Secure coding


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Secure Coding

Capture the flag: 5 websites to sharpen your hacking skills

Capture the flag: 5 websites to sharpen your hacking skills

Secure Coding

Capture the flag: 5 websites to sharpen your hacking skills

Through engaging hacking challenges and competitions, CTFs offer an excellent opportunity to test and enhance your security and problem-solving skills

Christian Ali Bravo13 Nov 2023


Secure Coding

5 of the top programming languages for cybersecurity

5 of the top programming languages for cybersecurity

Secure Coding

5 of the top programming languages for cybersecurity

While far from all roles in security explicitly demand coding skills, it’s challenging to envision a career in this field that wouldn’t derive substantial advantages from at least a basic understanding of fundamental coding principles

Christian Ali Bravo27 Sep 2023


Secure Coding, Business Security

Can open-source software be secure?

Can open-source software be secure?

Secure Coding, Business Security

Can open-source software be secure?

Or, is mass public meddling just opening the door for problems? And how does open-source software compare to proprietary software in terms of security?

Aryeh Goretsky and Cameron Camp26 Sep 2023


Digital Security, Secure Coding

DEF CON 31: US DoD urges hackers to go and hack ‘AI’

DEF CON 31:  US DoD urges hackers to go and hack ‘AI’

Digital Security, Secure Coding

DEF CON 31: US DoD urges hackers to go and hack ‘AI’

The limits of current AI need to be tested before we can rely on their output

Tony Anscombe18 Aug 2023


Secure Coding

All eyes on APIs: Top 3 API security risks and how to mitigate them

All eyes on APIs: Top 3 API security risks and how to mitigate them

Secure Coding

All eyes on APIs: Top 3 API security risks and how to mitigate them

As APIs are a favorite target for threat actors, the challenge of securing the glue that holds various software elements together is taking on increasing urgency

Phil Muncaster01 Jun 2023


Secure Coding

Cracked it! Highlights from KringleCon 5: Golden Rings

Cracked it! Highlights from KringleCon 5: Golden Rings

Secure Coding

Cracked it! Highlights from KringleCon 5: Golden Rings

Learning meets fun at the 2022 SANS Holiday Hack Challenge – strap yourself in for a crackerjack ride at the North Pole as I foil Grinchum's foul plan and recover the five golden rings

Rene Holt09 Jan 2023


Secure Coding

Integer overflow: How does it occur and how can it be prevented?

Integer overflow: How does it occur and how can it be prevented?

Secure Coding

Integer overflow: How does it occur and how can it be prevented?

Make no mistake, counting on a computer is not as easy as it may seem. Here’s what happens when a number gets “too big”.

Rene Holt21 Feb 2022


Secure Coding

What are buffer overflow attacks and how are they thwarted?

What are buffer overflow attacks and how are they thwarted?

Secure Coding

What are buffer overflow attacks and how are they thwarted?

Ever since the Morris worm, buffer overflows have become notorious fare in the world of vulnerabilities

Rene Holt06 Dec 2021


Secure Coding

Is bug hunting a viable career choice?

Is bug hunting a viable career choice?

Secure Coding

Is bug hunting a viable career choice?

With earnings of top ethical hackers surpassing hundreds of thousands of dollars, some would say yes

Amer Owaida26 Feb 2020