Battle-Tested: What Getting Hacked Taught Me About Web & Cyber Security
The author shares personal experiences of being hacked, which transformed their approach to web security. They emphasize the importance of understanding security beyond just development skills. Key lessons learned include the necessity of ongoing security measures and the vulnerabilities inherent in popular platforms like WordPress.
- ▪The author learned about web security through personal experiences with cyber attacks.
- ▪They emphasize that default configurations and outdated plugins are major vulnerabilities.
- ▪Implementing a Web Application Firewall and limiting login attempts are crucial for security.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 842146) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Michael Laweh Posted on May 23 • Originally published at klytron.com Battle-Tested: What Getting Hacked Taught Me About Web & Cyber Security #cybersecurity #infosec #webdev #security The Scars That Made Me a Security-First Developer There’s a brutal truth every developer eventually confronts: knowing how to build something is not the same as knowing how to defend it.
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