Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a security vulnerability allowing a user to alter the code that an application delivers to a user which is executed in the user’s web browser. It is most commonly found in web applications affecting the user's browser, but also possible in other applications with embedded web content, such as an interactive [...]
Many businesses understand that it’s important to properly manage their web application security. But in truth, it goes far beyond the need to simply “avoid being hacked”. There are often serious liabilities associated with the failure to properly manage your security. Unfortunately, many of those liabilities are an afterthought. Until of course, there is a [...]
A few weeks back Alert Logic released their latest cloud security report. The report highlights the current rise in web application attacks. In short it states “‘Businesses with a large volume of online customer interactions are targeted for web application attacks in order to gain access to sensitive customer & financial data". This 45% increase [...]
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 [...]
