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Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

IT executives have rising SaaS security fears, and worry about cloud security, proprietary data encryption, as well as the loss of independent control due to access limitations, according to Archive360. SaaS security fears The research surveyed more than 100 enterprise IT executives worldwide, to identify the leading security challenges they face with their SaaS vendors….

Application Security, Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

The latest edition of Veracode’s annual “State of Software Security” study released this week shows that many enterprise organizations are at increased breach risk because of aging, unaddressed application security flaws. Veracode recently analyzed data from application security tests on more than 85,000 applications and found that, on average, companies fix just 56% of all…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Do cloud apps make you a target for cyber attacks?

Almost half (49%) of businesses believe cloud apps make them a target for cyber attacks, a Thales research reveals. Surveying 1,050 IT decision makers globally, Thales’ 2019 Access Management Index revealed that cloud applications (49%) are listed in the top three reasons an organization might be attacked, just behind unprotected infrastructure such as IoT devices…

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

Facebook Pulls Security App From Apple Store Over Privacy

The twin developments come as Facebook is under intense scrutiny over privacy following the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. Allegations that the political consultancy used personal information harvested from 87 million Facebook accounts have dented Facebook’s reputation. Since the scandal broke, Facebook has investigated thousands of apps and suspended more than 400 of them…

Application Security, Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Firefox Focus: Private iOS browsing made easy

Mozilla has released Firefox Focus, an iOS app that lets you browse the Internet without having to worry who’s tracking your online activity. The app can be used independently, or can be integrated with the existing (installed) Firefox and Safari apps (more details about the usage can be found here).