Blogs

In this blog, we announce the (beta) release of a new docker-compose-based deployment option.

With more than a half thousand NPM deployments protected with open-appsec WAF, we are moving this integration to "General Availability"!

This article describes how we tested the efficacy of several leading WAF solutions in real-world conditions and the test's striking results.

Nesecon's user journey with open-appsec and their insights after over one year in their labs, pre-production, and the field

open-appsec announces its upcoming support for Envoy Proxy and Istio Service Mesh, without adding complexity or compromising performance

open-appsec announces its new integration with APISIX gateway. This blogs explains the deployment process on Linux, Docker and Kubernetes.

Protecting web applications in your homelab from unknown zero-day attacks by adding open-appsec to your reverse proxy.

This blog describes open-appsec upcoming support for ARM-Based platforms, addressing a key request from our user community.

This blog describes the benefits of practicing your WAF deployment before installing it and presents open-appsec's many playground options.

Discover the power of open-appsec WAF integrated with Docker SWAG for a seamless web app security solution

Discover the power of open-appsec WAF integrated with NGINX Proxy Manager (NPM) for a seamless web app security solution, now with a new cen

Learn how to leverage open-appsec / CloudGuard WAF for PCI DSS Requirement 6.4.1-2 Compliance.

Announcing open-appsec WAF Integration with NGINX Proxy Manager!

Blog examines CVE-2023-36934, a critical vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer software. We detailed the vulnerability's exploitation mechan

open-appsec events can be seen in the open-appsec central management WebUI. Here we explain how these events can also be displayed in SIEM.

How IT Creation, Netherlands transitioned from ModSecurity WAF to a machine-learning based open source WAF.

Gamification and metaphors can make AI's learning journey more transparent and relatable, explained on an open-source ML-based WAF

In this blog we describe how to secure MicroK8s Kubernetes cluster on an Ubuntu machine, using open-appsec based on NGINX ingress controller

ModSecurity will reach “End of Life“ by 31.3.2024. This blog explains how open-appsec can offer an open-source, free, ML-based alternative

In this blog we explain how to protect GraphQL applications effectively without any change to the protected application, using open-appsec.

On Monday August 28th, 2023 at 9:31 GMT open-appsec team was notified by email about a potential issue with the Web Portal Events view...

We conducted an experiment developing in two methods: traditional vs. ChatGPT. We share the process and what we learned.

Which WAF delivers the best Security and Detection Quality? We tested AWS, Azure, CloudFlare, F5 NGINX, ModSec, open-appsec / CloudGuard.

In this article, we will present how open-appsec's capabilities can help address each of the OWASP-Top-10 risks.

To explain the inner mechanics of open-appsec’s contextual ML engine, we created a video session, led by open-appsec PM, Christopher Lutat

In this blog we explain how to deploy open-appsec in SWAG version 2.5.0 in different options for self-compilation per OS and version.

In this article you will learn how to easily migrate or connect an existing local open-appsec deployment to the WebUI management portal.

This new integration allows open-appsec to connect to the CrowdSec local API to consume the CrowdSec Threat Intelligence.

In this blog we describe how we used the open-appsec engine’s Schema Validation capability to protect our own APIs.

The report evaluates and rates vendors based on a set of key criteria, including security capabilities, ease of use, and overall value.

open-appsec provides Kong users effective and integrated API Security including preemptive protection against zero-day attacks.

Modern SQLi evasion techniques evolve day by day raising the question of whether traditional WAF systems are able to handle this challenge.

Article explains how open-appsec ML-based engine allow pre-emptive protection against zero-days and how to configure it.

Claroty developed a bypass for WAF products. The attack involves appending JSON syntax to SQL injection. Many leading WAFs were vulnerable.

This articles compares NGINX App Protect signature-based WAF and open-appsec free open-source ML-based WAF.

Why you should perform pentesting, how to fix common issues discovered and how to mitigate using a WAF.

open-appsec deployment package does not bring OpenSSL. The library installed during deployment is version 1.1.1, which is not vulnerable.

Pre-emptive web app & API threat protection against OWASP-Top-10 and  zero-day attacks for Kubernetes Ingress, NGINX, Envoy and API Gateways

open-appsec ML-based WAF provides out-of-the-box protection against the latest "text4shell” vulnerability (CVE-2022-42889)

In today's environment of tested and proven ML, there is no reason to accept low expectations for protection.

A deep look at zero-day exploits and whether it is possible to avoid being the victim of one.

Open-source has enabled the tech industry to creatively use, build, connect and innovate. Can you imagine a modern tech stack without...