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Twelve Days of ZAPMAS - Day 6 - Passive Flaw Detection and Using the HUD

application security | OWASP | web application security | scanning

One of the awesome things about a security-focused interception proxy like ZAP is its ability to ...

Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 5 - Scope and Contexts

application security | OWASP | web application security | scope

Normally I don’t like having my interception proxy hide out-of-scope traffic. Doing so creates a ...

Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 4 - Fuzzing for Injection

web penetration testing | application security | web application security | how-to

I briefly introduced fuzzing earlier in the series, citing it as the second primitive upon which ...

Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 3 - CYA (Cover Your Auth)

application security | OWASP | web application security | how-to

Access control is one of the crucial elements to application security. The vast majority of ...

Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 2 - The Edge of Tomorrow

Day 2 - The Edge of Tomorrow - Replaying and Tampering with Requests Fuzzing and tampering are like ...

Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 1 - Setting Up ZAP

web penetration testing | application security | OWASP | web application security | how-to

This holiday season, I’m going to run down some of the ins and outs of working with OWASP Zed ...

Coming Soon - Twelve Days of ZAPmas

Training | web penetration testing | application security | web application security

In December of 2018, I published a twelve-day series of cross-site scripting tips, tricks, and ...

Quick Bites Ep 4 - Let's Talk About SSRF, Baby!

web penetration testing | web application security | SSRF | exploits

Let’s talk about you and (application) secur-i-ty! Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad ...

Why your application needs a Content Security Policy (And How to Build One)

web application security

As a web application owner, it is crucial to understand the concept of a content security policy ...

Quick Bites Episode 2 - HTTP Security Headers and Why You NEED Them

security | application security | web application security | methodology | technology tips

Hi everybody! So, after some feedback about the last “quick” Quick Bites (thanks Josh!), I’ve ...

Wild West Hackin Fest 2022: The Return

Man, San Diego is beautiful. I don't know exactly why John Strand and Black Hills Information ...

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