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A Pentester’s Guide to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application...
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Nov 13, 2020
Est Read Time: 4 min
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A Pentester’s Guide to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Examine a common security vulnerability, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
Pentester Guides
Oct 30, 2020
Est Read Time: 8 min
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A Pentester’s Guide to HTTP Request Smuggling

What is HTTP Request Smuggling? HTTP request smuggling is an attack technique that is conducted by interfering with the...
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Oct 15, 2020
Est Read Time: 9 min
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A Pentester’s Guide to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

What is SSRF? In a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack, the attacker can abuse functionality on the server to...
Cobalt Core Pentester Guides
Oct 1, 2020
Est Read Time: 4 min
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A Pentester’s Guide to SQL Injection (SQLi)

This blog will be one of many created alongside our Hacking How-To series, an educational video series around everyday...
Cobalt Core Pentester Guides
Sep 17, 2020
Est Read Time: 5 min
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Pentest Workflow — Leveraging Community-Powered Tools

As a pentester, I like to look for ways to leverage automation so I can focus my efforts on bugs that are hard to...
Pentester Guides
Apr 14, 2020
Est Read Time: 3 min
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Anatomy of Authentication Tests

Introduction Authentication, as OWASP states, is the process of verifying that an individual, entity, or website is who...
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Mar 5, 2020
Est Read Time: 4 min
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The Anatomy of Deserialization Attacks

The Anatomy of Deserialization Attacks

What is Deserialization? Serialization is the process of turning some object into a data format that can be restored...
Pentester Guides
Jan 23, 2020
Est Read Time: 7 min
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Understanding the Anatomy of an Attack

Notable, high-impact security breaches sadly make regular headlines. You might be tempted to dismiss the latest as just...
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Nov 21, 2019
Est Read Time: 9 min
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