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API security testing is the process of checking application programming interfaces for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, authorization failures, unsafe input handling, and business-logic weaknesses before attackers can exploit them. Effective testing combines code analysis, dynamic scanning, fuzzing, specification-based testing, and human review across development and production. This guide explains what to test, which methods and tools to […]
By Obaida Al-Sulaiman, Information Security Manager (CISSP, GXPN, GWAPT). Reviewed September 2026. REST API security is the set of methods and controls that protect RESTful APIs from unauthorized access, data theft, and abuse. It spans authentication, authorization, encryption, rate limiting, inventory, and continuous testing. In Salt Security’s Q1 2025 survey, 99 percent of respondents said […]
API fuzzing is an automated security testing technique that floods your API endpoints with malformed, random, and unexpected inputs to find the bugs and vulnerabilities that normal testing never triggers. Instead of checking whether an endpoint returns the right answer for valid data, an API fuzzer asks what breaks when the data is wrong. This […]
An open ports security risk assessment is the process of finding every internet-facing port, identifying the service behind it, and scoring how likely an attacker is to exploit it. Not every open port is dangerous. Port 443 running patched HTTPS is fine. Port 3389 exposing Remote Desktop Protocol to the whole internet is not. This […]
The port 445 vulnerability is the security risk of exposing Server Message Block (SMB) traffic, which runs over TCP port 445, to an untrusted network. Attackers target port 445 for wormable remote code execution, ransomware, and lateral movement, and it drove the 2017 WannaCry outbreak through the EternalBlue exploit. This guide covers the key CVEs, […]
Network vulnerability scanning is the automated process of probing every host on a network, identifying the service behind each open port, and matching what it finds against a database of known vulnerabilities. It is the cheapest reliable way to see your infrastructure the way an attacker sees it. It is also widely oversold. A scan […]
Internal and external vulnerability scanning are the same technique pointed in two different directions. External scanning tests your internet facing addresses from outside the perimeter. Internal scanning tests what is reachable once someone is already inside. The comparison gets explained badly almost everywhere, usually by bundling in credentials, tooling, and intent that have nothing to […]
If your WordPress site has been hacked, the fastest way to fix it is to work in order rather than panic: contain the site, find and remove the malware, close the vulnerability that let the attacker in, then harden against a repeat. This guide walks through how to fix a hacked WordPress site step by […]
Learning how to check a wordpress version in database is useful when you are locked out of the dashboard, but it comes with a catch most guides get wrong: the version is not stored as a plain row. What the database holds is the db_version schema number and a cached core-update record whose version_checked field […]
Learning how to check WordPress version without login often takes only a couple of minutes because default or lightly hardened WordPress sites may expose version clues in the page source, RSS feeds, asset URLs, and public files. Knowing the version can help with security auditing because automated tools use the same public clues for reconnaissance. […]
A WordPress file upload vulnerability is one of the most dangerous flaws a site can have, because it can lead straight to remote code execution when an attacker can place an executable file in a web-accessible location where the server will run it. These flaws live almost entirely in plugins and themes that accept uploads […]
WordPress SQL injection is one of the most damaging ways a WordPress site gets breached, because it reaches the database where everything lives: your users, passwords, settings, and content. The WordPress core is well protected against it, and most real cases trace back to insecure plugin or theme code rather than WordPress itself. This guide […]
WordPress plugin vulnerabilities are the single biggest reason WordPress sites get hacked, and the problem is growing, not shrinking. Plugins account for more than nine in ten WordPress security flaws, the core almost none, and some heavily exploited newly disclosed plugin bugs are now mass-exploited within hours. This guide covers what plugin vulnerabilities are, the […]
Website hacking statistics are easy to quote and surprisingly easy to misrepresent. There is no credible global counter showing how many websites are successfully hacked each day, and the figures most articles repeat do not survive a source check. What primary telemetry can measure is different things: automated traffic, malicious bot traffic, attack attempts, vulnerability […]
Learning how to secure Joomla website comes down to a short list of controls applied in the right order, not a hundred obscure tweaks. Patch first, lock down the login, apply least privilege, force HTTPS, harden the server, cut your extension count, and scan on a schedule. Most hacked Joomla sites fall to one skipped […]
The Joomla vs WordPress security debate usually gets answered with loyalty, not evidence. The honest version is duller and more useful: both platforms ship a secure core, and both get breached through third-party code far more than through a core bug. Joomla bundles more security controls by default, while WordPress patches its core faster and […]
Joomla security features are one of the platform’s real advantages: the core ships controls that most content management systems leave to plugins. Out of the box you get two-factor authentication, granular access control, forced HTTPS, input filtering, and a dedicated Security Strike Team behind the code. This guide walks through every built-in feature Joomla 4, […]
Is Joomla secure? The honest answer is yes, with an asterisk. Joomla ships one of the more hardened cores in the CMS world, with two-factor authentication, granular access control, and a dedicated Security Strike Team built in. But no CMS keeps a neglected site safe. Most hacked Joomla sites fall to an outdated core, an […]
Joomla SQL injection is one of the oldest and most damaging ways an attacker takes over a Joomla site, and it is still live in 2026. A single unfiltered parameter can let an attacker read your database, dump password hashes, or forge an administrator session. Joomla core has been patched against several critical cases over […]
Threat Intelligence vs Vulnerability Management is one of the most common points of confusion in security, and the two are partners, not competitors. Vulnerability management is the internal discipline of finding, prioritizing, and fixing the weaknesses in your own systems. Threat intelligence is the external discipline of understanding attackers, their tools, and which flaws they […]
Learning How to Prioritize Vulnerability Remediation means deciding which security flaws to fix first based on the real risk they pose, not just their severity score. With scanners flagging thousands of findings and no team able to patch them all, prioritization is the decision layer that separates the handful of vulnerabilities attackers can actually exploit […]
Agentless vs Agent Based scanning is the central design choice in cloud security tooling. Agentless scanning assesses your cloud without installing a security sensor inside each workload, using cloud-native techniques such as APIs, snapshots, registries, and logs. Agent-based scanning deploys a sensor on the systems that need deep runtime visibility, watching activity from the inside. […]
Common cloud misconfigurations are security-relevant settings that leave cloud resources more exposed than intended, for example a public data store, an overly broad IAM role, an unrestricted management port, or logging that never reaches the security team. They are usually not zero-days. They are configuration, identity, network, and governance mistakes that can turn otherwise secure […]
A cloud security audit checklist is the structured list of domains and controls you review to confirm your cloud environment is configured, governed, and defended as your policies and obligations require. It spans asset inventory, identity, secrets, data protection, logging, network, configuration, change management, vulnerabilities, workloads, backup, incident response, third-party assurance, and governance, each backed […]
A cloud security scan is an automated assessment of cloud accounts, workloads, data, identities, and configuration settings that looks for vulnerabilities, insecure configurations, excessive permissions, exposed resources, and technical control gaps before an attacker finds them. Depending on the scanner and the integrations enabled, it may assess AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, […]
Knowing how to check the Drupal version of a website helps you answer a critical security question: does the site still receive security updates? An unsupported Drupal branch can continue running normally while accumulating publicly known vulnerabilities that will never receive an official patch, This guide explains three reliable ways to check the version of […]
Is Drupal secure? The honest answer is yes, with an important condition: Drupal provides a strong security foundation, but the security of a live website still depends on its version, contributed modules, custom code, permissions, hosting environment, and patching process.Drupal core is backed by a formal Security Team and a coordinated disclosure process. However, many […]
If your question is what is open port in cyber security, the answer is simple: an open port is a TCP or UDP endpoint where a service is listening and reachable from the network position testing it. Open ports are necessary for services such as HTTPS, DNS, SSH, and email. They create risk when a […]
A use-after-free vulnerability happens when a program keeps using a piece of memory after it has already handed that memory back to the system. The leftover reference, called a dangling pointer, still points at the old spot. If an attacker manages to fill that spot with their own data, the program may read or run […]
The most common WordPress vulnerabilities in 2026 still come mainly from plugins and themes, but the risk is more specific than “WordPress is insecure.” Patchstack recorded 11,334 new ecosystem vulnerabilities in 2025, up 42% from 2024, with 91% in plugins and 9% in themes. Cross-Site Scripting remains the most frequently disclosed class, while broken access […]
Knowing how to check if a WordPress plugin is safe before you install it is the single most useful security habit a site owner can build, because plugins, not WordPress itself, cause the overwhelming majority of hacks. A polished-looking plugin can still carry outdated code, an unpatched vulnerability, or in the worst case, deliberately malicious […]
Vulnerability management vs exposure management comes down to one question: are you fixing individual software flaws, or reducing everything an attacker could actually use to get in? Vulnerability management hunts and patches known CVEs. Exposure management is the wider discipline that also covers misconfigurations, exposed identities, shadow IT, and third-party risk, then prioritizes by real-world […]
Learning how to test for SQL injection vulnerability by hand is the fastest way to understand one of the most damaging flaws on the web: a single unescaped quote in a URL can hand an attacker your entire database. This guide walks you through the whole workflow, first testing manually with a handful of safe […]
The POODLE vulnerability is a design flaw in SSL 3.0 that lets a man-in-the-middle attacker decrypt small pieces of an encrypted session, one byte at a time, until they recover something valuable like your session cookie. Tracked as CVE-2014-3566 and disclosed by Google researchers in October 2014, it cannot be patched, because the weakness is […]
An SSL vulnerability is a weakness in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, cryptographic software, certificates, or server configuration that can expose traffic that should be encrypted. Attackers may exploit these weaknesses to read data, alter sessions, impersonate a trusted service, or interrupt availability. Modern websites actually use TLS, not the […]
