If the popular social networking site Twitter was looking to ring in a happy new year, they didn’t have much luck. Instead, 2009 began with an attack and misuse of 33 accounts by an 18 year old hacker. Among those compromised were President Elect Barack Obama’s, the Fox News Channel’s and CNN’s...
Entries categorized 'Security' ↓
When Websites Trade Security for ‘happiness’
Tuesday, January 13 2009 - Security
Evil I/O: MS AntiXSS & Preventing XSS Attacks
Tuesday, December 23 2008 - Security
With the recent release of the Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting (AntiXSS) Library V3.0 Beta, I decided to take the opportunity to yet again remind everyone how important security is, in particular, prevention of XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attacks. XSS attacks are disturbingly common. Take for example...
Yes, it’s that easy to get hacked
Wednesday, July 16 2008 - Security
Most developers pay lip service to security, but there aren’t so many who actually take the time to actually secure their site. We usually leave it to the sys admins. Yes, those same sys admins who like to make our lives miserable by actually locking things down, not allowing us access and enforcing...
