Mobile Web Security: Threats Unique to Small Screens
Why mobile web security isn't just desktop security shrunk down - the small-screen threats (phishing, MITM, drive-by installs), UI design pitfalls, and the defenses that address them.
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Tips, tutorials, and insights on responsive design, cross-device testing, and web development.
Dependency Risk: Auditing Your npm Packages for Vulnerabilities
Why npm dependencies carry real security risk, how to audit them with npm audit, Snyk, and Retire.js, and the strategies that mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities.
Handling Secrets in Front-End Code Without Leaking Them
Why hardcoding secrets in client-side code leaks them, and the layered approach - backend intermediaries, scoped tokens, env-var discipline, and monitoring - that keeps API keys and credentials safe.
Securing Web APIs: Authentication and Rate Limiting Basics
The two foundational pillars of API security - authentication (API keys, OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS) and rate limiting - with best practices for implementing both.
Clickjacking and Why X-Frame-Options Still Matters
How clickjacking (UI redress) attacks work, why the X-Frame-Options header still matters alongside CSP frame-ancestors, and how to implement a layered defense.
Securing Single-Page Applications: Risks Frameworks Don't Cover
The SPA-specific security risks that React, Angular, and Vue defaults don't cover - insecure APIs, token storage, client-side logic exposure - and the practices that close the gaps.
Content Security Policy: A Practical Guide for Developers
A practical developer's guide to Content Security Policy - what CSP directives do, how to craft an effective policy, tooling, common challenges, and ongoing management.
Preventing CSRF Attacks in Modern Web Apps
How CSRF attacks exploit authenticated sessions and the layered defenses - anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies, Referer validation, and secure frameworks - that stop them.
Cross-Site Scripting: How It Happens and How to Prevent It
How cross-site scripting attacks work, the three main types of XSS, their business impact, and the layered defenses that prevent them.