Ashish Jha has Published 4 Articles

Why Educating Employees Is Key to Preventing Data Breaches?

Ashish Jha

Ashish Jha

Updated on 23-Dec-2024 17:09:26

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Data breaches are the most common problem these days. With new emerging technologies, implementations are sometimes not done with proper security practises in mind, leading to data breaches. Organisations deploy every sophisticated product in the market, yet still, data breaches happen. Why? Human errors are the answer! In this article, ... Read More

How to prevent cookie leaks in a cross-site scripting attack

Ashish Jha

Ashish Jha

Updated on 23-Dec-2024 17:05:15

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks are among the most common vulnerabilities found in web applications. An attacker attends a user's browsing session, often deceptively by propelling a malicious script, but the user is using a trusted site. The most important effect of XSS is that it allows an attacker to steal ... Read More

Difference Between Password Spraying and Dictionary Attack

Ashish Jha

Ashish Jha

Updated on 23-Dec-2024 16:58:04

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It is vital in cybersecurity to learn how to prevent different types of cyber attacks. Many different mechanisms are used by attackers when targeting user credentials; two of the most common types of attacks are dictionary attacks and password spraying. Both of these try to penetrate a password, but their ... Read More

How to use X-Content-Type-Options to prevent MIME sniffing?

Ashish Jha

Ashish Jha

Updated on 18-Dec-2024 12:26:27

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Data security maintenance plays a critical role in online applications. MIME Sniffing is one such vulnerability, which results from improper installation of security headers and the unauthorised execution of content. A browser will try to get a resource MIME type by content rather than just the Content-Type header. A server ... Read More

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