unknown (malicious?) code and file in public dir (Laravel 5.8, apache/cPanel)

I have a Laravel 5.8 app in a server running Apache/2.4.53 (cPanel) and PHP 7.4 (ea-php74) and i have VPS root WHM/cPanel access there. as any Laravel project, the "public" directory is web accessible and the subdomain points to … Continue reading unknown (malicious?) code and file in public dir (Laravel 5.8, apache/cPanel)

Security difference between changing permissions versus using sudo to execute

If there is a program written by a normal user that requires root privileges (eg. a program that interacts with root processes) what is the difference between running this program using sudo vs. changing the program permissions with chown … Continue reading Security difference between changing permissions versus using sudo to execute

How should SQL Server users be managed for a multi-tenant application?

I’ve looked extensively for a duplicate question, but I couldn’t find anything that answers this question exactly.
I have a SQL Server that will be used to store data for a multi-tenant application. Every tenant will have their own databas… Continue reading How should SQL Server users be managed for a multi-tenant application?