web application security
OWASP top 10 web application risks for 2013
Since 2003, application security researchers and experts from all over the world at the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) have carefully monitored the state of web …
Trend Micro releases web app security offering
Trend Micro Web App Security is a service offering that provides enterprise-grade security with vulnerability detection and protection for web applications and the platforms …
QualysGuard Express Lite released
Qualys announced QualysGuard Express Lite, a small business version of the company’s suite of integrated security and compliance solutions. The new cloud offering …
Tripwire includes web application scanning with IP360
Tripwire announced that dynamic web application scanning is now included in IP360. This critical functionality enables customers to detect and prioritize web application …
A look into the EC Council hack
Update: Wednesday, 22 May 2013 – Tal Be’ery: “We had analyzed a screenshot of what we had thought at the time the current EC council site hack. Later we had …
Application vulnerabilities still a top security concern
Respondents to a new (ISC)2 study identified application vulnerabilities as their top security concern. A significant gap persists between software developers’ …
The importance of secure coding
Jim Manico is the VP of Security Architecture for WhiteHat Security. In this video recorded at Hack In The Box 2013 Amsterdam, Manico illustrates the importance of secure …
Serious website vulnerabilities continue to decrease
A new WhiteHat Security report has correlated vulnerability data from tens of thousands of websites from more than 650 organizations, with software development lifecycle …
Dangerous CSRF attacks up 132%
FireHost has announced today its Q1 2013 web application attack statistics, detailing the type and number of the most dangerous cyberattacks blocked by the firewalls that …
The importance of crowd-sourced threat intelligence
Imperva analyzed real-world attack traffic against 60 web applications between January and March 2013 to identify common attack patterns. Businesses can reduce the risk of …
The rise of everyday hackers
Veracode released its annual State of Software Security Report, which includes research on software vulnerability trends as well as predictions on how these flaws could be …
8 in 10 companies suffered web-borne attacks
The vast majority of organizations that allow employees to freely access the Web are experiencing high rates of malware threats, including phishing attacks, spyware, …