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Have you ever received emails from unknown sources claiming to offer insurance, lottery tickets or advertisements? You may have noticed that such emails always have a link that they prompt you to click. What lies on the other side of the link can be any one of many ways to phish users into giving away their important login credentials. You obviously don’t want any confidential information such as credit card numbers or account passwords to be misused or imagine a scenario where you have downloaded a file which turned out to be malware and now your system is infected with nasty ransomware. In this article, you’ll find effective tips that can help you stay secure online. #1. Set Robust Passwords The most basic mistake that users make is setting easily guessed passwords so they don’t forget them and the attackers happily use this as a weakness by figuring out commonly used passwords. Don’t make it easy for hackers to get access to your online accoun...
OWASP or Open Web Security Project is a non-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software and web applications. The organization publishes a list of top web security vulnerabilities based on the data from various security organizations. The web security vulnerabilities are prioritized depending on exploitability, detectability and impact on software. Exploitability – What is needed to exploit the security vulnerability? Highest exploitability when the attack needs only web browser and lowest being advanced programming and tools. Detectability – How easy is it to detect the threat? Highest being the information displayed on URL, Form or Error message and lowest being source code. Impact or Damage – How much damage will be done if the security vulnerability is exposed or attacked? Highest being complete system crash and lowest being nothing at all. The main aim of OWASP Top 10 is to educate the developers, designers, managers, archite...
Created by Brendan Eich, JavaScript is a global website platform designed using a high-level programming language that makes it more convenient for non-developers, hence its consideration as a user-friendly language. JavaScript provides attractive user experiences as it enables interactive aspects in web pages. JS was designed in a way that facilitates its operation with minimum effort in PCs and mobile browsing systems. It is also consistent across all browsers including -Opera Mini, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. Many companies prefer outsourcing Javascript development to benefit from the expertise and efficiency that these partner companies can provide. These are some benefits of using JavaScript: Speed- it doesn’t need a response from the server while coding and this makes it very efficient. User-friendly- it displays contents the user needs, and it works with graphical interfaces that help execute several tasks. Offline support and stor...
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