Posts about Security

Detecting vulnerable dependencies in IntelliJ IDEA
June 7, 2019
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Security
How to detect third party libraries with security vulnerabilities directly in IntelliJ IDEA.
How to protect your HTTP Cookies
January 18, 2018
- Security
- HTTP
Protecting your sensitive cookies is very important as stolen session cookie means an attacker can take your identity and wreak havoc.
OWASP Top Ten 2017
January 1, 2018
- Security
OWASP released 2017 version of top 10 Web Application Security Vulnerabilities. What are they, what is new and is your app vulnerable?
Snyk – Detecting dependencies with known vulnerabilities
November 22, 2017
- Security
How to detect and fix security vulnerabilities in your dependencies using Snyk?
Preventing Clickjacking
April 10, 2017
- Security
Clickjacking is an attack, where the user is tricked into performing an unwanted action by clicking on a seemingly harmless element. How to prevent it?
Detecting dependencies with known vulnerabilities
March 23, 2017
- Security
- Java
How to automatically detect vulnerable third-party libraries as a part of your build process, integrate it with CI and track vulnerable dependencies over time?
Session Fixation Attack
February 20, 2017
- Security
- HTTP
Session fixation is a type of attack, where the attacker can hijack user's session. What are some of the variants and how to prevent this type of attack?