Java Applications Under Attack Barrage in Latest Contrast Labs Bimonthly AppSec Intel Report

The March–April 2021 Bimonthly AppSec Intelligence Report from Contrast Labs pegs the overall RiskScore Index at 5.06, the lowest since July 2020. This should be good news, especially with the percentage of applications with a serious vulnerability decreasing in this bimonthly time frame. However, the number of applications with serious vulnerabilities remained higher than any month since November. Further, the percentage of applications impacted by specific attack types increased 9% and attacks on Java applications that were viable were up to 3% of applications—a big jump from .5%. Listen to this Inside AppSec podcast interview with Contrast Security CTO and Co-founder Jeff Williams and Sr. Data Analyst and Scientist Katharine Watson to get more details on these trends and others.