SQL Injection Vulnerability and .NET Application Attacks Spike

Contrast Labs’ latest bimonthly research findings (“Application Security Intelligence Report”) looks at application vulnerability and attack trends against COVID-19 data—identifying potential areas of alignment. Attacks on SQL injection and broken access control vulnerabilities were up considerably. With SQL injection vulnerabilities found in more than twice the number of applications than vulnerabilities in general, this serves as a warning light for those responsible for application security. .NET applications were also in the crosshairs of cyber criminals; five .NET vulnerabilities saw double-digit increases over the previous bimonthly report. Contrast Security’s CISO David Lindner and Data Scientist Katharine Watson discuss these and other application vulnerability and attack trends in this Inside AppSec podcast.