March 2007
Securing Web Based Payment Systems
by Siddharth Anbalahan
A typical internet payment system consists of a payment gateway that handles information transfer over the internet between merchant and customer. In this article we shall look at some of the risks involved in this information flow.… more →
Application Penetration Tester's Toolkit
by Balaji V
In this article series, we will be looking at some of the tools used for application penetration testing. The most common categories of tools include web proxy editors, fuzzers, network proxies, memory viewers, decompilers, browser extensions and automated vulnerability scanners.… more →
Back to Basics: Internet Cookies
by Jose Varghese, CISSP, GSEC, GCIH, CBCP, BS7799 LA
Continuing with our Back to Basics series, we’ll discuss about internet cookies. Cookies are generally used by web sites to track users’ personal preferences so that personalized content can be served to the user. In the first part, we had covered Caching.… more →
Quiz: Anti-phishing Measure
Which of these best describes an Anti-Phishing Measure?
- Insert a Javascript in the website that records the number users visiting the website per day.
- Insert a Javascript the website for customizing the website based on user’s browser type or version.
- Insert a Javascript in the website which sends an alert whenever website is run under any URL other than the authentic.
- Insert a Javascript in the website to protect email addresses from being harvested by spambots.