Tuesday, 07 April 2026

New web application security study found US retailers had a larger attack surface, while EU retailers run more outdated services

London, U.K: Outpost24 has announced the results of the 2020 Web Application Security for Retail & E-commerce Report, which analysed the web applications of the top 20 retailers in the US and EU. Research shows exploits targeted at web applications remain one of ecommerce’s most significant threats. Using an average risk exposure score based on Outpost24’s multi-layered attack surface discovery tool, Scout, the findings revealed that web applications used by US retailers were more at risk with an aggregated average risk score of 35 against a maximum score of 42.33, which was higher than their EU counterparts at 31.

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Research explores perspectives on e-waste and highlights that enterprises are increasingly addressing data security issues generated by additional devices to manage

AUSTIN and LONDON; New research launched recently by Blancco Technology Group (LON: BLTG), the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics, explores enterprise perspectives on e-waste and highlights both the e-waste and sustainability challenges and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic has created. Blancco’s study, The Rising Tide of E-waste, produced in partnership with Coleman Parkes, reveals that nearly half (47 percent) of large global enterprises created roles responsible for implementing and ensuring compliance with e-waste policies specifically to deal with e-waste issues generated from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ImmuniWeb's Community Edition has been enhanced with new features and functionality for better and faster testing of web and mobile security, phishing detection and Dark Web monitoring.

ImmuniWeb is excited to see a daily number of Community Edition tests rapidly surpassing the bar of 100,000 free tests. At ImmuniWeb, we believe that foundational application security and related cyber resilience capacities should be available to anyone at no cost, rather like a basic income. This is why at ImmuniWeb, the Community Edition is free and easily accessible to everyone round the clock.

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