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Retail and hospitality sector fixing software flaws at a faster rate than others

Issued by: Help Net Security

The retail and hospitality sector is fixing software flaws at a faster rate than five other sectors, a Veracode analysis of more than 130,000 applications reveals. The ability to find and fix potential security defects quickly is a necessity, particularly in an industry that requires rapid response to changing customer demands. Retail and hospitality also…

Application Security, Network Security

Most credential abuse attacks against the financial sector targeted APIs

Issued by: Help Net Security

From May 2019 and continuing on until the end of the year, there was a dramatic shift by criminals who started targeting APIs, in an effort to bypass security controls. According to data from Akamai, up to 75% of all credential abuse attacks against the financial services industry targeted APIs directly. According to the report’s…

Network Security

Cyber risk increases at all layers of the corporate network

Issued by: Help Net Security

Organizations will face a growing risk from their cloud and the supply chain, according to Trend Micro. Cyber risk increases at all levels The growing popularity of cloud and DevOps environments will continue to drive business agility while exposing organizations, from enterprises to manufacturers, to third-party risk. “As we enter a new decade, organizations of…

Application Security, Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities in financial mobile apps put consumers and businesses at risk

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

Security hubris. It’s the phrase we use to refer to our feeling of confidence grounded on assumptions we all have (but may not be aware of or care to admit) about cybersecurity—and, at times, privacy. It rears its ugly head when (1) we share the common notion that programmers know how to code securely; (2)…