Is it a good and safe to recommend programmers that APIs always encode ‘<‘ in JSON payloads to ‘\u003c’ to prevent XSS?

I know that there are other recommendations like correctly encoding the JSON payload and using the correct content-type, however, my colleagues insist in that this is an additional good recommendation.
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This Week in Security: Mysterious Mac Malware, An Elegant VMware RCE, and a JSON Mess

There’s a new malware strain targeting MacOS, Silver Sparrow, and it’s unusual for a couple reasons. First, it’s one of the few pieces of malware that targets the new M1 ARM64 processors. Just a reminder, that is Apple’s new in-house …read more

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Serial Studio: Easily Visualise And Log Serial Data

Outputting data from a microcontroller over a serial port is convenient and easy, but formatting, visualizing, and analyzing the data can be tedious and frustrating. [Alex Spataru] knows this all too well, having spent too many hours building and debugging …read more

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pfSense Firewall Configuration Audit with pfAudit

pfSense is a very popular free and open source firewall solution. It does not only provide classic firewall services but has plenty of features like VPN server or can offer DNS, DHCP, proxy services… and many more. pfSense is also proposed by some companies as a commercial service with support.

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Fylamynt raises $6.5M for its cloud workflow automation platform

Fylamynt, a new service that helps businesses automate their cloud workflows, today announced both the official launch of its platform as well as a $6.5 million seed round. The funding round was led by Google’s AI-focused Gradient Ventures fund. Mango Capital and Point72 Ventures also participated. At first glance, the idea behind Fylamynt may sound […] Continue reading Fylamynt raises $6.5M for its cloud workflow automation platform