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  • Are you doing HTTPS right?

    Last year, internet reached an important milestone when it comes to web security. More than half of the websites all over the world are now on HTTPS. As the awareness about HTTPS is rising, more and more organizations and individuals are moving their websites to HTTPS.  Certificate authorities like Lets Encrypt which offer free certificates have made…

  • Add security.txt to your website

    [sg_popup id=”3″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] Recently, I came across below tweet from security expert Troy Hunt Google now has a security.txt file – so should you! https://t.co/fXmeNG9Yem https://t.co/drbJQ1Ynw8 — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) February 3, 2018 The tweet talked about a file named security.txt. I went on reading his post to understand what exactly is security.txt and what problem…

  • Create your presentations with Remark

    [sg_popup id=”3″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]Recently, I came across an interesting tool named Remark (all thanks to my colleague).  Remark helps to transform your markdown into a slideshow on a browser. It is very simple and easy to use. To create a presentation with remark all you need to know is a markdown syntax and a little bit  HTML/ CSS. It…

  • Lesser Known C# Features – Part 4

    This is Part 4 and most likely the last part of my series, lesser-known features of C#. The previous parts of this series are available here: Lesser known C# features – Part 1 Lesser known C# features – Part 2 Lesser known C# features – Part 3

  • Lesser known C# features – Part 3

    This is Part 3 of my series, lesser-known features of C#. The previous parts of this series are available here: Lesser known C# features – Part 1 Lesser known C# – feature – Part 2

  • Lesser known C# features – Part 2

    This is Part 2 of the series, lesser-known features of C# language. I would suggest you to go through Part 1 if you have not already.

  • Lesser known C# features – Part 1

    Language C#  has become very powerful and mature over the years. As with any other language, C# also has few features which are used lesser than others. These are useful but often forgotten features. Through a series of blog post, I want to talk to about these lesser known/used features of C#. This is Part 1 of the series.

  • Who is mining coins at the expense of your CPU?

    Recently, I came across this article which cited that there are almost 2500 sites that are running cryptocurrency mining code in the browsers. These sites are using out-of-date software with known security vulnerabilities. This gives control to attackers to add a script to generate digital currency at the expense of user CPU and electricity.

  • Tools and tricks that can help you code better and faster

    Tools and tricks you can use along with Visual Studio to make your life easy as a developer:

  • What is HSTS and why should I care?

    Recently, there was an interesting conversation that happened between security expert Troy Hunt and a leading UK bank, NatWest. It all started when someone on twitter reported about the unsecured landing page of NatWest bank.

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