Month: February 2021

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mobile application security

Are your Apps Secure? An End to End Guide for Mobile Application Security

Mobile Application Security When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks, because that’s what you needed on the farm. But as vehicles started to be used in the urban centers, cars got more popular … PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people are gonna need them and this is going to…
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rubysqli

Ruby Based SQL Injection

Hi Readers, I sat to pen down regarding SQL Injection. Being the topmost finding in OWASP’s top 10, the definition and description of SQL Injection and many exercises for hands-on are available online, one being PORT SWIGGGER LABS. I’ve come across SQL injection in a RUBY ON RAILS code which made me share few points regarding…
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dom xss

A Beginner Guide to DOM Based XSS

What is DOM? DOM XSS stands for Document Object Model-based Cross-site Scripting. A DOM-based XSS attack is possible when the web application writes data to the DOM without proper sanitization. Its interface gives developers the ability to access the web application and manipulate it by executing operations. The attacker can manipulate the data to include XSS…
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crsf attack

A Tale of Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

What is CSRF ? Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) is a common web security vulnerability. It’s also known as XSRF, Sea surf, session riding, Cross-site reference forgery, and Hostile linking. The Successful CSRF vulnerability can have serious consequences that the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP-2013) has included it in its top 10 vulnerabilities list. CSRF attack…
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XXE Attack

What are XXE(XML External Entity) Attacks?

What is XXE? XXE stands for XML EXTERNAL ENTITY. Before learning about XXE let’s dive in to know about how the HTML document types are defined and what is DTD. What is DTD? DTD is nothing but the abbreviated form of Document Type Definition which defines the structure and the attributes of an XML document.…
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