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Mobile App Security Testing
Defending Against Mobile Application Vulnerabilities: A Testing Roadmap

Smartphones and devices have revolutionized personal and business interactions worldwide, permeating nearly every aspect of modern life with their multifaceted features and capabilities. However, their widespread adoption has also made them lucrative targets for malicious actors aiming to exploit vulnerabilities. Within EC-Council’s latest cyber security whitepaper, “Defending Against Mobile Application Vulnerabilities: A Testing Roadmap,” authored…

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Application Security Testing
Application Security Testing: A Comprehensive Guide to SAST and DAST

In an era of rapid technological evolution and increasing digitization, the security landscape has become increasingly complex and vulnerable. This puts cybersecurity, and especially application security at forefront to bear the burnt of cyberattacks. Within EC-Council’s latest whitepaper, “Application Security Testing: A Comprehensive Guide to SAST and DAST” authored by Vanessa Padua, Director, Cybersecurity for…

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Experts Insights: Strengthening Your DevSecOps with Web Application Security Testing

Strengthening DevSecOps with web application security testing is crucial in today’s digital landscape. DevSecOps integrates security at every stage of the development pipeline, and application security testing is the most crucial part of the process. Security testing involves assessing applications for vulnerabilities, ensuring that security is not an afterthought but an integral part of the…

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Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF Attacks Vulnerabilities and Prevention
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attacks: Common Vulnerabilities and Prevention Methods

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF), also known as session riding, is a type of cyberattack in which authenticated users of a web application are forced to submit malicious, state-changing requests created by an attacker. CSRF attacks can: Alter the target’s records in an application Submit a transaction Purchase products using the target’s details Change passwords Change…

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