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AppCheck vs OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities
/ Posted June 26, 2019
Every few years the OWASP community come together to review the ten most critical web application security risks by analysing vulnerability data spanning hundreds of organisations and over 100,000 real world applications.
These vulnerabilities are assessed using a number of factors such as detectability, exploitability and potential impact to create the final list.
So let’s take a look at what’s included and why AppCheck incorporates these vulnerabilities into it’s standard scan templates, reporting, dashboards and more…
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AppCheck vs OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities
Product / Posted June 26, 2019
Every few years the OWASP community come together to review the ten most critical web application security risks by analysing vulnerability data spanning hundreds of organisations and over 100,000 real world applications.
These vulnerabilities are assessed using a number of factors such as detectability, exploitability and potential impact to create the final list.
So let’s take a look at what’s included and why AppCheck incorporates these vulnerabilities into it’s standard scan templates, reporting, dashboards and more…
New feature announcement: Subdomain takeover audit
Product Research Security Alerts / Posted June 18, 2019
AppCheck has released a new detection module available to all customers to scan for subdomain takeover vulnerabilities.
Read moreWeb Application Security Seminar - July 2019
Events / Posted May 16, 2019
Web Application Security Seminar
Chelsea Football Stadium, London – Friday 26th July 2019 - 9.30am- 4:30pm
A Practical View of the Most Common Threats Facing Web Apps Today
The Web Application Security seminar is a free event that presents a detailed analysis of the most common threats facing web applications today. We will review high profile examples and provide a technical breakdown of critical security flaws along with an introduction into emerging technologies such as HTML5.
Each candidate will receive a copy of the slides and exclusive tools and exploit code used in the live hacking demonstrations.
Is Your Development Life Cycle Truly Secure?
News / Posted May 11, 2019
As app development becomes more complex and incorporates more features than ever, it is critical to make sure security testing is embedded in your security development life cycle. The appetite for faster release cycles has never been greater, but even if your organisation is rushing to production, code needs to be secure before it is deployed.
Read moreSAP Hybris Commerce CVE-2018-2505 Vulnerability Discovered
News Research Security Alerts / Posted March 18, 2019
The AppCheck research team identified a security flaw (CVE-2018-2505) within SAP Hybris affecting many large online retailers. The security flaw was due to an insecure JavaScript library that allows malicious JavaScript to be injected into a user’s session with the affected Hybris application.
Read moreThe Importance of Regular Vulnerability Scanning
News / Posted December 21, 2018
As we probably all know, information security is a broad subject and for many of us understanding the different layers that can help within this spectrum can be at times difficult. In this blog we will look at the risk and what you as a business could do about it!
Read moreScan & Secure WordPress with AppCheck
Product / Posted December 21, 2018
WordPress is the worlds leading Content Management System (CMS) accounting for approximately 27% of all websites on the Internet. As such, WordPress is a common target for malicious attackers and malware authors aiming to propagate malicious software by compromising websites.
Almost all studies into the most commonly compromised CMS based websites list WordPress as the biggest offender, with one study citing 78% of CMS hacks attributed to WordPress.
Read moreAdvisory: Remote Code Execution Traccar Server <=4.0 (AC-2018-10-8-1)
Research Security Alerts / Posted December 04, 2018
Our security team discovered a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the GPS vehicle tracking system Traccar (version <= 4.0). This allows an attacker to compromise the server’s host via a self-registered user account.
Read moreBlackHat & Defcon 2018 updates
Events News / Posted August 11, 2018
Each year at the beginning of August the world’s best security researchers and hackers get together for two annual security conferences; BlackHat and Defcon. Each conference takes place over three days where the latest and greatest new hacking techniques are presented.
Read moreAppCheck & The GDPR
News Product / Posted March 15, 2018
There is no doubt that the GDPR is serious business. AppCheck has noticed a significant shift in focus by company executives, taking a much more active interest in security matters since the GDPR, and specifically the fines were introduced. Naturally, with that comes a never-ending list of vendors claiming to solve the GDPR problem. In truth, no one product or service can achieve compliance, rather the GDPR requires a strategy that includes a thorough understanding of your responsibilities, exposure and requirements to demonstrate compliance with the six principals of the GDPR.
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