You might have noticed that the , headers in my blog posts are links that can be used to jump to that section. These links are called Jump Links. These Jump Links can be sent anywhere on web for reading that particular section. This is very useful for tutorials as when someone comments a problem, we can use the link to redirect that user to the section where the solution is situated.... [READ MORE]

You might have seen sites like Google setting the login status cookie on the various domains of theirs (YouTube, Blogger). As you may know, cookie can’t be set in a different domain from another domain directly. If you’re having multiple sites in where you need to set a cookie from a parent site, you can use basic **HTML **and JS to set the cookies. Google is using this same way.... [READ MORE]

If you google something that has spelling mistakes, Google will automatically correct it for you or if the bot isn’t sure, it will give the Did You Mean ? clause. If you’re developing a search engine for your site, this spell check will come in handy. If the user had made a mistake and he was shown a “No Results Found” page, user will be annoyed. So, it’s better to have a spell check for your site.... [READ MORE]

XSS is a method to hack sites which most of the newbie programmers don’t know. Here is a quick way to identify if a site is vulnerable to it. Go to a site which offers searching or other GET parameters which are outputted in the site’s page. Instead of the value in one of the GET parameter use the following value : XSS Vulnerability checker by Subin Siby For example a site with the GET parameter query with value subins and the url will be : http://subins.... [READ MORE]

Just now. Nimbuzz main site nimbuzz.com was hacked by someone identified as Sourena.  The hacker defaced the main site to this <p> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> As a proof he saved a mirror at <a href="http://zone-h.com/mirror/id/19693441" style="font-weight: bold;" >Zone-H</a>. The <b>Nimbuzz</b>&nbsp;website can&#8217;t be accessed right now. Google Chrome gives an error "<b>Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to nimbuzz.com</b>" </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>Nimbuzz </b>is one of the popular chat clients in <b>PC </b>and mobile phones.... [READ MORE]

SQL Injection (SQLi) is a very dangerous thing that a hacker can do to your site. This happens mostly in SQL queries. Let me make you understand this in a simple way. Suppose you’re SQL query code is this: $user=$_GET[‘user’]; $sql=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE user='".$user."‘"); It’s a normal code. BUT it is a very easy method for hacker to easily destroy your database. The user ID is getting from a GET request. If the file’s name (where the request is going) is user.... [READ MORE]