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The Challenges Facing Exchanges Today

As crypto markets continue to grow, there’s never been more competition for exchanges to grow their retail and institutional user bases. To create a competitive advantage against industry stalwarts (like Coinbase, Binance, or Gemini), exchanges must overcome key challenges that impact their ability to scale, offer differentiated products & services, and remain as secure as possible.

How Did My Bank Account Get Hacked?

If you’ve realized your bank account got hacked, you are most likely panicked and want to secure your finances as soon as possible. You may even be wondering how something like this could have happened to you. Your bank account could have gotten hacked due to various cyber attacks, including brute force, phishing, SIM swapping, credit card skimming or Man-in-the-Middle (MITM).

How To Use an Authenticator App

To use an authenticator app, you will need to choose one that suits your security preferences, scan the QR code or enter the key, securely store your backup codes and sign in to your account. An authenticator app verifies your identity by generating random numeric codes that you will enter with your username and password to access an account.

Security Automation - As Easy As Making Tea?

I worry that a lot of my blog posts reveal that I’m getting older and older as the days go by, but I wanted to talk about teasmades and security automation. For those of you outside of the UK, and even those born in the UK within the past 30 years, there’s a distinct possibility you may read this and consider it to be a made-up word, but there is indeed such a thing as a teasmade – effectively a small machine for making tea that has a timer on it.

Revolutionizing Security Testing: Advancements in Automated DAST on Real Devices

With organizations continuing to build and enhance their mobile applications and developers embracing new ways of building applications to improve the speed to market and customer experiences, billions of dollars are invested in Appsec tools. However, 85% of these applications still contain known vulnerabilities, and most breaches occur at the application layer. Automated DAST helps in combating such vulnerabilities.

Billington 2024: Key Cybersecurity Takeaways from the AI Age

SecurityScorecard had the pleasure of participating in the 15th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Conference – a key convening of policymakers and industry thought leaders in our Nation’s Capital. This year’s edition – Advancing Cybersecurity in the AI Age – included over 4,000 registrants and 200 speakers participating in 40+ sessions and breakouts. It would not be an emerging tech and government conference without an extra emphasis on AI.

5 reasons why developers at FinServ institutions are outpacing their security teammates

Advanced biometrics. Seamless onboarding walkthroughs. Cross-platform integrations. Hyper-personalized dashboards. Cleanly designed reports. These are just some of the features today’s users expect from their financial applications, pushing most financial institutions to release them quickly — or risk being outpaced by FinTech disruptors who already do. As a result, development teams must build more quickly, adopting new technologies to stay in step with demanding goals and tight deadlines.

Empowering Developers in AppSec: Triage and Collaboration

Historically, security programs have struggled when they fail to include developers and partner teams, often falling into the trap of focusing solely on the security team’s needs. This approach has led to a disconnect between security and development teams, resulting in ineffective vulnerability management and often strained relationships.