Web Application Security: CSRF and XSS Prevention

This article explores the prevention techniques for Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks in web applications, providing real-world examples, and includes code samples in various web programming languages.

May 1, 2023 · 38 min · UncleSp1d3r

Advanced Web Application Attacks: CSRF and XXE

This article explores the advanced web application attacks of CSRF and XXE, including real-world examples, traffic samples, and mitigation techniques for red teamers and pen testers. These vulnerabilities are often overlooked but are critical in enterprise applications.

March 31, 2023 · 8 min · UncleSp1d3r

Rails for Red Teamers: Building and Breaking the Web

A comprehensive deep-dive into Ruby on Rails from a security professional’s perspective. Learn the “convention over configuration” philosophy, master strong parameters to prevent mass assignment, and discover how to find and exploit deserialization vulnerabilities, insecure routes, and hidden secrets in Rails applications.

March 16, 2023 · 4 min · UncleSp1d3r

The Browser is Your Battlefield: Advanced XSS for Red Teamers

A comprehensive deep-dive into Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) from an offensive perspective. Learn to move beyond simple alert boxes to cookie theft, weaponized BeEF hooks, Blind XSS, and bypassing modern WAFs and CSPs.

February 28, 2023 · 4 min · UncleSp1d3r