuring and running scans.
• Out-of-band security testing allows for the detection of vulnerabilities that may not be immediately apparent.
• Improved reporting capabilities provide more detailed information about vulnerabilities and site statistics.
• The package scans and API are still available, but the automation framework provides a more user-friendly option for those less familiar with driving Zap through the API.

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• Digital technologies have revolutionized the world's economic and cultural institutions but have brought additional risk in the form of cyber attacks
• Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is important in consolidating a company and protecting applications
• CTI is the collection and analysis of information about cyber threats and adversaries to provide context and prevent/mitigate attacks
• CTI should be objectively actionable and help reduce the effectiveness of cyber threats
• CTI can be a driver for cybersecurity return of investment
• CTI is lacking a methodology in the application world
• Intelligence is often shared but hardly used and distribution is difficult
• Lessons from the intelligence community can be applied to CTI

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• Microservice architecture is increasingly used for designing and implementing application systems, but it brings new security architecture patterns and approaches that may lead to vulnerabilities
• The presentation provides approaches and practical tips for conducting a basic security assessment of microservice-based systems to find microservice-specific vulnerabilities
• The research results were extracted during multiple security assessments, collected, structured and contributed to the OWASP community