Tag: data breach
Why Was Facebook Vulnerable to an Authentication Exploit?
What Happened: As part of a bug bounty program, the AppSecure cybersecurity research team found a vulnerability on the authentication mechanism of Facebook. It gave them the ability to potentially gain full ...
Why Modernizing Security is Like Visiting a Fast-Food Restaurant
Jonathan DiVincenzo | | container platforms, data breach, devops teams, legacy WAF, open source, security, security solutions, serverless, WAF systemsFast casual restaurants are taking over the food industry. Today’s consumers want quality and speed, and the brick-and-mortar model offering immediate service paired with quality ingredients perfectly fits the bill. It’s the ...
How to Automate an API Security Program Without Adding Staff
In today’s information economy, data is a primary raw material and a source of value to both providers and consumers. For many companies, entire business models are built on the exchange of ...
How DevSecOps Can Help Avoid Catastrophic Breaches
Earlier this year, Tesla’s Cloud was hijacked and used to mine cryptocurrency, exploiting a vulnerability in the company's Kubernetes cluster. A mountain of FedEx data was recently exposed, affecting 119,000 individuals. The ...
American Express Uses DevOps for Better Breach Response
It was 6 a.m. Saturday when the phone rang and awoke the American Express CIO. When the phone rings at 6 a.m., it is never good news. Never. This instance was no ...
Meeting the Need for Speed in Cyber Threat Response
contributor | | automation, cyberattack, cyberthreat, data breach, hackers, IT security, security information and event management, security response, SIEMIn the very early days of the internet, hackers most likely were "lone wolves." They might be an unhappy customer, a disgruntled employee or a tech-savvy youth who just wanted to see ...