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The ticket said use SVG. The real fix was one line somewhere else.

Expert Opinion Jul 21, 2026

The ticket said use SVG. The real fix was one line somewhere else.

A one-line ticket asked me to switch thumbnails from PNG to SVG for better quality. Following it would have opened a stored XSS hole to fix a problem SVG does not even cause. The real cause was resolution, and the fix was one option. Here is how I checked the guess, and why I then did not build the better architecture I had already designed.

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Malware Infection: Is your computer a victim of this?

Web Security Apr 11, 2019

Malware Infection: Is your computer a victim of this?

Do you know how much time does it require when your computer gets infected with malware infection? Yeesh! It’s an unnecessarily wastage of time of a typical production day. Imagine you logged into your machine on Monday when you are expecting to reply to so many emails, your computer suddenly starting behaving lazy or your […]

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Web Security Myths and programming languages.

Programming Tips Jul 15, 2017

Web Security Myths and programming languages.

Talking about web security I have come across many computer science people and few novice but concerned oriented people asking me which programming language is best for their website or web application. Some believe that Java is more secure as compared to others. Java of course is popular and its name is known even among those who […]

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