In this sponsored video, Marc Kaplan, senior director at F5 Networks, and Jeremiah Grossman, founder and CTO of WhiteHat Security, chat with SC Magazine about the state of web application security.
To thrwart web attackers, organizations must think like a criminal and turn to tricks that will stop attackers in their tracks -- or even make them believe that they are succeeding.
February 23, 2012
Businesses are forced to implement specific security mandates even if they don't support their actual security goals.
The attacks, which occurred at four department locations, were not described in detail, but were deemed "successful" for adversaries, according to the annual audit.
Despite a new report warning of a sharp increase in automated web application attacks, this doesn't necessarily signal a rise in cybercrime.
A San Francisco man who was charged with exploiting a flaw on the AT&T website to obtain personal information about Apple iPad subscribers has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said Thursday.
Citigroup revealed Wednesday that hackers gained access to the account information of significantly more customers than originally thought. In an updated news release issued Wednesday, the nation's third-largest bank said that after completing an investigation, it concluded that 360,083 accounts were compromised in the attack, in which hackers infiltrated Citibank's online banking platform, Citi Account Online, and viewed customer account numbers and contact information, including email addresses. Additional data that would be needed to commit fraud, such as expiration dates or card security codes, was not exposed. Citigroup originally reported that 210,000 account holders were affected.
The personal data belonging to Honda and Acura customers in Canada was stolen after attackers accessed the information off the companies' e-commerce sites.
February 24, 2011
SC Magazine today is hosting a free eSymposium on web application security. Login to the event begins at 12:30 p.m. EST.
