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In the previous article, we discussed some fundamental concepts associated with the HTTP protocol and risks associated with it if it is used improperly. In t

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Understanding HTTP protocol and risks associated with the improper use of it in applications is an important step towards understanding application security.

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Introduction to Integer Overflows and Underflows Integer overflow and underflow vulnerabilities are simple but extremely powerful vulnerabilities.  They exi

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Integer overflows and underflows Integer overflow and underflow vulnerabilities can exist because of how memory and variables are handled in programming lan

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Introduction to Parallel Processing In the beginning, computers had a single processing core and were single-threaded.  While these computers would be able

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Introduction to Race Conditions Parallelized applications have a number of different benefits.  They’re able to run faster, support multiple different users

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Introduction Use of credentials is one of the most common aspects of applications. Be it a web application or a mobile client application, applications ofte

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Introduction In the previous article, we discussed the importance of access controls and understood that the principle of least privilege is an essential co

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Introduction In the earlier articles about SQL Injection, we discussed how SQL Injection vulnerabilities can be identified and exploited. We also discussed

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This article provides an overview of Integer Overflow and Overflow vulnerabilities and how they can be exploited. Integer Overflows and Underflows occur due