One of the more common security mistakes is exposing too much information to our users. In the beginning of ASP.NET we had the famous "yellow screen of death."
This screen was helpful to the developers trying to debug the program, it contained the error message, the stack trace and
Action filters are one of those little used but powerful features of the ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET WebAPI stack. Most people have heard of them or are at the very least aware of them, but few have taken the time to learn them. Outside of exception handling, the
One of the more favorite attacks with Cross Site-Scripting (XSS) is to hijack another user's session. This attack is known as session hijacking (shocking!). When it boils down to it, session hijacking is no different than you using a public computer and forgetting to sign-out and another person sending email
Ahh XSS exploits. A nice buzzword in security conferences and classes. It sounds so cool and mysterious with the X in the front. But what is it really? How can it possibly harm my site and my users.
It is actually pretty simple when it comes down to it. A
There is a fine line between a secure .NET Web Application and an insecure .NET Web Application. A handful of tweaks here and there can make a world of difference
Back in March, the company I work for, Farm Credit Services of America, paid for co-worker and me to fly