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Google Unveiled: The Symphony of SEO Poisoning Disruption in Your Digital World

In the big world of the internet, Google is like the maestro, helping you find what you’re looking for. But guess what? There’s this sneaky thing called SEO poisoning that messes up the harmony of your searches. Introduction: The Digital Tune Online searches are like a song, and Google makes sure it sounds just right …

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The Most Recent Bug Bounty Programs For September 2022

Bounty hunting is still a popular business, according to a recent report, with the vast majority of ethical hackers wanting to do more. According to a survey, 96 percent of respondents wanted to spend more time bounty hunting, with two-thirds considering it a full-time job. The biggest draw, according to nearly half of those polled, …

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Is bug bounty a full-time job?

A bug bounty program, also known as a vulnerability rewards program (VRP), is a crowdsourcing initiative that rewards individuals for discovering and reporting software bugs. As part of an organization’s vulnerability management strategy, bug bounty programs are frequently initiated to supplement internal code audits and penetration tests. Many software vendors and websites have bug bounty …

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Is an API gateway sufficient for security?

The development of cloud computing architectures has forced businesses to reconsider how they expand their applications. Companies were encouraged to abandon full-stack application deployment via infrastructure such as virtual machines in favor of a microservices strategy based on APIs built of numerous interoperating services. The market for APIs is growing, and so is the threat …

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The Most Recent Bug Bounty Programs For July 2022

Bounty hunting is still a popular business, according to a recent report, with the vast majority of ethical hackers wanting to do more. According to a survey, 96 percent of respondents wanted to spend more time bounty hunting, with two-thirds considering it a full-time job. The biggest draw, according to nearly half of those polled, …

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What is Banner Information Leak Vulnerability?

An attacker’s life is made easier by revealing system information, which provides them with a playbook of vulnerabilities to probe for. Although it may not be possible to completely obscure your technology stack, a few simple steps can deter most attackers. Scrub any debug or error information that may reveal what is happening behind the …

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What is GhostTouch? (The first contactless attack against capacitive touchscreens of smartphones)

Some smartphone attacks necessitate physical access to the device and interactions with the touchscreen. So, as long as no one touches your phone, it’s safe, right? Wrong, according to a new study by security researchers from Zhejiang University in China and the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. The paper (PDF), which will be presented …

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WordPress CSP Bypass Exploit

A security researcher Paulos Yibelo discovered an interesting, albeit incomplete, technique for circumventing CSP (Content Security Policy) controls using WordPress which is marked as a critical vulnerability. The hack, discovered by security researcher Paulos Yibelo, is based on exploiting the same-origin method execution and went public with the findings through a technical blog post. To …

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Forgotten Password Cheat Sheet for Developers

Systems that implement a proper user management system include a Forgot Password service that allows the user to request a password reset. Despite the fact that this functionality appears to be simple and easy to implement, it is a common source of vulnerabilities, such as the well-known user enumeration attack. To protect the forgot password …

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A Critical Vulnerability In WordPress Themes Enables Site Takeover On 90,000 Websites

Researchers discovered a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in two themes used by over 90,000 WordPress sites that could allow threat actors to completely take over the sites. One of the defects, identified as CVE-2022-1654 and rated 9.9, or critical, on the CVSS, allows “any authenticated attacker, including a subscriber or customer-level attacker, to gain administrative …

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