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A hands-on stack buffer overflow in C++: root cause and mitigations

The Morris Worm hit ~6,000 machines in 1988 via one unsafe gets() call. We build and hijack a stack overflow in C++ to teach why canaries and ASLR exist.

Jul 11, 20267 min read
Application Security

Modern C++ security: smart pointers, bounds checking, and static analysis

Microsoft has said for years that ~70% of the CVEs it patches trace to memory-safety bugs — here's how modern C++ actually closes that gap.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
Application Security

A hardening checklist for modern Drupal deployments

Drupal 7's 2025 end-of-life left unsupported sites exposed; here's a concrete checklist for module vetting, access control, and patch cadence on Drupal 10/11.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
Application Security

How modern SAST engines model data flow and taint tracking

Linters flag every eval() call; SAST tools flag the two an attacker can reach. Here's how taint tracking works, and what it costs in precision and compute.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
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Why assert is not a security control in Python

Run Python with -O and every assert statement vanishes from the bytecode — including the ones guarding auth checks and input validation.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
Application Security

The Python code review security checklist: eval, pickle, and shell=True

Bandit ships named checks for eval, pickle, and shell=True — B307, B301, B602 — yet these three smells still slip past manual review into production Python.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
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React security best practices: stopping XSS, dangerouslySetInnerHTML, and dependency risk

React auto-escapes JSX text by default, but dangerouslySetInnerHTML, href injection, and a 500-package npm worm show where that protection stops.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
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Reverse shell attack mechanics and detection

Reverse shells flip the direction of the connection so outbound firewall rules never fire — here is how they work and the signals that catch them anyway.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
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Robust URL Validation in Python: Stopping SSRF and Open Redirects

One misparsed IP string cost Capital One 106 million records. Here's how to validate URLs in Python without repeating that mistake.

Jul 11, 20266 min read
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