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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs

The Last Watchdog

Indeed, APIs have opened new horizons of cloud services, mobile computing and IoT infrastructure, with much more to come. This summer Gartner designated API security as a stand-alone pillar in its security reference architecture, not just an add-on component to other systems. Indeed, API security has become a red-hot topic.

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Lemon Group gang pre-infected 9 million Android devices for fraudulent activities

Security Affairs

Infected devices were used for multiple malicious activities, including traffic redirections through mobile proxies, info-stealing, click fraud, and social media and online messaging accounts and monetization via advertisements. It targets various platforms, including WhatsApp, JingDong, and Facebook.

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Advancing Trust in a Digital World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

With cloud and mobile computing becoming the norm, identity-based and strong authentication are the crucial steps in advancing trust in the digital world. Identify: An organization must be able to discover data wherever it resides and classify it. Advance Trust with Awareness and Culture.

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TD SYNNEX Announces Partnership with MicroStrategy

CyberSecurity Insiders

The partnership expands the TD SYNNEX IoT, data, and analytics portfolio of partners to include a comprehensive software platform for self-service data discovery, enterprise reporting, mobile applications, and embedded analytics. “We

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Retail has a multi-cloud problem…with sensitive data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DX technologies such as cloud, mobile payments, IoT, Big Data and others have fundamentally changed retailers’ business models, not only by opening new channels to reach customers, but also in how they communicate with, serve, and support them. Top analyst recommendations from the report.

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Fintech Cybersecurity Trends in 2021

Security Boulevard

Hastily implemented cloud data processes and security needs failing to keep pace with tech innovations have left financial data exposed. Meanwhile, greater reliance on mobile devices for everything from managing our bank accounts to checking credit scores leaves fintech users more at-risk than ever.

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90 Days of Learning, Good Surprises and Extreme Optimism

Security Boulevard

Since you can’t really see an API, like you might see a laptop or mobile phone, it’s easy to forget about it. They are leveraging APIs, microservices and distributed architectures. In 2023, companies such as T-Mobile became the latest victims of API abuse. But the number of APIs in the world continues to grow, and grow rapidly.