Burp is an essential offensive security tool. It is used by a majority of professionals (including us pentesters) and is dedicated mainly to pentesting web applications.
In this article, we’ll take a look at Burp Suite’s main features and key extensions.
APIs are prime targets for attackers because of their exposure and critical nature, particularly in terms of handling sensitive data. To minimise the risk of security breaches, it is essential to implement robust security measures, understand the types of attack and assess their potential impact.
There are several ways of assessing the security of an API. In this article, we present the “offensive” approach, which we believe to be the most effective: API penetration testing (or API pentesting). We detail the principles and objectives, as well as use cases for black box, grey box and white box pentesting.
Mobile applications are increasingly used in all areas of business: HR, finance, insurance, transport, and so on. As a result, they are prime targets for attackers.
There are several ways of assessing the security of a mobile application. In this article, we present the “offensive” approach, which we believe to be the most effective: mobile penetration testing (or mobile pentesting). We detail the principles, objectives, methodology and features tested during mobile application penetration testing.
Security misconfiguration is a worrying problem, occupying fifth place in the OWASP Top 10. In fact, we frequently encounter many vulnerabilities of this type during our web application penetration tests. Furthermore, this security issue affects a large number of web applications (90% according to OWASP).
In this article, we present this type of vulnerability through the prism of the OWASP Top 10, using attack scenarios. We also detail the best practices and measures to be implemented to protect against them.
Third-party components are omnipresent in web applications. Libraries, frameworks and other system components are used more and more, because they reduce costs and make development easier.
However, like any system, these third-party components may contain vulnerabilities that can be exploited in attacks on web applications. Furthermore, exploits that are discovered, and often made public, can have a snowball effect, compromising an entire web application, servers, database systems, etc.
Exploiting a RCE vulnerability for a pentester is something of a Holy Grail. Depending on the context, there are numerous techniques for executing code remotely and thus exploit a RCE.
Beyond the principle of this type of vulnerability, we present in this article examples of RCE attacks and exploitations, as well as best practices and measures to implement to protect yourself.
Before presenting practical examples of CORS misconfiguration, it is important to define several points. First, the principle of the Same-Origin Policy (SOP) will be explained, since the CORS mechanism modifies these rules by making them more flexible. We will then explain how CORS work. Finally, we will look at practical examples of improper configuration.
Most applications have a critical feature for identifying users. The aim is to guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of their data. Common methods used to enable the server to identify a user include session cookies, JSON Web Tokens (JWT) or, in some cases, customised solutions.
Clearly, the logic behind the generation of these session tokens is essential, because bypassing or hijacking them can lead to account takeover, with critical impacts on data security and even the total compromise of the system.
Faced with an ever-increasing number of internal attacks, network infrastructure security is a key factor in ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of data, as well as the continuity of an organization’s activities.
There are several ways of assessing the security of an internal network. In this article, we present the “offensive” approach, which we believe to be the most effective: internal penetration testing. We detail the principles and objectives, as well as use cases for black box and grey box penetration testing of an internal network.
