What Is a CSRF Attack? A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding and Preventing It If you’ve ever created a login form, a password change mechanism, or a method to delete an account, you may have encountered CSRF vulnerable features. A CSRF vulnerability doesn’t mean your application will fail or raise an error. It means that it […]
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Some things to know before proceeding: I am a learner, like everyone else. What follows in this essay is all information I could gather officially from OWASP and CWE, or through other verified sources. This information depends on context, or on version, wherever it applies. I have never tried out an attack in real time
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When you have downloaded a Linux ISO, checked the “checksum” of a file, or looked inside an older password database, you have most likely encountered MD5. It produces a fairly short string consisting of 32 characters and was ubiquitous for decades. MD5 today has an odd reputation. On one hand, it is described as “completely
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Almost all articles regarding RSA begin with too much mathematics or too little mathematics. Some flood you with modular arithmetic, while others simply tell you that “RSA has two keys; one is public and one is private.” None of this really gets to the bottom of things. That is where this article comes in handy.
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Over the last few years, I have been gaining experience in securing my own gadgets. When I started out, I did not understand what a firewall was and why my passwords were weak. Either guides were making assumptions that I knew everything, or they were treating me like I was incompetent. Here is the guide
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Why the Terminal Still Rules Cybersecurity It is likely that if you have ever observed how penetration testers and SOC analysts work, you have seen the following thing: they spend practically all their time in a black box with green text. Nothing else. No graphical user interface. No mouse. Just typing. And there is a
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The link looked completely normal. The domain was correct. The padlock was present. The page loaded quickly and was absolutely identical to the login page that you have visited numerous times before. You entered your credentials. And then things started going wrong. Phishing techniques have come a long way since the Nigerian Prince emails of
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The Name You Love to Hate (But Can’t Ignore) It is likely that you have interacted with McAfee in two possible ways. You may have acquired it as an automatic installation that pops up with subscription prompts, or you have heard the crazy tales of its creator, John McAfee, who led an exciting life outside
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A practical guide for staying safe online You are about to make a purchase on the internet. Everything looks good; the site is attractive, the cost is reasonable, and there is a padlock in your browser’s address bar. You input your credit card number, press the ‘Submit’ button, and feel safe. However, there is one
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The Question Before Getting Started Now imagine if I asked you to come up with the most fundamental principle in cybersecurity. Encryption, strong passwords, firewalls, etc. These are the typical answers. They are all correct but they miss the mark because they do not provide any information about what you’re defending yourself against or the
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