I recently sat in on a discussion about programming based on user location. Folks that are way smarter than me covered technical limitations, legal concerns, and privacy rights. It was nuanced, to say the least. So, I thought I’d share…
Category: DZone Security Zone
The One-Pixel Threat: How Minuscule Changes Can Fool Deep Learning Systems
AI vulnerabilities: From medical diagnostics to autonomous vehicles, discover how changing a single pixel can compromise advanced deep learning models and explore the critical challenges to securing our AI-powered future. Introduction Deep learning (DL) is a fundamental component of Artificial…
Navigating BNPL Integration: Key Steps and Best Practices for Developers
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions are altering the way in which clients connect to payment systems by offering financial flexibility and enhancing the checkout experience. This guide offers developers and architects comprehensive knowledge on integrating your checkout process with…
How To Fix the OWASP Top 10 Vulnerability in Angular 18.1.1v
The latest release of Angular, which is presently version 18.1.1, offers a wide range of features for developing robust and scalable web applications in Angular. However, safety continues to be of concern. In this article, we will discuss the configurations…
Vulnerability Management in DevOps Environments
DevOps has become the groundwork for delivering top-notch applications quickly and efficiently in today’s agile development. Its efficiency and speed can also cause notable security threats if vulnerabilities are not managed properly. Sixty percent of data breaches succeed because organizations…
Why Do We Need to Keep Our Builds Green?
The Trivial Answer Most engineers know that we must have green builds because a red build indicates some kind of issue. Either a test did not pass, or some kind of tool found a vulnerability, or we managed to push…
Guarding Privacy: Cutting-Edge Technologies for Data Protection
Data has become a valuable commodity in today’s digital era. It innovatively drives businesses to make informed decisions and personalized experiences for their customers, optimize operational efficiency, and accurately predict market trends. However, data’s immense value comes with an equally…
Don’t Get Hacked! Essential Cybersecurity Tips You Need To Know
Technology in the digital age has revolutionized our lives. However, this convenience comes with a growing threat: cybercrime. Malicious actors, ranging from petty thieves to sophisticated cybercriminals, operate online, seeking to exploit vulnerabilities and steal sensitive information, financial data, and…
5 Innovative Cybersecurity Measures App Developers Should Incorporate in the Digital Transformation Race
Digital transformation initiatives are ongoing processes for software developers in particular, and organizations at large must constantly adapt while enabling seamless workplace-cultural shifts and enhancing relevance to global users. With the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the growing reliance…
How To Secure Your Angular Apps: End-To-End Encryption of API Calls
When it comes to secure web applications, we must keep sensitive data secure during the communication period. Sadly, while HTTPS encrypts data as it moves from point A to point B, the information is still exposed in a browser’s network…
How To Implement a Gateway With Spring Cloud
A microservice system could have a high number of components with complex interactions. It is important to reduce this complexity, at least from the standpoint of the clients interacting with the system. A gateway hides the microservices from the external…
Pilot VPC and Advanced NAT: Securely Connect Overlapping Networks to AWS VPC
In today’s dynamic business environment, cloud computing has become a crucial enabler, offering enterprises unmatched scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading cloud service provider, has transformed how organizations manage their IT infrastructures and applications. With AWS…
How Behavioral Biometrics Enhances Fraud Prevention
Today’s fraud prevention processes are far smoother than they used to be. Automated alert systems and authentication measures are now standard, but these relatively simple, rules-based solutions are still imperfect. The growing field of behavioral biometrics offers a more reliable…
Shadow IT: The Unavoidable Reality and How To Embrace It Safely
In a world where innovation and productivity are paramount, the rise of Shadow IT has become an unavoidable reality for many organizations. A recent survey by Next DLP revealed a startling statistic: 73% of security professionals admitted to using unauthorized…
Security Challenges in AI-Powered Applications
AI is revolutionizing how Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications work, making them more efficient and automated than ever before. However, this rapid progress has opened up a Pandora’s box of new security threats. From the sly manipulation of data to the gradual…
Empowering Developers in Code Security
Effective security requires a shared responsibility model. Developers are already overburdened with their primary tasks of writing code and delivering features, and we think it is not realistic to expect them to know everything about security, be responsible for triaging…
A Guide to Security Controls for Risk-Based API Protection
In the interconnected world of today, APIs (Application Programming Interface) are the invisible bridges that let applications talk to one another. But to those that with great power, there must also come great responsibility! They need to be able to…
Poetry Explained: Perils of the Unpinned Dependencies
Imagine this: You are days away from a release, and your Python codebase is versioned, tagged, and marked as a Release Candidate. Hours from the release, out of nowhere appears a BUG! You set up a War Room, dig through…
Poetry Explained: Perils of the Unpinned Dependencies
Imagine this: You are days away from a release, and your Python codebase is versioned, tagged, and marked as a Release Candidate. Hours from the release, out of nowhere appears a BUG! You set up a War Room, dig through…
Poisoning AI Brain: The Hidden Dangers of Third-Party Data and Agents in AI Systems
The Hidden Threats in Large Language Models A backdoor attack in the context of large language models (LLMs) refers to a type of malicious activity where an adversary intentionally inserts hidden triggers into the model during its training phase. These…