A new study by WhiteHat Security shows that in 2018, US companies tested 20% more application for security vulnerabilities than in the year before, but they fixed only about half (50.7%) of critical …
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ImmuniWeb researchers have found vulnerabilities in the web applications, APIs and/or mobile apps of 97 of the 100 largest financial organizations in the world, which are located across 22 countries. …
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A new Watchguard report shows that malware detections rose by 62% between Q4 of 2018 and Q1 of this year. The study also found that macOS malware is a growing threat, with two strains making the top …
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A security firm holding a grudge against WordPress recently released proof-of-concept (PoC) code for two zero-days affecting two official Facebook plugins for WordPress. The impacted plugins are …
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An extensive Akamai report on the state of Internet security highlights the growing cyber threat for gamers. According to the study, gaming websites were the target of around 12 billion credential …
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New research by bug bounty firm HackerOne shows that cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities are still the most common type of security flaw found in web applications. XSS flaws can enable …
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