Application security

A guide to preventing common security misconfigurations

A guide to preventing common security misconfigurations

Security misconfigurations are still part of OWASP’s Top 10 Security Risk list. This indicates they have been a persistent issue over the years. Security mis

Basic Principles of Ensuring iOS Apps Security

Basic Principles of Ensuring iOS Apps Security

The development of any mobile application requires serious attention to privacy and security. This is especially important for applications that work with pe

Advance Persistent Threat – Lateral Movement Detection in Windows Infrastructure – Part I

Advance Persistent Threat – Lateral Movement Detection in Windows Infrastructure – Part I

  Techniques to detect Lateral Movement in the Windows Systems In this article, we will focus on the conventional techniques being used by the threat

Security Assessment of a Digital Signage Solution

Security Assessment of a Digital Signage Solution

Digital signage is a form of electronic display used by the organizations to advertise and boost their business. They are often used to display public inform

OWASP top ten testing and tools for 2013

OWASP top ten testing and tools for 2013

In 2013 OWASP completed its most recent regular three-year revision of the OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks. The Top Ten list has been an importan

How to prevent cross-site scripting attacks

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is one of the most dangerous and most often found vulnerabilities related to web applications. Security researchers have found thi

Creating an API authenticated with OAuth 2 in Node.js

Creating an API authenticated with OAuth 2 in Node.js

In the second part of the Securing Web APIs series, we are going to shed light on the OAuth authorization framework and we are going to build a simple API wi

SQL Injection Protection in Cloud Systems

SQL Injection Protection in Cloud Systems

SQL Injection Structural Query Language (SQL) is a language used to program and manage data in relational databases. Originating in 1986, SQL has gained so m

Best practices for web browser security

Best practices for web browser security

Web browsers are a commonly used software application to access web resources and pages using the Internet. A browser can also be used to access information

DEFENDER: WordPress Plugin Evaluation

Introduction In this article, we will look at the DEFENDER WordPress plugin. This plugin is touted to provide layered security for WordPress sites/blogs. Thi