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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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    ZAPmas Feedback
    Sometimes Christmas comes early, and in this case for me it was the publication of the Twelve Days ...
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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 4 - Fuzzing for Injection
    I briefly introduced fuzzing earlier in the series, citing it as the second primitive upon which ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 1 - Setting Up ZAP
    This holiday season, I’m going to run down some of the ins and outs of working with OWASP Zed ...
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    Coming Soon - Twelve Days of ZAPmas
    In December of 2018, I published a twelve-day series of cross-site scripting tips, tricks, and ...
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    Quick Bites Ep 4 - Let's Talk About SSRF, Baby!
    Let’s talk about you and (application) secur-i-ty! Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad ...
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    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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    ViewState XSS: What's the Deal?
    Testing  |  developers  |  QA  |  security  |  testers  |  web penetration testing
    As penetration testers, there are many different technologies that we have to be familiar with. The ...
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    Testing ASP.Net WebForms: Request Method Validation
    As a professional penetration tester, there are many features of an application that are similar ...
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