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Websites has various methods implemented to tell browser to always use HTTPS – HSTS header, server redirec to HTTPS, CSP policy. However, the first time a user visits the site it can be over palin HTTP. Only after then browse… Continue reading How to prevent MITM session fixation attack over plain HTTP upon first request?
Ours is a web application. The security team has suggested us to change cookie upon every escalation in the authorization.
Accordingly, I wanted to update the client side cookie after authentication. And I used the below cod… Continue reading Update cookie after authentication
Starting with OWASP I am learning how session fixation attacks work.
This is the scenario: The attacker has the session ID generated by the server (by logging in for example), and sends a hyperlink with the same session id i… Continue reading Clarification on how session fixation attacks works
I know many ads can store third-party cookies, but what about reading cookies? If so, what stops them from reading the session id to perform session hijacking?
Continue reading Can advertisements read cookies of the website it is on?
My web application is only accessible for authenticated users. Before login the user can only see the main page with a button to log in. The application assign a session ID on the main page, the authentication is handled by o… Continue reading Changing session id after login
A third party security consultant did a Penetration test few of our webapps. One of the findings was a potential session fixation vulnerability.
We have several webapps all Java with single sign on provided by JASIG CAS. To… Continue reading Session fixation attack, cookie based sessions over https
I’m relatively new to security and I’m looking to prevent brute force logins on a web application I’m creating.
After doing some research, I decided to go with requiring a captcha after a user attempts too many logins within… Continue reading Placing IP address in JSON web token or session cookie
I am looking at the session management again of a site and currently it renews the client session id on every page refresh. The idea being that if it is stolen directly from the browser there is less chance of the session bei… Continue reading Session renewal how often is necessary?
I found a possibility for session fixation in an application I am researching. It is a session fixation through a session ID cookie. Now I’ve read up on session fixation and the concept is clear and comes down to getting a vi… Continue reading Session Fixation cookie delivery
Double Robotics telepresence robots were patched against vulnerabilities that leaked device data and session keys and tokens. Continue reading Telepresence Robots Patched Against Data Leaks