The 7 biggest web security news of 2015
Below, the Detectify team has listed some of the largest security news and breaches of the past year, that have had a great impact on…
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GitHub Celebrates Four Years of Bug Bounties: Q&A with VP of Security, Shawn Davenport
GitHub celebrated the fourth anniversary of its Security Bug Bounty program and released a comprehensive recap of a record-breaking 2017 to mark the moment. To…
What is Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and how can you fix it?
Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of attack that can be carried out to compromise users of a website. The exploitation of a XSS flaw…
Mr. Chairman, we need hackers!
The more the world gets hacked, the more we need hackers. We need white hats. They will find vulnerabilities so we can fix them and…
First encounters through the eyes of the Detectify scanner
What do typical websites look like through the eyes of our vulnerability scanner the first time they are tested? How does that picture change over time?…
General Motors Celebrates Second Anniversary with Hackers
Just over two years ago, General Motors became the first major automaker to launch a public vulnerability disclosure program (VDP). Its purpose? To protect its…
New feature – You can now add team members to your account
Security is not a one-man show. That’s why you can now add new users to your Detectify account and share the scan results with your…
The CISO’s Guide to GDPR: Q&A with Thomas Fischer
“I am by trade now a CISO. So I have to care about risk and compliance all the time, which is really exciting. I sold…
Detectify is #4 on Internetworld’s 2015 startup list
2015 ended on a high note for Detectify! Internetworld published their annual list of Sweden’s most exciting startups and we’re #4! Internetworld’s list is a…
Q&A with HackerOne’s New Board Member: Kathryn Haun
We are thrilled to introduce the newest member of the HackerOne team, Kathryn Haun, who is joining our board of directors. Katie is a former U.S.…
[Integration] You can now integrate Detectify with PagerDuty
The latest integration from Detectify is an integration with the incident manager system PagerDuty. Unlike the earlier integrations with Slack and Hipchat this one lets…
Shopify Thanks Over 300 Hackers, Pays $850,000+ to Hackers in Three Years
Shopify’s commerce platform has awarded hackers more than $850,000 in bounties for helping secure its $55 billion-plus customer transactions and data. As a leading commerce…