When Good Bots Go Bad: How Ticketmaster Combats HackersLive Nation and Ticketmaster are facing daily attacks from hackers worldwide who are looking to make billions of dollars off securing sought-after concert and sporting event tickets. The companies are sparing no expense in trying to avoid a lifetime of cat and mouse when dealing with bots.
Roundup of the Latest in Coding NewsIn the coding roundup, read about how a former cyber tsar to President Obama wants developers to plan for security early in development, coders are spending 20 percent of their time waiting, and GitHub is taking advantage of its own platform in order to create a new type of data format.
The Muddy Waters of Country-Backed HackingChina made headlines this week as the nation was accused of supporting the hacking of two of the largest newspapers in the US. While fingers are pointing at China and others, the US has had its own involvement in this shady, yet now expected, practice of knowledge stealing.
Hollywood Hackers vs. Real-Life HackersThe Hollywood version of a hacker is usually a troubled genius who saves the day from some sort of powerful corporate or political dictatorship. While many larger-than-life hackers do exist, when it comes to reality, their lives can be more tragic than what Hollywood lets us know.
Developers to Get a Clearer View of Google Glass at Upcoming HackathonGoogle Glass is hopefully about to get a whole lot clearer as they'll soon be inviting developers to come test out the new project for themselves. The device has been kept under pretty tight wraps up until now, so it will be interesting to see just what the new toy can do.
Reduce Your Attack Surface to Reduce Security ThreatsThe unfortunate truth is that the find-and-patch approach to security is inherently problematic—the attacker is always one step ahead. Reducing your attack surface is a strategy that will help you minimize the number of security threats you are exposed to, whether they are promptly fixed or not.
Why You Need to Train Developers to Improve App SecurityAn obvious step needed to build secure applications is to provide the right training to development teams. If you want to secure an application, you have to think like a hacker. Security training will help in developing the right mind-set to create secure applications.
The Biggest Cyber Hacks in Recent WeeksIn this roundup of the biggest cyber hacks in recent weeks, we learn that pacemakers could potentially be set to kill, the UK will not be extraditing an alleged hacker to the US, and Islamist hacktivists are at it again with another take-down of a major bank’s website.
