Monthly Archives: September 2018

A Complete Guide to CSRF/XSRF

Cross-Site Request Forgery, CSRF, XSRF, or session riding attacks, as it can be otherwise referred to are becoming an increasingly common type of attack. A CSRF attack forces users to carry out unwelcome attacks on websites and applications within which they are already authenticated. It does not seek to steal information. Instead, it is specifically […]

Social Media Sites Security Battleground

Once trusted applications are more and more becoming the fodder for social hacks & identity theft. With the internet of things (IoT) taking off, so are the opportunistic careers of hackers – preying on social, mobile, and digital platform profiles – such as Slack, LinkedIn, Facebook, mobile app stores, Pastebin, Instagram, Twitter, and even unattended blog […]