Understanding and Preventing S3 Leaks

Amazon Simple Storage Service, or S3, is a popular service that many developers today rely on to quickly build applications. Over time, S3 has become a popular target for attackers, resulting in a large number of data leaks. Most of them, such as the … Continue reading Understanding and Preventing S3 Leaks

Black Hat 2020: Mercedes-Benz E-Series Rife with 19 Bugs

Researchers went into detail about the discovery and disclosure of 19 security flaws they found in Mercedes-Benz vehicles, which have all been fixed. Continue reading Black Hat 2020: Mercedes-Benz E-Series Rife with 19 Bugs

What measures can be taken to prevent Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in a JAX-RS Application running on Apache Tomcat?

If I have a an application server that uses an implementation of JAX-RS, and is running as *.war file on an Apache Tomcat server, is there anything special that needs to be done or configured to prevent SSRF attacks?

My naive understandin… Continue reading What measures can be taken to prevent Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in a JAX-RS Application running on Apache Tomcat?

Why does Portswigger’s solution to the lab "SSRF with whitelist-based input filter" work?

The URL with the exercise is: https://portswigger.net/web-security/ssrf/lab-ssrf-with-whitelist-filter

The solution is:
http://localhost:80%2523@stock.weliketoshop.net/admin/delete?username=carlos

A little simplified (no port specified):… Continue reading Why does Portswigger’s solution to the lab "SSRF with whitelist-based input filter" work?