Choosing a web developer can be a tricky task but ensuring you find the right one, who will maintain a secure (as well as beautiful) website, is key. We have compiled a list of top security-related questions you should ask your web developer to ensure they are going to protect your website.
Over the past three years, Foregenix has seen an unprecedented rise in successful attacks against banks that issue payment cards. This has resulted in hard currency ending up directly in criminals hands. Many banks are oblivious to the risks, even though there have been significant alerts from government agencies, leading card brands, cybersecurity vendors and press around these ATM cash-outs. Bank’s card management and processing environments are being targeted.
What is JavaScript?
JavaScript is essentially a scripting programming language that allows you to implement complex items onto your webpage. Every time a webpage becomes interactive with the user, e.g interactive maps, videos, countdown timer and music, and even colours, chances are JavaScript is involved. Facebook is a great example of how JavaScript works smoothly and effectively, with videos playing smoothly, perfect animation and constant post updates.
Among many of our forensic clients we are noticing that fairly often the login panel for administration of the sites is left publicly and easily accessible, either through easy to guess URLs or unpatched vulnerabilities.
While this is not an immediate threat, an exposed and obvious administrative login panel can make it significantly easier for attackers to breach the site, especially if access controls are limited to username and password combinations alone. This situation allows for simple brute forcing, signing in with compromised credentials/obtaining credentials, or in the case of unpatched systems, access by exploiting vulnerabilities. Even in cases where the admin login panel URL is complex and hard to guess, path disclosure vulnerabilities can be used to locate it.
Choosing a web developer can be a tricky task but ensuring you find the right one, who will maintain a secure (as well as beautiful) website, is key. We have compiled a list of top security-related questions you should ask your web developer to ensure they are going to protect your website.
Over the past three years, Foregenix has seen an unprecedented rise in successful attacks against banks that issue payment cards. This has resulted in hard currency ending up directly in criminals hands. Many banks are oblivious to the risks, even though there have been significant alerts from government agencies, leading card brands, cybersecurity vendors and press around these ATM cash-outs. Bank’s card management and processing environments are being targeted.
What is JavaScript?
JavaScript is essentially a scripting programming language that allows you to implement complex items onto your webpage. Every time a webpage becomes interactive with the user, e.g interactive maps, videos, countdown timer and music, and even colours, chances are JavaScript is involved. Facebook is a great example of how JavaScript works smoothly and effectively, with videos playing smoothly, perfect animation and constant post updates.
Among many of our forensic clients we are noticing that fairly often the login panel for administration of the sites is left publicly and easily accessible, either through easy to guess URLs or unpatched vulnerabilities.
While this is not an immediate threat, an exposed and obvious administrative login panel can make it significantly easier for attackers to breach the site, especially if access controls are limited to username and password combinations alone. This situation allows for simple brute forcing, signing in with compromised credentials/obtaining credentials, or in the case of unpatched systems, access by exploiting vulnerabilities. Even in cases where the admin login panel URL is complex and hard to guess, path disclosure vulnerabilities can be used to locate it.
