Security

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)

The Open source OWASP( Open Web Application Security Project) is a non revenue dependent worldwide charity organization, concentrating on the improvement of web application security. Their particular mission is to highlight the application security mechanism in every way possible, so that people and organizations can be informed regarding original application security risks and their solutions. [...]

What is Brute Force Attack

During the brute force attack, attacker tries to bypass all the security mechanisms while having minimum information about them. Using one or more methods for accessing: dictionary attack(with or without mutations), brute-force attack (with given classes of characters e.g.: numeric, alphanumerical, special, case (in)sensitive) the attacker tries to achieve his goal. Using this attack method, [...]

Google Security Breach due to DigiNotar Certificates

From Amsterdam: It has been told by the experts, that Govt. of Iran may have been supported a hacking attack, allowing it to grab Gmail from dissidents who were using secure connections they thought.

Web Security Measures

There have already been a lot of debate on the security measures which should be implemented into every website. There is a typical checklist approach of best practices. Usually a checklist is the first step toward securing a resource, and the checklist could be changed a bit according to the security required different type of [...]