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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Phishing Scams & Ransomware Prevention in Europe

Since 2004, October has been recognized as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States. Throughout this month, companies and IT professionals across the world should make sure that they’re rededicating themselves to cybersecurity best practic...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Top 5 Programming Languages in 2022 and Their Risks

According to a recent report by IBM, the average data breach will cost over $4.35 million in 2022. That’s why it’s more important than ever for programmers to be aware of the risks associated with different coding languages and take steps to protect...

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Application Security for Energy Providers

In any industry, cybersecurity threats lurk around every corner. Cybersecurity breaches are costly. In 2021, the average cost of a cybersecurity data breach was $4.24 million, and can substantially damage a company’s reputation in ad...

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Github Repojacking: What You Need to Know

Threat actors have been using GitHub‘s repojacking flaw to hijack and inject thousands of repositories with malicious code. This flaw has yet to be fixed, meaning GitHub users will likely see more of these attacks soon. Luckily, there are ways to prevent...

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Understanding the SpringShell Vulnerability in Spring Java Framework

Researchers recently announced the presence of a gaping security hole in Spring, a framework widely used by organizations developing Java applications. Designated CVE 2022 2965 and nicknamed SpringShell, the substantial chink in the collective Java ...

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Public Sector Applications: Assessing the Risk

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that cybercrime threatens small- to large-sized organizations across the globe. And not only are public sector organizations not immune, they’re a top target for hackers due to the volume of their proprieta...

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Protestware: Exploring a New Threat Vector

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, a new threat vector has circulated in the open-source community. This threat vector, known as protestware, involves activists injecting malicious content into open-source code libraries to express political opinions. While most p...

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Leveraging Kiuwan to Combat ‘Not the New Normal’ Cyber Attacks

With over 700 million attempted ransomware attacks in 2021, it’s natural to assume that major cyber attacks and data breaches are the new normal, just an unavoidable side effect of life in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. However, this defeatist at...

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Kiuwan 101: An Introduction to Application Security

Before jumping on the DevOps security solutions bandwagon, businesses need a Kiuwan 101 introduction to understand which challenges Kiuwan solves and how it makes application security testing a breeze. Keep reading to find out.

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Combining SAST and SCA Tools for Comprehensive Security

Learn how cybersecurity teams can combine SAST and SCA into a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy.

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Do Open-Source Dependencies Cause Supply Chain Attacks?

Although Open Source Software provides many advantages, such as affordability and flexibility, the programs and their components can introduce security risks and vulnerabilities to a company.

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How to Overcome Microservices Architecture Risks

Microservices architecture gives developers a flexible, scalable, agile solution for building high-performing apps that quickly deploy. It has been widely adopted because of its game-changing benefits. However, developers must overcome some challenges and ris...

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