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How to Improve Mobile App Performance

Mobile apps have become more popular than websites. In early 2017, mobile apps accounted for nearly half of global internet traffic and will continue to rapidly grow.

Necurs Botnet Goes Phishing for Banks

A new Necurs botnet campaign targets thousands of banks with a malicious file dropping the FlawedAmmyy remote-access Trojan.

15,000-strong Army of Twitter Robots Found Spreading Cryptocurrency Spam

Twitter may be fighting the bot battle, but it’s still got plenty of multi-legged e-millipedes crawling around its ecosystem.

Comcast Xfinity Web Flaws Exposed Customer Data

There is no comfortable way for an organisation to learn that its website is leaking customer data but one of the most alarming must surely be getting that bad news from a journalist.

IoT Malware Found Hitting Airplanes' SATCOM Systems

In 2014, IOActive researchers revealed security vulnerabilities they found in the most widely deployed satellite communications terminals and presented potential scenarios attackers could exploit once SATCOM systems have been compromised in the aviation, maritime, and military sectors. In 2018,[...]

Only 8% of Organizations Have Effective DevSecOps Practices

92 percent of organizations struggle to implement security into the entire DevOps process despite most saying they want to do so – a staggering capability gap exposed in the new, global data report commissioned by Checkmarx. The study spotlights the biggest barriers to securing software today[...]

Website Performance Factors You Should Monitor and Optimize

Your website is the face of your business. It’s a crucial business asset through which potential customers learn more about your brand and make buying decisions. Since modern customers have a myriad of options, it’s important to provide them with the best possible user experience on your website to[...]

SamSam Ransomware Attacks Extorted Nearly $6 Million

Ransomware has become a multimillion-dollar black market business for cybercriminals, and SamSam being a great example.

Cloud WAF: Overview and Benefits

Enterprises face daily cyber-threats which can cause revenue loss and damage to their reputation. To protect themselves against malicious actors, they employ various cyber-security measures, one of which is web application firewall (WAF).

Same Web-Based Vulnerabilities Still Prevalent After Nine Years

Analysis of vulnerabilities discovered by NCC Group researchers over the last nine years found that instances of common web-based vulnerabilities have largely refused to fall over during this time, with cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities appearing the most frequently.