Smashing Security podcast #389: WordPress vs WP Engine, and the Internet Archive is down

WordPress’s emperor, Matt Mullenweg, demands a hefty tribute from WP Engine, and a battle erupts, leaving millions of websites hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, the Internet Archive, a digital library preserving our online history, is under siege fro… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #389: WordPress vs WP Engine, and the Internet Archive is down

Accessing a Slack account with Slack for Jira Cloud app installed gives unauthenticated access to Jira [closed]

If a user gains access to a Slack account, one that also has been linked to Jira — via Atlassian’s Slack for Jira Cloud app — that user then has access to the Jira account without ever having to be authenticated.
The scenario is:

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What are the security issues in Plug and Play architecture? And how we can mitigate them?

I am developing a solution that is mostly dependent on plug and play architecture. Currently, I am doing a risk analysis of this design.
What are the security issues in Plug and Play architecture? And how we can mitigate them?
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Is possible to implement a Web Cryptography API custom provider?

I’m reading some basic info about Web Cryptography API and I’m wondering if is possible to implement some crypto provider (C/C++ library or something) with some extra algorithms or is mandatory to use the ones “embedded” with the web brows… Continue reading Is possible to implement a Web Cryptography API custom provider?