Looking back, Application Security has evolved significantly in the last couple of decades. In the early 2000s, SQL injection and Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks were a nightmare for cybersecurity teams as attackers easily bypassed network firewalls through attacks at the application layer. Since traditional network firewalls at that time were not application-aware, these attacks proved a blind spot allowing attackers to compromise web applications easily. Hence, the computer industry developed countermeasures which included and not limited to web application firewalls (WAF), source code security reviews, and DevSecOps, who automate these checks within CI/CD pipelines to and allow security
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TikTok Takedown Order: National Security recommendations to prevent actionable surveillance of American Citizens by a Hostile Foreign Power (China)
(Uploaded 8/25/20) TikTok is a very popular app with over 1 Billion downloads, which translates to almost 1/7th of World Population. This app is very popular among youngsters here in the USA, just as it has taken the world by storm. TikTok like all other “free” social media platforms, treats its users as their product, their personal data as its currency, and their Business Model is predicated on trading one’s personal information to use these “free” services. The app’s privacy policy says TikTok “may share your information with a parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate of our corporate group” while