--- title: "Application Security Archives - Cybr" description: "Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Application Security from the Cybr blog." url: https://cybr.com/application-security-archives/ --- From the blog # Application Security Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Application Security from the Cybr blog. Browse the archive ## Latest articles 10 on this page - September 1, 2023 ### Request forgeries (CSRF, XSRF, SSRF) In 2020, CheckPoint Research announced multiple vulnerabilities in the popular social media application named TikTok. One of the found vulnerabilities allowed an attacker to delete… Read article [Request forgeries (CSRF, XSRF, SSRF)](https://cybr.com/application-security-archives/request-forgeries-csrf-xsrf-ssrf/) - August 29, 2023 ### Directory / Path Traversal Just like you have directories on your PC, laptop, and mobile phones, web servers also have directories. For example, if you were to purchase web… Read article [Directory / Path Traversal](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/directory-path-traversal/) - July 7, 2023 ### Static Application Security Testing (SAST) What if you could take multiple senior developers and security experts, distill them into a tool, and then have the ability to run that tool… Read article [Static Application Security Testing (SAST)](https://cybr.com/explained-series/static-application-security-testing-sast-explained-in-180-seconds/) - June 16, 2023 ### Proxy Servers Proxy servers are a topic that you can expect to get quizzed on in the CompTIA Security+ exam. To make sure you can answer questions… Read article [Proxy Servers](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/proxy-servers/) - June 13, 2023 ### AWS WAF Made Simple: Protect Your Web Apps In The Cloud AWS built its own Web Application Firewall and named the service AWS WAF, and we’re going to take a detailed look at how we can… Read article [AWS WAF Made Simple: Protect Your Web Apps In The Cloud](https://cybr.com/cloud-security/aws-waf-made-simple-protect-your-web-apps-in-the-cloud/) - May 17, 2023 ### What are SQL Injections? // Explained in 180 seconds Whenever you visit a website or use some kind of application, that website or app needs to pull data from a database. For example, let’s… Read article [What are SQL Injections? // Explained in 180 seconds](https://cybr.com/explained-series/what-are-sql-injections-explained-in-180-seconds/) - May 8, 2023 ### What is HashiCorp Vault and why should you know about it? Vault is an open-source secrets management tool used to automate access to secrets, data, and systems. This blog post comes from our Explained in 180… Read article [What is HashiCorp Vault and why should you know about it?](https://cybr.com/explained-series/what-is-hashicorp-vault-and-why-should-you-know-about-it/) - July 18, 2022 ### Hashing use cases In practice, what is hashing used for? How is it being used in the real world? Let’s take a look at a few common hashing… Read article [Hashing use cases](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/hashing-use-cases/) - July 11, 2022 ### Hash Tables, Rainbow Table Attacks, and Salts As we talked about, applications that properly handle passwords don’t actually store the passwords themselves in databases, but instead, store hashes of passwords. That’s why… Read article [Hash Tables, Rainbow Table Attacks, and Salts](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/hash-tables-rainbow-table-attacks-and-salts/) - June 25, 2022 ### Encrypted versus hashed passwords. What’s the difference? As you study for the CompTIA Security+ exam, it’s important that you understand the differences between plaintext, encrypted, and hashed passwords. It’s common to hear… Read article [Encrypted versus hashed passwords. What’s the difference?](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/encrypted-versus-hashed-passwords-whats-the-difference-comptia-security/) 1[2](https://cybr.com/application-security-archives/page/2/)[3](https://cybr.com/application-security-archives/page/3/)[4](https://cybr.com/application-security-archives/page/4/) [Next](https://cybr.com/application-security-archives/page/2/)