Tag: security
Setting file permissions on a remote machine with PowerShell
Recently I needed to set some file permissions on a remote machine. Previously I'd done this relatively easily through a share as the user account I was using...
Tip of the day: How to tell why your app couldn’t log on to SQL Server
When you get a log in failure on SQL Server the message you get back from SQL Server Management Studio, or in a .NET Exception is vague for security. They...
If you really must do dynamic SQL...
I may have mentioned in previous posts and articles about SQL Injection Attacks that dynamic SQL (building SQL commands by concatenating strings together) is a...
To be scammed, or not to be scammed
A little while ago I wrote about the poor security procedures that some banks had in place . The BBC have an article on today's edition of their news website...
Banks need to get more serious about security
There was a 'security incident' with an agent of my bank. The transaction completed last week, so now I feel free to blog about it, and then something similar happened with my credit card company...
Spam Scams
Today I received an email apparently purporting to be from the "The UK. Natioal Lottery" (I think they meant "National"). However, I didn't pick up that it was...
SQL Injection Attacks and Some Tips on How to Prevent Them
Introduction Security in software applications is an ever more important topic. In this article, I discuss various aspects of SQL Injection attacks, what to...
