web applications Archives

Episode 175: Campaign Security lags. Also: securing Digital Identities in the age of the DeepFake

February 13, 2020 Paul Roberts

In this episode of The Security Ledger Podcast (Episode #175), sponsored by Digicert: its been three years since the hacks made famous during the 2016 election, but online campaigns still struggle with basic security. Andrew Peterson of the firm Signal Sciences joins us to talk about why. Also: in part 2 of our podcast we’re joined by Dan Timpson, Chief Technology Officer at Digicert to talk about the fast expanding terrain of securing online identities in an age of ubiquitous computing, deep fakes and connected devices.

Episode 170: Cyber Monday is for Hackers

December 3, 2019 Paul Roberts

This Cyber Monday may have been the biggest yet – and not just for shoppers and online retailers. Hackers use the year’s biggest online shopping day to cover their tracks. Brendon Macareg of Signal Sciences joins us to talk about Cyber Monday and the rising tide of e-commerce hacks.

Episode 168: Application Security Debt is growing. Also: Web App Security in the Age of IoT

November 18, 2019 Paul Roberts

In this week’s episode of the podcast (#168), sponsored by Signal Sciences, Chris Eng of Veracode joins us to talk about the 10th annual State of Software Security Report and the problem of application security debt. Also, Brendan Macaraeg of Signal Sciences talks about the expanding landscape of web application attacks and defenses.

Drive-By Malware Uses Google Sites for Drive by Download Attacks

April 23, 2019 Elizabeth Montalbano

New malware, LoadPCBanker, is leveraging Google’s Sites to spread via drive-by download attacks, according to a new report. Companies are advised to block uploads and downloads from the service.

Report: Bad Bots sent One in Five Web Requests in 2018

April 17, 2019 Elizabeth Montalbano

Distil Network’s annual assessment of bad bots, “Bad Bot Report 2019: The Bot Arms Race Continues,” found that bad bots accounted for one in five website requests in 2018, or 20.4 percent of web traffic.