What is HashiCorp Vault and why should you know about it?
Vault is an open-source secrets management tool used to automate access to secrets, data, and systems. This blog post comes from our Explained in 180…
Tag: Application Security
Posts, tutorials, and general information about Application Security.
Hashing use cases
In practice, what is hashing used for? How is it being used in the real world? Let’s take a look at a few common hashing…
Multifactor authentication (MFA) factors and attributes
Password-based authentication has been proven time and time again to be a vulnerable form of authentication. One of the best defenses is using Multifactor Authentication,…
Encrypted versus hashed passwords. What’s the difference?
As you study for the CompTIA Security+ exam, it’s important that you understand the differences between plaintext, encrypted, and hashed passwords. It’s common to hear…
Are your passwords strong enough?
In this digital day and age, most of us know what a password is. If you’ve found this article or any other like it, you…
What to know about vulnerability scans for the Security+ exam
Regularly auditing systems for potential vulnerabilities is an important part of securing an organization’s environments, systems, and applications. One of the ways that we can…
Python For Beginners – FREE Resources!
This post is for those of you looking for resources about “Python for beginners” and “learning Python for free”! I talk to a lot of…
4 steps to getting started securing applications
A lot of times, especially when you join smaller organizations, there are no (or very few) formal processes in place. The approach taken to secure…
TikTok spying on its users and massive security issues?
I woke up the other morning to a Forbes article with some pretty serious claims against TikTok, and I’ve been seeing other recent posts talking…
Install and Use Burp Suite in Minutes for Pentesting
In this tutorial, we will be going over the basic installation and setup of Burp Suite. You can find this tool for download here. There…
