Those were the words that greeted me within five minutes of checking out the Flask microframework for Python web applications. I feel compelled to inline those four, short paragraphs: I’m not joking. Well, maybe a little. If you write a web application, you are probably allowing users to register and leave their data on your… Continue reading
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Quick Hits :: 2011-02-09
Security VSR uses some high-ish profile attacks from 2010 to provide fodder for the VAR community :: Security Risk: Top Hacker Attacks of 2010. I include it as the examples they provide should make it easier for folks doing presentations where they need to show real-life attacks (without sifting through the individual entries at the… Continue reading
Quick Hits :: 2011-01-07
Security Smart Servers spot & block botnet attacks [NewScientist] Passwords are *so* 2010 – Building the ultimate bad arse CUDA cracking server… [SecManiac] Programming Interesting points/counterpoints on the efficacy of Node.js being tied so closely to the V8 javascript engine: NodeJS: To V8 or not to V8 [bruno fernandez-ruiz] On Bruno’s Concern About the Current… Continue reading
AwesomeChartJS Meets Microsoft Security Bulletins
I wanted to play with the AwesomeChartJS library and figured an interesting way to do that was to use it to track Microsoft Security Bulletins this year. While I was drawn in by just how simple it is to craft basic charts, that simplicity really only makes it useful for simple data sets. So, while… Continue reading