March 2017 - APP SECURITY INSIGHTS

Trending Application Security Concerns

The risks of using the internet to carry out all of your important transactions are starting to become known by every type of individual. It isn’t just large corporations that need to be concerned, the most random people are finding that their credit cards are being used for major purchases somewhere across the country and viruses are taking hold of...

Application Security/Security Threats

The Evolution of DDoS

DoS and DDoS attacks are all over the news and becoming more sophisticated by the year. In case you haven’t heard of them yet, DoS stands for ‘denial of service’. This type of attack usually consists of a massive amount of requests sent to a website to view its pages all at the same time. This overwhelms the system with...

Hacking Threats/Security Breach

10 Most Common Mobile Application Vulnerabilities

Ignoring problems won’t make them disappear. Yet that’s precisely the tack many mobile app developers take when looking at the vulnerabilities their apps face. It doesn’t matter if your app is small or large, whether or not you’re a security expert, or whether you’ve been hacked before. Sooner or later, someone will take advantage of mobile application vulnerabilities to attack...

Hacking Threats/Mobile App Security

What Exactly is OWASP?

OWASP is among the longest running security projects, with collaborators in nations across the globe, and an open-source community actively dedicated to improving digital security. But what exactly is OWASP? If you’re in the technology business long enough, it’s hard not to hear about the loosely organized group. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), which is now buoyed by...

Business/Independent App Developer/Security

3 Ways to Protect Your User Information From Hacking Attacks

Stealing user information is something that occurs frequently in the hacking scene. Hackers can leverage this sensitive data to gain access to other channels and create further damages. Yahoo experienced a major hacking attack that stole over 500 million users’ information two years ago. The Department of Justice announced today that the usages of stolen user information from Yahoo are...

Anti Hacking Software/Hacking Threats

Ironically, A Cyber Attack Was Not to Blame for Last Weeks AWS Outage

The Internet might seem like it runs itself, and to a certain extent, it does — at least, that’s the case when everything is programmed correctly and there are no major cyber attacks. But a simple human error has the capacity to take down an entire website. Less frequently, a small error can take down much of the web. That’s...

Business/News

Mobile Application Security: Two-Step Verification Is On The Rise

So you’ve taken your mobile application from idea to execution. It’s been a long road of sleepless nights, countless hours of attention to detail and much strife just to make your passion project a reality, but it’s finally live. Now imagine that all of your effort and hard work was for nothing, that your brainchild has been attacked and violated...

Mobile App Security/Mobile Security

Many iOS Applications Are Failing To Secure Our Information

Mobile technology is fast becoming the predominant way in which consumers engage with the internet. One would think that mobile apps are routinely outfitted with security measures effective enough to keep malicious users away from the endless sensitive user data that is transmitted across apps on an ongoing basis. Unfortunately, this is simply not the case, at least not always.

Mobile App Security

App Developers: Protect Your Source Code Before It’s Too Late!

Your app doesn’t exist without your source code. That’s the bottom line. Your source code is the very basis for everything that your users experience when they log into your app. You would think that keeping such a deeply integral part of your programming under wraps would be considered the highest of priorities. Unfortunately, that’s often not the case, as...

Mobile App Developers/Source Code

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