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WhiteHat Security’s annual Web app report shows the average number of vulns in a Web app is down from four to three. Despite the number of vulnerabilities found in a single Web application falling by 25% in 2016 over the previous year, the number of exploitable flaws remains too high, according to WhiteHat Security’s 12th Annual Application Security Statistics Report released today.

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The number of companies embracing biometrics for authentication is increasing; after introducing “selfie pay” last year, Mastercard is now testing fingerprint-authorized payments in South Africa, smartphones ask for fingerprints to be unlocked and speech recognition can control your Windows PC. Kinetic Energy Harvesting is the newest kid on the block, with technology developed by Data61 lab.

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Confide, a messaging app reportedly used by U.S. White House staff, apparently had several security holes that made it easier to hack. Security consultancy IOActive found the vulnerabilities in Confide, which promotes itself as an app that offers “military-grade” end-to-end encryption. Read More

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