Gambling has come a long way since the days of visiting a bricks and mortar outlet and filling in some paperwork to bet on a small set of events and outcomes. Recent years have seen dramatic changes in this market. In this article we’ll look at how it has evolved and what the security implications are. Read Full Story
Google’s open source Flutter has quickly become one of the most popular development toolkits for building cross platform mobile applications. In this article we will examine what security is built-in to Flutter mobile apps and recommend additional layers which you may wish to consider for your mobile projects. Read Full Story
Editor's note: This post was originally published in September 2022 in IDG TECH(talk). Agentless security for mobile is an approach that promises businesses protection from attack without having to add any security related software into their mobile apps. In this article we will look at the pros and cons of adopting this approach compared to alternative mechanisms. Read Full Story
Spikes in the prices of fossil fuels have provided yet another incentive for consumers to move towards electric vehicles (EVs). Alongside that trend is the pressing requirement to have a charging infrastructure which provides enough capacity to satisfy this need. In this article we will explore how EV charging platforms are being architected and deployed while answering a question seldom asked - what security holes are being opened? Read Full Story
An API Gateway is a tool that manages APIs and API traffic. Essentially it sits between remote clients (servers, browsers, mobile apps) and backend services and is responsible for routing API requests in either direction to the right source. It provides a degree of protection out of the box and in this article we’ll examine how much security you’ll get from your API Gateway and what else might be needed to secure your data and services. Read Full Story
An API Gateway is a tool that manages APIs and API traffic. Essentially it sits between remote clients (servers, browsers, mobile apps) and backend services and is responsible for routing API requests in either direction to the right source. But how much security should you expect from an API Gateway? Read Full Story
The NestJS framework for NodeJS is built on top of the Express or Fastify frameworks with TypeScript support. NestJS provides an out-of-the-box application architecture to enable developers to create code that is loosely coupled, easy to maintain, and highly testable, which scales without getting in the way. Read Full Story
API authentication is about proving that whoever is trying to access an API is who they say they are. This is sometimes confused with authorization which is about proving that whoever is trying to access data via the API has the right to access that data. In this article we’ll discuss the main API authentication methods (HTTP basic authentication, API Keys and OAuth2) and whether they provide sufficient protection for your APIs. Read Full Story
Introduction and Context This blog provides a snapshot of mobile app security in Financial Services based on an extensive study performed by Osterman Research and published in the Approov-sponsored report “The State of Mobile App Security in 2022”, in July this year. Read Full Story