While traditional penetration testing (pen testing) has long been the go-to method for identifying security gaps in a organization’s network and web application, a new approach has emerged: ...

Almost every week the media picks up on another case of sensitive data being retrieved from Web sites with bad security. Web application security never has been more important, yet many Web sites ...

Six months ago, I started my own journey learning web app penetration testing from scratch. Several people have asked me to compile these resources into one compendium aimed at those with little or no ...

Web applications often handle vast amounts of data, from personal user details to sensitive corporate information. As these applications grow in complexity and importance, they also become primary ...

Quality assurance (QA) departments have traditionally focused on functional testing — making sure that an application works properly and performs tasks seamlessly. But it is increasingly important for ...

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an international nonprofit dedicated to providing free documentation, tools, videos, and forums for anyone interested in improving the security of ...

With hundreds of exposed web applications typical, nearly 70 percent of organizations report their environment is difficult to test using conventional methods and tools "In the modern IT ecosystem, ...

Tinfoil Security’s web scanning tool identifies vulnerabilities on web applications and is tightly integrated with DevOps workflows, while its API Scanner focused on detecting vulnerabilities in APIs.

Application security teams are the first line of defense to prevent vulnerabilities, but they face critical gaps.

Penetration testing, or pentesting, times have certainly changed. Years ago, when this speciality in offensive security was taking off, there was a large shift away from manual techniques to relying ...