CBS recently fixed a vulnerability in its popular Sports application that could have exposed users to man-in-the-middle attacks and inadvertently leaked personal data. According to researchers, upon registration, users’ names, email addresses, account passwords, dates of birth, and zip codes were all sent over an unencrypted connection, in cleartext, to the app’s servers. Both the Android [...]
Even if an application has been built following security and defensive coding best practices, it will still require significant testing before it's ready for release. Whether this is routine testing for common vulnerabilities or security-focused penetration testing to pick up on the types of problems that often slip through the cracks, following security best practices [...]
While not being in the worst performing sector for security, retail is one of the biggest targets for attackers and a number of breaches hit the headlines in 2015, the most well known being chain store Target. As retailers process a large volume of payments, they are an obvious target for the theft of financial [...]
