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Tag: Web Application Security
Best Practices for Securing Web Applications Against Modern Threats
February 13, 2025 | Tom Ryan
Are Your Web Applications Truly Secure? Application programming interfaces (APIs) are critical in modern software development. APIs define rules and protocols that enable applications to communicate and share data with other systems. This communication enables developers to leverage the functionality of existing applications rather than recreating those functions and services from scratch. As a result, APIs accelerate software development and… Read more →
Do the recent DDoS attacks signal future web application risks?
October 21, 2022 | Jay Badlani
Multiple reports in the media, including in Bloomberg US Edition, allege that Russian-associated cybercrime group Killnet is responsible for a series of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during the week of October 6 that took several state government and other websites offline. While most of the websites were restored within 48 hours, these volumetric attacks can leave even the most secure sites paralyzed and… Read more →
10 Things cybercriminals love about you
March 23, 2022 | Mike Klepper
10 Ways organizations make attacks easy What do cybercriminals love? (Mostly themselves, but that is beside the point.) They love organizations that have unmitigated risks in their web applications and application program interfaces (APIs). With the entire world connected via the internet, the easiest and quickest way for threat actors to infiltrate your systems or steal customer data is through web… Read more →
Why client-side web application security is critical to protecting from Magecart and other similar attacks
March 1, 2022 | Mike Klepper
What can’t you buy on the internet? Last-minute birthday gifts. Check. A new refrigerator. Check. An engagement ring. Check. Groceries. Check. Travel to foreign lands. Check. Internet-driven consumerism is a critical component of our economy. But it has its dark side filled with demons. And the demons—more commonly known as cybercriminals—who live in the… Read more →
Introduction to SAST
September 30, 2021 | David Balaban
This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. DevSecOps means countering threats at all stages of creating a software product. The DevSecOps process is impossible without securing the source code. In this article, I would like to talk about Static Application Security Testing (SAST). As development fluency is growing every year, many companies are introducing DevSecOps. Its main message… Read more →