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Web Application Security

How Search Engine Security Testing can improve Website Ranking

You may be wondering what Website Ranking Improvement has to do with Search Engine Security Testing. Few years back I also wondered the same before I came across one smart SEO guy. Combined with his insights in SEO and my background in security testing, I’m convinced that all search engine marketeers should now consider adopting [...]

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A Lazy Pen Tester’s Guide to Testing Flash Applications

Yesterday, I received a post in the Pen-Test mailing list requesting for tips/resources on penetration testing of flash applications. While there are some tools and white papers available, I could not find many authoritative resources which wraps the entire spectrum of flash security testing of RIA applications. So here is an endeavor to detail out [...]

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Is Twitter the new source of Malware?

Ok, I’m going to keep this one real short. A few days ago I created one Squidoo Lens on the vulnerabilities of facebook and twitter which received good user feedback and comments. Following up on that, here is a summary (as well some new ones) that you may consider to prevent your computers being targeted [...]

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How Web Application Security Assessment Can Grow Your Business

In this day and age, the way we do business has raised the demand for Web application security testing services. Every progressive and successful company nowadays has their own Web site or web application. Since the 1990s, more and more businesses have extended their presence online. The Internet is no longer just a place to [...]

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What You Probably Do Not Know About Application Penetration Testing!

Most companies nowadays put their information on the cloud, not on physical systems. This information could include sensitive customer and client information, processes, insider secrets, research and development. There is an inherent risk that these data and information could be compromised, more so if you use applications both on the Web and internally that have [...]

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