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As the world comes to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, the situation has proven to be a blessing in disguise for threat actors, who’ve taken advantage of the opportunity to target victims with scams or malware campaigns.
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data interchange format used to communicate between applications. It is similar to XML but simpler and better suited to be processed by JavaScript.
Imagine the following situation. You work as a security manager for a company that owns the website www.example.com. One day, your sales department receives an email from an unknown individual. The sales department forwards it to you. The email has the following content:
Session IDs are a tasty treat for malicious hackers. Once an attacker gets their hands on a session ID, they can get unauthorized access to a web application and fully impersonate a valid user. In general, there are three primary methods to obtain a valid session ID:
Malware. Adware. Ransomware. So many “wares” thrown around these days in the world of cybersecurity. The latest addition to this list is known as ‘fleeceware’. The term was coined by UK cybersecurity firm Sophos in September 2019. This was following the firm’s discovery of a new type of financial fraud on the Google Play Store.
It’s the dawn of a new decade. As we look to a year of promise and excitement, its probably a good idea to pay a bit more attention to cybersecurity. Most of our modern activities revolve around technology. It makes sense to take security a bit more seriously. So, here’s a list of things you could look to implementing to upgrade your security experience in 2020.
You might have heard of it before and might not be sure what it’s about exactly. But bug bounty programs remain an important and effective part of cybersecurity, particularly for companies. So what is a bug bounty program? How does one help cybersecurity? Here’s what you need to know.
Getting an SSL certificate is one of the first and important things when it comes to website security. But often, it is assumed that this alone will suffice in protecting your website. An HTTPS website does enhance a website’s security. But it will not singlehandedly keep your website out of harm’s way.