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    Understanding Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)
    Web applications play a vital role in delivering dynamic content to users. To achieve this, developers often utilize server-side templates, which provide a powerful and consistent way to generate dynamic web pages. However, along with this power comes the risk of Server-Side Template Injection ...
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    Introducing SamuraiWTF 5.3: A Powerhouse for Web App Pen Testing
    Testing  |  Training  |  samuraiWTF  |  web penetration testing  |  application security  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  hacking  |  OWASP  |  Project
    We are thrilled to announce the release of SamuraiWTF (Web Training Framework) version 5.3! This ...
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    Introducing BILE - Groundbreaking Classification for Web App
    As a seasoned web application penetration tester, I've always felt that there should be a more ...
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    ZAPmas Feedback
    Sometimes Christmas comes early, and in this case for me it was the publication of the Twelve Days ...
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    12 Days of ZAPmas - Day 12 Testing a new Content-Security-Policy
    What is the CSP? The Content-Security-Policy (CSP) is a widely recommended control and is ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 11 - ZAP impressions from a Burp user
    It probably seems a bit odd to do this on Day 11 and not at the end of the series, but I have one ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 10 - Manual Web App Testing Unproxied
    Most of the time, proxying the browser doesn’t present any sort of trouble. You should be able to ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 9 - Automated Scanning and ATTACK mode
    application security  |  OWASP  |  automation  |  scanning
    Automated scanning against an application is useful. It’s a faster and less labor-intensive way to ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 8 - Spidering
    Spidering is an automated process that recursively finds and follows all the navigation from an ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 7 - API Testing with Postman and ZAP
    application security  |  OWASP  |  API
    If you’ve done any significant amount of API development, there’s a good chance you’ve used ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPMAS - Day 6 - Passive Flaw Detection and Using the HUD
    One of the awesome things about a security-focused interception proxy like ZAP is its ability to ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 5 - Scope and Contexts
    Normally I don’t like having my interception proxy hide out-of-scope traffic. Doing so creates a ...
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