Posts Tagged ‘Ethical Hacking’


Identity Theft and What You Can Do About It – Part One

Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.  Unlike your fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot be given to someone else for their [...]

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Identity Theft and What You Can Do About It – Part Two

What Should I Do To Avoid Becoming A Victim Of Identity Theft? To reduce or minimize the risk of becoming a victim of identity theft or fraud, there are some basic steps you can take. For starters, just remember the word “SCAM”:   “S”  Be STINGY about giving out your personal information to others unless [...]

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10 Best Practices for Secure Coding

To ensure that you build and deploy the most secure software possible, Orthus recommends the following best practices for secure coding:     1. Validate user input   Never assume that input from HTML forms is valid.  Just because you gave the user only hidden fields or pull downs, or you had JavaScript to validate every [...]

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