While traditional penetration testing (pen testing) has long been the go-to method for identifying security gaps in a organization’s network and web application, a new approach has emerged: ...

Computers are vulnerable to viruses and malicious software that can cause damage to your files and software, compromise your security and privacy and spread to other computers without your knowledge.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs SB 243, the first US law setting child-safety rules for AI chatbots, from crisis redirects to transparency requirements. Hollywood pushes back against OpenAI’s Sora 2 as ...

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I’m writing to tell you about our new Watcher tool for web-app security auditing and testing. Watcher is a plug-in for Eric Lawrence’s Fiddler proxy aimed at helping developers and testers find ...

A DAST tool is an application security (AppSec) solution that in essence uses similar techniques that a cybercriminal would use to find potential weaknesses in web applications, while they are in use.

When we think about how to protect our information systems against attack, the typical things that come to mind are firewalls, encryption and applying the latest software patches. These technical ...

I have already written about the potential benefits and pitfalls of bug bounties, but some numbers from the above-mentioned reports appeared interesting to me — highlighting previously unobvious ...

One thing that is certain about website creation is that no user wants to go to a site that gives them a bad experience. When a user encounters such a site, they will quickly turn away—causing you to ...

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