Coder Geek

Divya Mudgal a.k.a Coder Geek is an information security researcher and freelance application developer. A graduate in computer science, she has experience in secure coding, application development and researching the security side of application development.

Application security March 6, 2015 Coder Geek

OWASP ProActive Controls: Part 2 of 2

In the first part of this series, we covered the Top 5 OWASP ProActive Controls and learned how they can prove to be of great use in securing applications....

Application security March 2, 2015 Coder Geek

OWASP ProActive Controls: Part 1

What is OWASP ProActive Controls? In one line, this project can be explained as "Secure Coding Practices by Developers for Developers". OWASP ProActive Controls...

Cryptography January 30, 2015 Coder Geek

Quantum Cryptography

"Quantum cryptography uses photons and physics to generate cryptographic keys" What is quantum cryptography? Quantum cryptography is NOT a new algorithm to...

Application security September 19, 2014 Coder Geek

Parameterized SQL query over dynamic SQL query

It is used for better performance, high efficiency and prevention of SQL injection vulnerability. Before going further, let us have a brief introduction to...

General security September 18, 2014 Coder Geek

Defense-in-Depth: Layered Protection and Data Security

Application vulnerability is caused when a developer fails to sanitize the input from user and blindly uses it as an input for further data processing. One...

Secure coding January 17, 2014 Coder Geek

Securing Your Java Code 3

For Part 1 For Part 2 Sensitive Data Exposure A web application is vulnerable if it does not store sensitive information like password, bank details, personal...

Secure coding December 20, 2013 Coder Geek

Securing Your Java Code 2

For Part 1 For Part 3 SQL Injection SQL injection occurs when a user sends malicious data to an interpreter as an SQL query. The attacker sends simple text-based...