How scanners find vulnerabilities
DAST vulnerability scanners are not that different from virus scanners. In both cases, the goal of the software is to…
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Acunetix releases IAST support for WebSphere and improves crawling of SPAs
A new Acunetix Premium update has been released for Windows, Linux, and macOS: 14.9.220713150 This Acunetix release introduces IAST support…
5 reasons why web security is important to avoid ransomware
Ransomware has been a source of major problems for many organizations in recent years. Many of them, aware of this…
7 steps to avoid uncoordinated vulnerability disclosure
Imagine the following situation. You work as a cybersecurity manager for a company that owns the website www.example.com. One day,…
Hackers: The third pillar of security
Every business knows that to maintain security, you need the primary pillar: the right employees. Some businesses know that these…
Red teaming – 5 tips on how to do it safely
Red team vs blue team exercises are a very effective method to evaluate the security posture of your business. However,…
Fines as a Security System
Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking: The Anti-Theft Mode feature…
Friday Squid Blogging: Thermal Batteries from Squid Proteins
Researchers are making thermal batteries from “a synthetic material that’s derived from squid ring teeth protein.” As usual, you can…
Search ads abused to spread malware – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Threat actors used search engine ads to impersonate makers of popular software and direct internet users to malicious websites The…
Defending against AI Lobbyists
When is it time to start worrying about artificial intelligence interfering in our democracy? Maybe when an AI writes a…