Security headers are easily overlooked in website audits. While some may say that website security is not an SEO-related concern, it does become SEO-related when a site becomes hacked and search ...

A researcher has created a method for testing and identifying how HTTP/HTTPS headers can be abused to sneak malicious code into back-end servers. Daniel Thatcher, researcher and penetration tester at ...

Starting with Windows 10, Internet Explorer will allow users to access some websites only over SSL-encrypted connections, if those websites have opted into a new security mechanism. Users can test the ...

In light of overall low adoption of HTTP security headers, Mozilla is advising webmasters to at least implement X-Frame-Options on their sites, arguing that this header can prevent several types of ...

Recent revelations in cybersecurity unveil a new menace lurking in the depths of the internet infrastructure. Dubbed "CONTINUATION Flood," these vulnerabilities within the HTTP/2 protocol pose a ...

In order to prevent attacks such as cache probing, Google Chrome will begin to limit the HTTP Referer header to 4KiB in size. Other browsers such as Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox have indicated ...

The other day, Jack Stonehouse asked me on Twitter why I was using a 307 redirect from the HTTP to HTTPS version of this site. The answer was, I was not. But why was he getting a 307 redirect and not ...

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BLACK HAT USA 2021 - Implementation flaws and imperfections in the technical specifications around HTTP/2 are exposing websites using the network protocol to a brand-new set of risks, a security ...

In light of overall low adoption of HTTP security headers, Mozilla is advising webmasters to at least implement X-Frame-Options on their sites, arguing that this header can prevent several types of ...