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Security

20 Articles
How To Encrypt Passwords Using SHA-256 In C# And .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......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
Interesting facts about software "bugs"
If there is one thing that a programmer knows, it is the term "bugs" when it comes to their code not functioning as intended. Maybe in your ...Read more
August 06 2019 - 5 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
Taking A Look At Security In Shared Hosting
I've always been a proponent of having just the most secure site that you can possibly make. And as such, I always take precautions to make...Read more
June 03 2016 - 4 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
Cybersecurity 101: What You Need To Know To Keep Your Data Safe
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April 11 2018 - 3 min read
A Beginner’s Guide To Red Team Testing
Security leaders face strategic turmoil from a data protection standpoint as businesses increasingly require an ‘anytime, anywhere access...Read more
April 20 2021 - 4 min read
How To Ensure Your Website's Security
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January 14 2018 - 3 min read
How To Implement The Principle Of Least Privilege In Cybersecurity
The principle of least privilege is a security concept that recommends that any user of the system be given the minimum levels of access ne...Read more
June 16 2021 - 4 min read
Mozilla finally stopping support for FTP in Firefox 90
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) has long been the go to method of transferring files on the internet. It's how you uploaded files to your share...Read more
July 30 2021 - 2 min read
Top 7 Security Best Practices For Your Websites
If you own or run a website, then security should be near the top of the list in terms of daily priorities. You far too often hear stories o...Read more
October 20 2021 - 5 min read

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