Application security
Application security
For several years now, there has been an explosive increase in the use of mobile applications. Included in this staggering increase of mobile software are ap
January 21, 2012
Carl BenedictApplication security
Malware comes in different sizes and shapes. Trojans, worms, viruses, downloaders, and others are becoming more common than common cold medicine. These malwa
January 20, 2012
Arthur ReeseApplication security
In this article we will look at how we can insert vulnerabilities in web applications. Why? There are basically two reasons. [pkadzone zone="main_top"] [pka
January 16, 2012
Prateek GianchandaniApplication security
Web applications today suffer from a variety of vulnerabilities. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is one of the most prevalent web application security flaws, yet
January 11, 2012
Sudhanshu ChauhanApplication security
In our first article, we reviewed the basics of fuzzing as well as the mutation and generation technique. We have also introduced the PeachFuzzer, which we w
January 5, 2012
Parul GargApplication security
“Random numbers” means numbers which are random in practice (i.e. unpredictable and non – reproducible). As simple this term looks when you hear it for the f
December 15, 2011
Parul GargApplication security
Introduction In the first installment of this series, we discussed application security within the Software Development Process by demystifying the adoption
October 18, 2011
Mark WiremanApplication security
In this paper we will discuss HTTP Response Splitting and how the attack can actually be carried out. When we're clear about how it works, because it is an o
October 12, 2011
Arvind DoraiswamyApplication security
In the previous article, we discussed forming a SOAP request based off the operations listed in a WSDL file and automating this task with Buby and Burp Suite
July 16, 2011
Ken JohnsonApplication security
I often receive testing related questions from AppSec folks new to web services about the techniques used to discover and attack them. Often, web services ar
July 16, 2011
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In this series
- DevSecOps: Moving from “shift left” to “born left”
- What’s new in the OWASP Top 10 for 2023?
- DevSecOps: Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CI-CD) tools
- Introduction to DevSecOps and its evolution and statistics
- MongoDB (part 3): How to secure data
- MongoDB (part 2): How to manage data using CRUD operations
- MongoDB (part 1): How to design a schemaless, NoSQL database
- Understanding the DevSecOps Pipeline
- API Security: How to take a layered approach to protect your data
- How to find the perfect security partner for your company
- Security gives your company a competitive advantage
- 3 major flaws of the black-box approach to security testing
- Can bug bounty programs replace dedicated security testing?
- The 7 steps of ethical hacking
- Laravel authorization best practices and tips
- Learn how to do application security right in your organization
- How to use authorization in Laravel: Gates, policies, roles and permissions
- Is your company testing security often enough?
- Authentication vs. authorization: Which one should you use, and when?
- Why your company should prioritize security vulnerabilities by severity
- There’s no such thing as “done” with application security
- Understanding hackers: The insider threat
- Understanding hackers: The 5 primary types of external attackers
- Want to improve the security of your application? Think like a hacker
- 5 problems with securing applications
- Why you should build security into your system, rather than bolt it on
- Why a skills shortage is one of the biggest security challenges for companies
- How should your company think about investing in security?
- How to carry out a watering hole attack: Examples and video walkthrough
- How cross-site scripting attacks work: Examples and video walkthrough
- How SQL injection attacks work: Examples and video walkthrough
- Securing the Kubernetes cluster
- How to run a software composition analysis tool
- How to run a SAST (static application security test): tips & tools
- How to run an interactive application security test (IAST): Tips & tools
- How to run a dynamic application security test (DAST): Tips & tools
- Introduction to Kubernetes security
- Key findings from ESG’s Modern Application Development Security report
- Microsoft’s Project OneFuzz Framework with Azure: Overview and concerns
- Software maturity models for AppSec initiatives
- Best free and open source SQL injection tools [updated 2021]
- Pysa 101: Overview of Facebook’s open-source Python code analysis tool
- Improving web application security with purple teams
- Open-source application security flaws: What you should know and how to spot them
- Android app security: Over 12,000 popular Android apps contain undocumented backdoors
- 13 common web app vulnerabilities not included in the OWASP Top 10
- Fuzzing, security testing and tips for a career in AppSec
- 14 best open-source web application vulnerability scanners [updated for 2020]
- 6 ways to address the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
- Ways to protect your mobile applications against hacking