Python for exploit development: All about buffer overflows
Any application that takes users’ input needs somewhere to store that user input. This requires the application to allocate memory for storing this user-provided...
General security
Python language basics: understanding exception handling
Ideally, an application will always work exactly as expected. In reality, things can go wrong for several reasons. A design flaw or issue with the system...
Python for pentesting: Programming, exploits and attacks
Python is one of the most popular programming languages in existence for several reasons. It’s easy to use, has a large number of available libraries and...
How to run containers securely
Hardening the Dockerfiles and securing the build environment are the first steps in protecting containers. Once the containers are started, they need different...
Increasing security by hardening the CI/CD build infrastructure
CI/CD pipelines are made up of various different components such as application code, source code repositories, image repositories, build servers, containers,...
Pros and cons of public vs internal container image repositories
Docker registry is a key component in IT environments that use containers. Small businesses and individuals can rely on publicly available registry services...
CI/CD container security considerations
Containers are heavily used in the CI/CD environments. There are various phases, where security needs to be taken care of in a CI/CD pipeline. The developers...
Vulnerability scanning inside and outside the container
With the wide acceptance of the concept of containerized applications due to the benefits they bring, one should not overlook the security in container environments....
How Docker primitives secure container environments
Docker makes heavy use of Linux kernel features. One of the fundamental aspects that containers make use of from Linux Kernel are namespaces and cgroups. This...
Top 4 Zapier security risks
Zapier is a platform that allows you to integrate web apps across an organization. It can make fast work of data from various web applications; however, it...