Mastering API Security: Best Practices and Implementation Techniques

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are pivotal in modern software development, facilitating communication between different systems and applications. However, as APIs become more integral to business operations, securing them has become increasingly critical. Ensuring API security involves protecting the API from malicious attacks, unauthorized access, and ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of the data being exchanged.

Understanding API Security Threats

  1. Injection Attacks: Attackers insert malicious code into the API, which is then executed by the server. SQL injection is a common example.
  2. Broken ...
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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Keeping PowerShell: Measures to Use and Embrace

Original release date: June 22, 2022

Cybersecurity authorities from the United States, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have released a joint Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CIS) on PowerShell. The CIS provides recommendations for proper configuration and monitoring of PowerShell, as opposed to removing or disabling it entirely due to its use ...

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The Metaverse or the Matrix?

The metaverse will help power virtual workspaces

Gartner predicts that 25% of people will spend an hour or more per day in the metaverse by 2026.


Comprehensive Online Security Guide For Women

This article, written by Julia SJ covers a lot of ground related to cyberbullying .  She writes:

“I ...

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Webinar:  Anatomy of a Phishing Exploit

Cyber-hygiene alert!!  You are invited to a one hour seminar titled Anatomy of a Phishing Exploit.  I will be the presenter

Understand cyber-hygiene essentials to secure your data from phishing attacks in a highly informative, one-hour webinar organized by Vinsys.  The heaping cases of cybercrime worldwide has raised a ...

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Happy New Year!!

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Serious Security: OpenSSL fixes “error conflation” bugs – how mixing up mistakes can lead to trouble

Have you ever seen the message “An error occurred”? Even worse, the message “This error cannot occur”? Facts matter!


Security and Your Phone:  What the Risks Are and How to Stay Safe

A great article and infographic ...

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Merry Christmas!!

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Office 2021 Provides On-Premises Productivity Apps

Microsoft has released a new version of its on-premises productivity suite for those customers who are not interested in using cloud-based productivity apps. Find out what [more…]

The post Office 2021 Provides On-Premises Productivity Apps appeared first on CHIPS


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Bruce Schneier Edition


Excellent Write-up of the SolarWinds Security Breach

[2021.08.30] Robert Chesney wrote up the Solar Winds story as a case study, and it’s a really good summary.

This one is a must read.


Surveillance of the Internet Backbone

[2021.08.25] Vice has an article about how ...

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AA21-200B: Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Operations: Observed TTPs

Original release date: July 19, 2021

Summary

This advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) framework, Version 9, and MITRE D3FEND™ framework, version 0.9.2-BETA-3. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques and the D3FEND framework for referenced defensive tactics ...

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