Monday, February 27, 2017

Free book - Cloud Management and Security ($ 109 value ) - free till 03/01/2017


Get it here
http://www.tradepub.com/free/w_wile231/




CloudBleed Flaw - Just on character issue caused it?



Fact is stranger than Fiction



A tiny but serious bug poked a hole in this digital wall. One character—an instance of "==" that should have been ">="—made it possible for computers to skip over the dividing wall between two different people's data. This allowed users exploiting a certain technique to obtain a random chunk of a random person's otherwise private information

If you have doubts you can check if an website you access is affected with the following URL
https://cloudbleedcheck.com/

There are a few plugins to check you bookmark but, I am not sure how safe or authentic they are.



For More info:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a25380/cloudbleed-explained/

Friday, February 24, 2017

Banking Apps - Good news & Bad News (actually its Bad News)



Good news -

  1. 11 million banking app logins a day during 2015.
  2. American Federal Reserve stats show that 71% of people using mobile banking services are confident about the security of mobile banking transactions.


Bad news - Pradeo Labs study: 
50 top banks from 22 countries

  •  7 breaches per app
  • 100% failure 
  • 50 million risky users



Check here for more info:
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/02/24/security-specialist-identifies-security-breaches-apps-50-top-global-banks/