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Scrivere software sicuro: le linee guida AgID e OWASP per la qualità del codice
Coding / Cyber Security

Input Validation vulnerabilities and how to fix them A list of the most common software vulnerabilities based upon malformed data input and some Input Validation security best practices for your applications

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In this posts we'll provide an overview of the main vulnerabilities (known to date) that try to exploit two common programming errors that often affects web applications: incorrect handling of …

Input Validation vulnerabilities and how to fix them A list of the most common software vulnerabilities based upon malformed data input and some Input Validation security best practices for your applications Read More
Check for Dangerous Root Certificates on Windows with SigCheck
Cyber Security / Operating Systems / Web / Windows

Check for Dangerous Root Certificates on Windows with SigCheck How to protect your Windows machine from unsafe root certificates such as Superfish, Komodia, PrivDog, eDellRoot using the free SigCheck tool from Sysinternals

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Have you ever heard about Superfish? If you're a System Administrator, you probably do. However, here's a quick recap: Superfish was an advertising company based in Palo Alto, California: it …

Check for Dangerous Root Certificates on Windows with SigCheck How to protect your Windows machine from unsafe root certificates such as Superfish, Komodia, PrivDog, eDellRoot using the free SigCheck tool from Sysinternals Read More
Windows Native Data Encryption At-Rest with BitLocker
Cyber Security / Operating Systems / Privacy & Compliance / RAM, HDD & SSD / Tools & Utilities / Windows

Windows Native Data Encryption At-Rest with BitLocker How to encrypt at-rest your Windows 10 PC drives without third-party software (even without a TPM hardware module)

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Implementing Data Encryption at-rest on all clients and server machine became a fundamental pillar of the IT Security policy of most companies. In this article we'll see how we can …

Windows Native Data Encryption At-Rest with BitLocker How to encrypt at-rest your Windows 10 PC drives without third-party software (even without a TPM hardware module) Read More
Information Security: le linee guida ENISA
Business processes / Cyber Security / Process management

The 4 pillars of IT Security according to ENISA An extensive overview of the ENISA Technical Guidelines for the implementation of minimum security measures for Digital Service Providers, the reference standard for IT security in Europe

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Four years after its publication (February 2017), the Technical Guidelines for the implementation of minimum security measures for Digital Service Providers published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) …

The 4 pillars of IT Security according to ENISA An extensive overview of the ENISA Technical Guidelines for the implementation of minimum security measures for Digital Service Providers, the reference standard for IT security in Europe Read More
ASP.NET Core 5 and Angular - Fourth Edition
ASP.NET / C# / Cloud / Coding / Cyber Security / HTML & CSS / JavaScript / Servers & Services / Software / SQL / Web

ASP.NET Core 5 and Angular Fourth Edition - What's new? A brief interview with the author to shed some light on the new contents of the best-selling ASP.NET Core and Angular book series fourth edition, featuring ASP.NET Core 5 and Angular 11

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The ASP.NET Core and Angular series of titles have established themselves as a popular choice for learning full-stack development. This new edition is an in-depth guide completely rewritten to cover …

ASP.NET Core 5 and Angular Fourth Edition - What's new? A brief interview with the author to shed some light on the new contents of the best-selling ASP.NET Core and Angular book series fourth edition, featuring ASP.NET Core 5 and Angular 11 Read More
pfSense Firewall - WAN, LAN and NAT configuration
Cloud / Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

pfSense Firewall - WAN, LAN and NAT configuration How to set up inbound and outbound NAT rules in pfSense Firewall to securely route inbound and outbound traffic to the underlying servers and keep them protected from unauthorized public internet access

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This article is part of a series of tutorial posts I wrote on configuring a cloud data center on Aruba Cloud using the Cloud PRO service model, a typical IaaS …

pfSense Firewall - WAN, LAN and NAT configuration How to set up inbound and outbound NAT rules in pfSense Firewall to securely route inbound and outbound traffic to the underlying servers and keep them protected from unauthorized public internet access Read More
Impostare il login automatico su Windows con AutoLogon
Cyber Security / Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Web / Windows

Windows - Allow UNC File Sharing through a LAN or VPN connection How to access to shared folders, files and printers over a LAN or VPN connection such as OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, IPKSEC and so

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This article is part of a series of tutorial posts I wrote on configuring a cloud data center on Aruba Cloud using the Cloud PRO service model: a typical IaaS …

Windows - Allow UNC File Sharing through a LAN or VPN connection How to access to shared folders, files and printers over a LAN or VPN connection such as OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, IPKSEC and so Read More
Mobile Application Security - Why SSL/TLS Certificates Are Essential?
Cyber Security / Web

Mobile Application Security - Why SSL/TLS Certificates Are Essential? Are you wondering why SSL and TLS certificates are essential for a mobile application? Well, here is why

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Companies spend millions of dollars every year to secure their data and information. By 2022, 170.4 billion dollars is the projected spent on information security. Since cyberspace is extremely vulnerable …

Mobile Application Security - Why SSL/TLS Certificates Are Essential? Are you wondering why SSL and TLS certificates are essential for a mobile application? Well, here is why Read More
PassFab 4WinKey: Windows Password Reset & Recovery tool
Cyber Security / Software / Tools & Utilities / Windows

PassFab 4WinKey: Windows Password Reset & Recovery tool Our review of PassFab 4WinKey, a useful software able to instantly reset login passwords for any Windows account

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In this article we're going to talk about PassFab 4WinKey, a handy software that can be used to reset any Windows 10 login password in a matter of seconds. Why …

PassFab 4WinKey: Windows Password Reset & Recovery tool Our review of PassFab 4WinKey, a useful software able to instantly reset login passwords for any Windows account Read More
How to cache your website using NGINX and FastCGI in CentOS 7 with PHP FastCGI Process Manager PHP-FPM
Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

Configure HTTP Basic Authentication on NGINX How to implement HTTP Basic Authentication in a NGINX web server to restrict access for your website users with a simple username/password challenge

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In this guide we'll see how we can implement a password-based authentication mechanism on our NGINX web servers using HTTP Basic Authentication: a simple auth method that allows webmasters to …

Configure HTTP Basic Authentication on NGINX How to implement HTTP Basic Authentication in a NGINX web server to restrict access for your website users with a simple username/password challenge Read More