Terraform Import: What It Is and How to Use It
In this post we’ll explore Terraform Import, a powerful command-line tool that allows you to bring existing infrastructure under Terraform management. We’ll cover what Terraform Import is, …
CRLF Injection, Explained: An In-Depth Guide
In this in-depth guide we’ll explore CRLF injection, a web application security vulnerability that can have severe consequences. First, we’ll cover what CRLF injection is, the types of …
Kosli Changelog - May 2023
Hello, and welcome to the May edition of the changelog. I’ve been pretty busy this last month preparing my presentation for the NDC Oslo conference. So, I drifted away from the team for a bit, only to …
This $80m Banking Incident shows that Change Controls don't work
This week I’ve been reading through the recent judgment from the Swedish FSA on the Swedbank outage. If you’re unfamiliar with this story, Swedbank had a major outage in April 2022 that was caused by …
The Dark Side of DevSecOps and the case for Governance Engineering
For today’s software organizations security has never been more top of mind. On one side there is the present and growing threat of being hacked by malicious actors, set out in Crowdstrike’s recent …
Authentication Failures: Definition, Consequences, and Prevention
Authentication is the security process that verifies a user’s identity in order to grant access to their online account. It also functions as the gateway to your product. It’s a workflow …
How to Use Ansible Copy Module: An In-Depth Guide
In this post, we’re going to learn about the Ansible copy module. Before we look at the copy module specifically, let us first remind ourselves what Ansible is. You can install this open-source …
Command Injection: A Guide to Types, Risks, and Prevention
Command injection is a kind of cyber attack that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a system. Attackers accomplish this by exploiting vulnerabilities in an application’s input …
What Is Broken-Access Control? Examples and Prevention
Access control is a security mechanism that regulates who has access to sensitive data, resources, and systems. It ensures that only authorized users can access sensitive data and activities while …