Security

14 Articles

How To Encrypt Passwords Using SHA-256 In .NET

.NET makes it pretty simple to work with data encryption with the Cryptography namespace. So there should be no reason to have plain text p...Read more

June 29 2015 - 4 min read

Implementing Google's Invisible ReCaptcha In .NET

If keeping bots away is your thing, then using Google's reCAPTCHA is a must. And while it can be tedious to click on 20 images of cars in...Read more

October 22 2017 - 5 min read

Implementing Google's No Captcha reCaptcha In ASP.NET

Captchas and reCaptchas are great inventions. They help keep spam out and help to verify that humans are on the interwebs and not mischievo...Read more

August 08 2015 - 4 min read

Why Do So Many Websites Get Hacked

Just recently researchers published a study showing that over 29 million American health records were compromised between 2010 and 2013. Ma...Read more

April 15 2015 - 6 min read

Preventing SQL Injections With Parameterized Queries

In my previous post I wrote about a few steps that you can take to better secure your website. One of those steps, probably the most import...Read more

April 02 2015 - 4 min read

A Closer Look At How And Why Websites Track You

It is no surprise that websites nowadays track your every move. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, etc etc. The list goes on and on and for t...Read more

September 03 2015 - 5 min read

Even Tesla And Elon Musk Are Not Immune To Getting Hacked

There I was looking through some Twitter feeds when I noticed that Tesla Motors was giving away Teslas if you called a phone number. "Amazi...Read more

April 25 2015 - 2 min read

Increase Security With Two Factor Authentication And U2F

Security is getting more difficult to attain nowadays on the old interwebs, and for good reason. It's not about hackers getting more clever...Read more

July 14 2016 - 4 min read

Battle of the Bots

And not at all in a cool way unfortunately. But in a more "that's kind of annoying..." way. For the most part, bots roam the interwebs hour...Read more

October 30 2016 - 5 min read

Keeping Your Websites More Secure In 2018

This year we didn't hear too much in the news about security breaches or stolen data, although undoubtedly those incidents continued to hap...Read more

January 02 2018 - 5 min read

Why Tracking Website Visitors Is Important

If you've just finished watching Snowden, then please don't spoil it for me. Although I think I know how it ends. Security is a hot topic r...Read more

September 28 2016 - 4 min read

Let's talk about data privacy

Since Google became a verb, it has been no secret that they rely heavily on capturing user data, both to serve you better content and to se...Read more

April 01 2018 - 6 min read