Many apps allow the user to authenticate with their phone number, by having the user enter it, and then sending an SMS with a code to be entered into the app. Very few (if any that I can find still active), simply present the SMS interface…
While discussing archive authenticity/integrity for long term and the problem of potentially re-keying in case of compromise, someone came up with the term “trans-cipher” (or “trans-ciphering”).
I have tried to search the entire internet …
Chances are you have heard about how easy it can be to evade
antivirus. Often, this is because the signatures used by vendors are
too simplistic and can be successfully duped without changing the
functionality of the malware. Have you ever attemp…
Chances are you have heard about how easy it can be to evade
antivirus. Often, this is because the signatures used by vendors are
too simplistic and can be successfully duped without changing the
functionality of the malware. Have you ever attemp…
I want to develop an application using the ZAP API for Java that performs an active scan over a site. I have the following code:
private static final String ZAP_ADDRESS = “localhost”;
private static final int ZAP_PORT = 8090;
private stat…
My CFO received an email from a director at a financial institution advising that all traffic (inbound and outbound) from certain IP addresses should be blocked at the firewall. The director at the financial institution was advised by his …
One of our goals in the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is to be more transparent with security researchers and our customers on the criteria we use for determining when we intend to address a reported vulnerability through a security update….
I’m thinking about an authentication sheme of a REST API in a setting where the only thing the server stores about a client, is their public key (the asymmetric encryption scheme should not matter). So I’ve come up with a scheme where the …
I accidentally opened a PDF email attachment on an Android phone as I was trying to figure out if the email was fraud or a scam. It was an email claiming I booked a flight and the pdf had my e-tickets.
I wanted to download the attachment…
I have a web application (Spring MVC) and have input data validation for every parameter in the controller. What is NOT present is checking for accepted Parameter Map Size. i.e When the controller expected 10 parameters and the request has…
