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Protecting .NET 4.+ Application By C++ [Unmanaged]

by The Ænema

Inject your 4.5 framework .NET application into a C++ unmanaged host application - fast, secure & without any extra tool or library.

The Secrets of Google Chrome Credentials

by Michael Haephrati

Chrome stores all passwords and other credentials in an encrypted database but guess what: they can be retrieved by anyone with the proper knowledge. This article will show you how.

Reverse Engineering with OllyDbg

by Ajay K. Yadav

The objective of writing this paper is to manifest, how to crack an executable without peeping its source code by exercising OllyDbg tool.

Evolution of Polymorphic Malware

by Kewin Rausch

An introduction on how these applications self-defend themselves against scanning techniques, and how they could have evolved from simple and naive forms to more sophisticated ones.

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Decouple ASP.NET Core Identity, Authentication and Database Engines

by Zijian

Reusable codes for OAuth security in business applications

ARC4 Encryption Library

by Pavel Bashkardin

ARC4 (Alleged RC4) Cryptography Provider Class Library

Kernel-Level Application Blacklisting with C++ and Windows

by Rahul Dev Tripathi

A comprehensive guide to developing and implementing kernel-level application - Blacklisting using C++ for enhanced system security.

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

by Jason Sultana

This article discusses Cross Site Scripting (XSS), and focuses on stored and unstored XSS attacks.

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Protecting .NET 4.+ Application By C++ [Unmanaged]

25 Mar 2018 by The Ænema

Inject your 4.5 framework .NET application into a C++ unmanaged host application - fast, secure & without any extra tool or library.

The Secrets of Google Chrome Credentials

30 Jan 2017 by Michael Haephrati

Chrome stores all passwords and other credentials in an encrypted database but guess what: they can be retrieved by anyone with the proper knowledge. This article will show you how.

Reverse Engineering with OllyDbg

28 Oct 2014 by Ajay K. Yadav

The objective of writing this paper is to manifest, how to crack an executable without peeping its source code by exercising OllyDbg tool.

Evolution of Polymorphic Malware

14 Apr 2018 by Kewin Rausch

An introduction on how these applications self-defend themselves against scanning techniques, and how they could have evolved from simple and naive forms to more sophisticated ones.

OWASP #6 Preventing Sensitive Data Exposure in ASP.NET – Part 1

16 Feb 2016 by Max R McCarty

OWASP's #6 most vulnerable security risk has to do with keeping secrets secret.

The Secrets of Internet Explorer Credentials

30 Jan 2017 by Michael Haephrati

Third of several articles covering the secrets of obtaining stored (and encrypted) credentials stored by browsers

JWT Security Part 2, Secure REST Service

4 Sep 2017 by Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC All Build with .NET Core

Decouple ASP.NET Core Identity, Authentication and Database Engines

U 12 Jul 2024 by Zijian

Reusable codes for OAuth security in business applications

JWT Security Part 3 - Secure MVC Application

4 Sep 2017 by Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC all build with .NET Core

T-SQL reporting engine

20 Jun 2013 by Levente Kupás

If you have big reports which run slowly, you may use this T-SQL based engine to speed-up them.

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A Simple 32bit Ret2libc Attack in Linux

27 May 2021 by Oscar-Tark

In this article, we will be looking at a more advanced version of a buffer overflow attack.

YAPM (Yet Another Password Manager)

10 Mar 2018 by Joe Dillon

This article describes the security techniques required to create a secure offline password manager and how the Libsodium library has been used to achieve this. YAPM stores passwords with AES encryption and authenticates users with an Argon2 hash.

Hot Patching C/C++ Functions with Intel Pin

27 Aug 2019 by Dan Sporici

This article discusses the idea of Hot Patching C/C++ functions using Intel Pin in order to remove known vulnerabilities

Protecting Electron Based Applications by Using a Native Bridge

16 Jan 2023 by The Ænema

In this article, you will learn an easy way to protect your critical code logic in electron-based applications using a C++ native library.

Overview of Azure Key Vault

10 Nov 2018 by DataBytzAI

What is Azure Key Vault and where is it useful?

Understanding the FPGA: From Developing Configurations to Building a VGA Driver

18 Feb 2019 by Apriorit Inc, ruksovdev

A detailed description of an FPGA-specific framework called ISE Design Suite, and the main steps you need to take in order to create a VGA driver using FPGA

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SecurePHPWebAppCoding - Cross Site Scripting(XSS) - What is it and How to Stop It?

26 Sep 2014 by Abani Kumar Meher

This article explains few scenarios where XSS attack can be done, how we make mistake while creating web application which leads to XSS vulnerability and what should be done to prevent XSS attacks.

Security Engineer Manifesto

9 Feb 2015 by CdnSecurityEngineer

Security Engineer manifesto

Data Encryption in Azure

8 Nov 2018 by DataBytzAI

Overview of encryption at rest, in motion and in use with Azure Encryption

Password Flows Middleware for Express-based Applications

19 May 2021 by Ohad Redlich

authentication-flows-js is a powerful and highly customizable middleware for Node.js that covers all flows that any express-based authentication-server needs

Cross-Solution Microsoft Identity for Java Developers Part 1: Adding Authentication to a Spring Cloud Java Application Using Microsoft Authentication Library

18 Oct 2021 by Matthew Casperson

In this article we’ll explore integrating Azure AD and MSAL with a Spring Boot web application.

OWASP #6 Preventing Sensitive Data Exposure in ASP.NET – Part 2

26 Feb 2016 by Max R McCarty

How are you storing that sensitive application data and should you be?

SQL Server Brute Force Attack Detection: Part 4

30 Apr 2018 by Ryan G Conrad

Using Powershell and Windows Task Scheduler API to detect malicious login attempts on a remotely accessible SQL Server database

Migrating a SQL Database with CLR Integration from Old SQL Server Versions

4 May 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

Ways to deal with changed security for CLR code in SQL databases

How to Write Your ERC20 Tokens

2 Jan 2024 by Viktoria Dolzhenko

Creating an erc20 Token using the hardhat Package and Typescript

Row Level Data Security in Tableau - Part 1

11 Jun 2020 by Imran Abdul Ghani

Step by Step Implementation of Row Level Data Security in Tableau

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

AJAX adds one more wrinkle to web security. I find that videos and demonstrations help me understand subtle topics like this.VideosSecurity in

Rogue Wave OpenLogic: A Review

16 Jun 2015 by Chris_Riley

I recently spent some time with Rogue Wave OpenLogic product. OpenLogic is an “open source” component review tool.

Security Best Practices for Android 5.0

30 Oct 2015 by Android on Intel

In this article, I will describe four best practices for Android device management.

Mule ESB + PGP: Pretty Good Privacy

22 May 2016 by RajeshKumar D

Configuring PGP Encryption and Decryption part of MULE ESB

5 Tips to Get the Most out of Your Cloud Infrastructure

18 Jan 2017 by Alibaba Cloud

Here are five top tips from our expert team to help you maximize the benefits of your cloud infrastructure.

Cyber Security Techniques for Web Sites

30 Aug 2018 by Member 10280272

The focus in this article is on avoiding over-the-wire security issues that can be addressed in web pages.

Smart Contract Security Guaranteed by the Network: Cardano and Zilliqa

24 Jan 2019 by Apriorit Inc, MikeSotnichek

Smart security contract in Cardano and Zilliqa

How to Implement a Custom Blockchain for Your Business: Graphene Framework

5 Feb 2019 by Apriorit Inc, MikeSotnichek

The experience of creating a custom blockchain network using the Graphene framework.

securelocker: an httplite "pretty secure" file storage locker

8 Jan 2022 by Michael Sydney Balloni

An exciting proof-of-concept that sews httplite with security components

DAO. Short and Clear. Let's Create Our Own.

12 Oct 2023 by Viktoria Dolzhenko

An introduction to the concept of DAO and a workshop on how to create your own

Self-Hosted Artificial Intelligence: Keeping Control of Your Data

13 Nov 2023 by Chris Maunder

In this article we will explore how self-hosted AI, specifically CodeProject.AI Server, empowers businesses to leverage the power of AI while maintaining control over their data.

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Server error response vulnerability - HTTP 500

1 Mar 2011 by Bryian Tan

Server error response vulnerability - HTTP 500

Intel Business Client Platforms

20 Sep 2012 by Russel Beutler

Whether you’re developing for unmanaged small business, or enterprise-level IT departments, 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ processor-based PC and mobile platforms are designed to help you meet the needs of your customers.

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Creating Twitter STS with ASP.NET MVC and WIF

7 May 2013 by Dmitry Tretyakov

Step by Step tutorial describes how to create custom Security Token Service.

Code Access Security

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Code Access Security is one of the least-understood but most valuable aspects of the .NET Framework.WebcastsMSDN Webcast: Using Code Access

SQL Server Security

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

There's a lot of great information on SQL Server Security covering both SQL Server 2000 and 2005.Blogs/DevCentersSQL Server 2005 Security on

Threat Modeling

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

It's absolutely necessary if you're serious about security.Whitepapers/Books/BlogsThreat Modeling for ASP.NET (PDF) - an excellent white

Security Guidelines and Recommendations

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

There's a great deal of good prescriptive security guidance out there in the form of whitepapers and books.Whitepaperspatterns & practices

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Here are a few good tutorial articles that provide a good conceptual overview of how the new membership and role management system works. Check out

how to use login control on remote computer (live web site)

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

step1. drag create use wizard and drop on design window on your web page(default1.aspx).step2. go to website tab and click on asp.net

Application Security: Where You Want It, When You Need It with Visual Guard

11 Jul 2014 by Jeffrey T. Fritz

I’ve been reviewing Novalys Visual Guard for the last 2 weeks, and found some really interesting nuggets in this package that would make my network administrators stand up and take notice.

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Acunetix WVS – Audit Your Website Security

29 Sep 2014 by Dirk_Strauss

Acunetix WVS audits your website security by running a host of tests. It then provides a concise report of issues it found. Not only does it do this, but it also suggests changes you need to make to fix the issues found.

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Intel® Device Protection Technology and McAfee Mobile Security for Android*

17 Nov 2014 by Android on Intel

Recent industry reports indicate Android* is the OS in more than 59 percent of laptops, tablets and smartphones worldwide.

DevOps needs DevSec

1 Dec 2015 by Mark_Warren

Working with customers and partners, here is an overview of the need for DevSec and the five ‘best practice’ questions to ask when looking how to have a better ‘DevSec’ strategy

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Intel® Hardware-based Security Technologies Bring Differentiation to Biometrics Recognition Applications Part 1

14 Jan 2016 by Android on Intel

Intel® Hardware-based Security Technologies Bring Differentiation to Biometrics Recognition Applications

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An eCryptfs-Based Solution for Securing Your Data on Android

14 Jan 2016 by Android on Intel

I will describe a new way to implement security for sensitive data based on eCryptfs (eCryptfs.org).

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Intel® Hardware-based Security Technologies Bring Differentiation to Biometrics Recognition Applications Part 2

1 Feb 2016 by Android on Intel

High Performance and Security Software-Based Encryption by Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions and Intel® Secure Key

Internet of Things Security Architecture

26 Sep 2016 by Yuri Diogenes

The objective of threat modeling is to understand how an attacker might be able to compromise a system and then make sure appropriate mitigations are in place. Threat modeling forces the design team to consider mitigations as the system is designed rather than after a system is deployed.

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Getting Started With Predix - A Builders Journey - Episode 1

19 Jan 2017 by Rich Dost

In this first episode we'll tackle the first thing, security. We are at the start of a journey. We'll learn about many Predix services and components. We'll find the good, the bad and the ugly, and we'll complain the whole way. After security we'll hit Asset and Analytics.

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Missteps in Securing Autonomous Vehicles

24 Feb 2017 by Intel

It is important to institute optimal security capabilities as part of the design and core functions (Hardware, Firmware, OS/RTOS, software, endpoints, networks, etc.) to protect passengers and pedestrians from potentially catastrophic accidents resulting from digital compromises

Hooking Linux Kernel Functions, Part 1: Looking for the Perfect Solution

9 Jan 2019 by Apriorit Inc

Two theoretical ways to protect a Linux kernel module from hooks.

Hooking Linux Kernel Functions, Part 3: What Are the Main Pros and Cons of Ftrace?

17 Jan 2019 by Apriorit Inc

In this article, we focus on the main ftrace pros and cons and describe some unexpected surprises we’ve faced when hooking Linux kernel functions with this utility.

Hooking Linux Kernel Functions, Part 2: How to Hook Functions with Ftrace

22 Jan 2019 by Apriorit Inc, Sergey Stepanchuk

Learn how you can use ftrace to hook critical function calls in the Linux kernel

Formal Verification of Smart Contracts with the K Framework

15 Mar 2019 by Apriorit Inc, MikeSotnichek

We analyze the pros and cons of formal verification.

Resilient High Availability VPN with Kill Switch in OpenWRT Routers

16 Jul 2023 by hemanthk119

An algorithm and a set of scripts which work in a closed loop on an OpenWRT router that enable resilient and high availability VPN (openvpn) connection for all connected router clients

No need to Store, Encrypt or Memorize Passwords!

28 Dec 2022 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Generator of highly secure passwords based on cryptographic hash and master password, which should be memorized; no password storage is involved.

SQL Server Brute Force Attack Detection: Part 1

25 Mar 2018 by Ryan G Conrad

Prevent brute-force login attacks on a remotely accessible SQL Server database using T-SQL

KeePass Password Safe

13 Jan 2020 by Dominik Reichl

KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.

JWT Security Part 1 - Create Token

4 Sep 2017 by Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC all build with .NET Core

Custom Roles Based Access Control (RBAC) in ASP.NET MVC Applications - Part 1 (Framework Introduction)

8 Jun 2015 by Stefan Wloch

An introduction to custom roles based access control in an ASP.NET MVC application using the Entity Framework.

A Password safe built with Arduino Leonardo

15 Apr 2015 by webmaster442

How to build a simple hardware password safe and login system with off the shelf components.

Creating Your Very Own x64 PE Packer/Protector from Scratch using C++

13 Nov 2021 by The Ænema

This article brings you a very detailed but easy to learn experience on creating your own x64 PE packer/protector using only VC++!

Create Custom Permission in Object Level

11 Jun 2012 by taha bahraminezhad Jooneghani

Custom permission in object level with out sign in and out to affect to users

Salted Password Hashing - Doing it Right

14 Feb 2016 by adriancs, Taylor Hornby

Securing Password by Hashing with Salt

Understanding Service Principal Names for SQL Server Integrated Security

15 May 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

Basics of Service Principal names, and what they mean for SQL Server security

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Security in Angular - Part 2

16 Jul 2018 by Paul D. Sheriff

Part 2 of how to add security to our Angular applications

Elevating During Runtime

15 Feb 2013 by Michael Haephrati

How can an application elevate itself to gain "Admin" rights during runtime

ASP.NET Core Security Overview

17 May 2018 by Sriganesha Rao

This article provides an overview of ASP.NET Core security features.

Creating Shellcode from any Code Using Visual Studio and C++

7 Jun 2021 by The Ænema

Learn how to convert any code to a stable shellcode using Visual Studio 2019 and VC++ in easy steps!

An Absolute Beginner's Tutorial on Cross Site Scripting(XSS) Prevention in ASP.NET

6 Apr 2013 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will try to see what is Cross Site Scripting(XSS).

Thinktecture Identity Server - Configuration, Customization

19 Nov 2013 by Azeet Chebrolu

Installing, extending Identity Server and implementing session token caching

Beginners guide to a secure way of storing passwords

20 Jul 2012 by StianSandberg

This article will explain how to securely store users passwords in a database.

A simple plug-in engine using Reflection

26 Sep 2012 by Vitaly Zhukov

This article describes how to create and use configurable plug-ins in your application.

WCF Service with custom username password authentication

25 Jul 2010 by Fayaz Soomro

This article describes custom username password authentication without the need of certificate installation on the client side.

10 Points to Secure Your ASP.NET MVC Applications

4 Aug 2016 by Saineshwar Bageri

In this article, we will run through 10 points which will help us to make our MVC code secure.

Encrypting Communication between C# and PHP

11 Oct 2011 by Scott Clayton

Set up encrypted secure communication between C# and PHP using the AES and RSA algorithms.

Selfhosted Secure WCF by Id password, custom validation

16 Jul 2014 by Himanshu Thawait

No config file needed – all setting in code only, No IIS – Self hosted, consume by channel factory

Creating a WCF Service with MSMQ Communication and Certificate Security

15 Mar 2012 by Mohammad Sepahvand

Implementing a Simple, Secure WCF Service with MSMQ Communication

CSHA1 - A C++ Class Implementation of the SHA-1 Hash Algorithm

19 Jun 2012 by Dominik Reichl

CSHA1 - A C++ class implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm

WCF REST 4.0 Authorization with Form Based Authentication (SetAuthCookie)

19 Mar 2013 by Anupama Agarwal

How to create custom authorization policy and return HTTPContext Identity for authorization.

Halibut: a secure communication stack for .NET/Mono

28 Feb 2013 by Paul Stovell

Secure alternative to WCF. JSON-RPC meets SSL meets .NET and Mono.

Understanding, Using and Customizing ASP.NET Identity System for Authentication and Authorization

16 Jul 2014 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will look into ASP.NET Identity System which comes as the default authentication and authorization mechanism with ASP.NET MVC 5 internet application template. We will try to understand the ASP.NET Identity system and compare it with the ASP.NET simple membership providor and the c

A Beginner's Tutorial for Understanding and Implementing Password Hashing and Salting

19 Jun 2013 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will discuss about securing the user passwords by using hashing and salting on the user passwords.

Understanding SQL Injection and Creating SQL Injection Proof ASP.NET Applications

9 Jan 2013 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article talk about what SQL injection is, how can that effect the security of our websites and what steps should be taken to create an ASP.NET application SQL injection proof.

Kernel-Level Application Blacklisting with C++ and Windows

22 Jun 2024 by Rahul Dev Tripathi

A comprehensive guide to developing and implementing kernel-level application - Blacklisting using C++ for enhanced system security.

SSL Peer Verification

21 Apr 2011 by All Time Programming

Verifying the Server Certificate on the client side using a CA file

Automated penetration testing in the Microsoft stack with OWASP ZAP

27 Jan 2014 by GustavoMartins

Automate your penetration testing using the pentest tool ZAP and the

Secure Spike Engine Websockets with TLS/SSL

23 Jun 2015 by Kel_

Securing Spike Engine HTTP & Websockets with TLS/SSL layer.

Just another article on Cryptography, SSL and Digital Signature

21 Mar 2016 by Dharmesh_Kemkar

Basics on Cryptography, SSL and Digital Signature

Difference between BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding

18 Jun 2012 by Shivprasad koirala

Difference between BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding.

Security in Angular - Part 1

16 Jul 2018 by Paul D. Sheriff

A technique for securing Angular 2/6 applications

Simplified version of the DES (Data Encryption Standard) in C#

5 Jul 2010 by Jubba Smail

Implementing a simplified version of the DES block cipher algorithm – which was the standard encryption algorithm before the AES, using C# to encrypt and decrypt binary files.

401 and/or 403 and a Short Story of Secure RESTful

3 Jul 2019 by rtybase

401 and/or 403 and a short story of secure RESTful

How to Transform Binary Files into Powershell Script(s) in Order to Copy them Silently on a Server

2 Mar 2024 by Federico Di Marco

A tool which creates one or more Powershell scripts which in turn recreate one or more binary files