Security - Mark Eliasen

Mark Eliasen

Security

Anything to do with cyber or information security. | Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

I fell for a phish

I fell for a phish

I have not, to my knowledge, fallen for any phishing attempts and have been very critical of anything I receive whether its on email, text, slack, WhatsApp etc. If I am asked to provide anything I generally question it. Well, that streak is now over.

The Basics: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

The Basics: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

What is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and how does it work? The aim of this guide is to teach you the basics of XSS so you can hopefully better protect your own applications and sites.

Developers, its 2019, hash passwords accordingly

Developers, its 2019, hash passwords accordingly

Photo by Tim Evans on Unsplash As a backend developer you will more than likely have to handle user logins and sign up at some point in time, if you haven't already, which means you will need to store the users' passwords. The passwords users give you

The Basics: SQL Injections

The Basics: SQL Injections

What is a SQL injection and how does it work? The aim of this guide is to teach you the basics of SQL injections, how they work and how you can protect your applications.

A personal collection of resources

A personal collection of resources

My personal collection of resources which I like or have been recommended to me. Hopefully you will find something useful! I am not affiliated with any providers, services or websites in this post, unless otherwise explicitly stated.