How Composer Avoid Dependency Chain Attacks
In a blog post published by Nils Adermann co-Founder of Packagist, explained how composer manage dependency confusion and avoid security issues caused by other package managers to big companies such Apple,...
The PHPHack that Broke Password Hashing
PHP recently suffered a bug in its password hashing algorithm that could lead to security vulnerabilities in applications. The bug, which was discovered and reported by researchers from Paragon Initiative Enterprises,...
Plain text considered harmful: A cross-domain exploit
Benjamin Dumke-von der Ehe posted a proof of concept for a cross domain exploit using plain text, available mainly in Firefox using Proxy objects and possibly in Chrome if you enable...
HTML5 Security Realities
Brad Hill from Paypal, shared a very interesting slides that he presented during W3Conf 2013, which was held in San Fransisco on February 21, and 22. In the presentation you can find real...
Report : 61.5% of Websites still uses PHP5
Two months only remaining for PHP5 to get security releases before its official end of life. The version 5 of PHP is powering the web since 2014, however it is no...
PHPVatch, Top 1M websites leaking PHP versions
With just few weeks until PHP 5.6 EoL, PHPVatch checks top 1 million websites from Alexa Top 1 million sites which are leaking their PHP versions
Only 4.88% of these websites have...
Composer security Harderning
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP, and is the de facto one. It is a great software developed by brilliant people, and Composer security have the necessary precautions in place to prevent...
Hardening Framework plans to support PHP
The Hardening Framework is a security automation framework that applies secure default configuration while allowing customization for each deployment. It adds a layer into your automation framework, that configures your operating...
Anthony Ferrara: Preventing CSRF Attacks
Anthony Ferrara wrote on his blog few steps to prevent CSRF attacks, also as a follow-up to a discussion previously started on this blog and on twitter also. First he defined...
The Balancing Act of Web Security and Performance: How to Keep Your Website Safe...
In today's digital landscape, websites and web applications have become essential tools for businesses and individuals alike. With this increased reliance on online presence comes the need for robust security measures...
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