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Seattle NFT startup Niftmint joins Andreessen Horowitz accelerator program

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(Niftmint Photo) Seattle startup Niftmint is joining Andreessen Horowitz’s Talent x Opportunity ( TxO ) accelerator program, part of nine companies in the venture firm’s fall 2023 batch in San Francisco. The company was founded in 2021 by Jonathan G. The startup has six employees.

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GitHub Discovers Authentication Issue

SecureWorld News

GitHub announced a security update due to a bug causing issues with the authentication of sessions. On March 2, GitHub received an external report of anomalous behavior for their authenticated GitHub.com user session. This would give them the valid and authenticated session cookie for another user.

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Video conferencing trends for 2021

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Research also suggests that by the end of 2021, 30% of the global workforce will choose to remote work multiple days per week. Providers are also taking heed of the growing importance of data protection and security. 87% of employees state that they feel more connected with their colleagues through video conferencing software.

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The Importance of API Security Testing

ForAllSecure

API security and testing are critical parts of any company's IT and development strategy. By securing your APIs, you can protect your data and ensure that only authorized users have access to your systems. Before we get into API Security, let's quickly level set and review what an API is. What is API Security?

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If You’re Only Doing WAF, You’re Doing API Security Wrong

ForAllSecure

In the rush to comply with various standards, such as addressing the OWASP Top 10 API , companies are looking at API security with renewed interest. Some organizations have begun using Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to protect their APIs, but this isn’t a true solution to API security. Are WAFs Enough for API Security?

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The Top 10 Cyber Vulnerabilities for 2021

SecureWorld News

There is no question—we have seen a few unprecedented cyberattacks in 2021 with the rise of ransomware. Vulnerabilities within a program or app cause problems like the recently reported bug with HP Omen Gaming Hub , which revealed a potential hole for attackers and that did reach millions. Where did those mainframes come from?

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T-Mobile API Hack Affects Data of 37 Million Customers

SecureWorld News

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are software interfaces used by computers and applications to communicate with each other. APIs are used by web services to enable online apps and/or external partners to retrieve internal data, typically utilizing some type of authentication tokens. "In

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