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Struts 2, Equifax and You

It's hard to overstate what's happening here. The FBI, New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General, and Congress are..

A Week of Web Application Hacks and Vulnerabilities

A Week of Web Application Hacks and Vulnerabilities

Wow, what a week! Our industry is rippling from all the news surrounding the latest Struts 2 vulnerability and the..

VULNERABILITY ALERT: CVE-2017-9805 – Struts S2-052 Exploit Released, Protection Offered

VULNERABILITY ALERT: CVE-2017-9805 – Struts S2-052 Exploit Released, Protection Offered

On Tuesday, September 5, 2017, a critical new Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was disclosed against all..

Google Docs May Still be Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

Google Docs May Still be Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

On Tuesday, users of Google Docs were targeted with an email phishing attack. The email content was a ruse to trick..

The WikiLeaks CIA Dump Dominates AppSec News Coverage

WikiLeaks has been dominating recent news when it released "Vault 7", a new series of leaks it claims came from the..

CVE-2017-5638 – Struts 2 S2-045 Exploit Released – Protection Offered

On March 6, a new remote code execution vulnerability was disclosed1 against Struts 2 (2.3.5-2.3.31 and 2.5-2.5.10.)..

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The Impact of Fake Retail Apps Hitting the Apple App Store this Year

Last week, App Developer Magazine, in an article titled "The Impact of Fake Retail Apps Hitting the Apple App Store..

DOM XSS in wix.com

DOM XSS in wix.com

  Wix.com, a hosting provider which claims to host millions of websites, contains an XSS that leads to administrator..

60 Minutes & the

60 Minutes & the "Signaling System Seven (SS7) Vulnerability"

Over the weekend, 60 Minutes featured a segment on how cellphones and mobile phone networks are vulnerable to hacking,..