Encrypted versus hashed passwords. What’s the difference? [CompTIA Security+]
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…
Category: Application Security
Content and resources related to Application Security (AppSec)
What you need before submitting a bug bounty report
I’m writing this because I’ve been seeing people struggle to understand when they’re ready to submit a bug report. Maybe they find something interesting as…
How to fix ‘does not contain valid cloaked content ‘ in sqlmap
While working through my Practical Guide to sqlmap for SQL Injections course, I ran into an issue with sqlmap’s included shellcodeexec. There was an error…
New course: The Practical Guide to sqlmap for SQL Injection
Ever since launching our Injection Attacks: The Free Guide course, we’ve received numerous requests to continue building SQL injection-related content, including how to use the…
6 sqlmap cheat sheets to help you find SQL injections
Here’s a collection of cheat sheets we created to go along with our course: The Practical Guide to sqlmap for SQL Injection. If you find…
Stored XSS vulnerability in image alt attribute to steal cookies (Bug Bounty)
I recently found a stored XSS vulnerability through an image alt attribute. While I can’t share any details about where, I can share details about…
New Course: Beginner’s Guide to sqlmap
One of our most popular and requested content categories has been regarding SQL injections and the popular tool sqlmap that is used to help find…
Cybr’s Injection Attacks Course Badge Gets Added to NYU Cyber Fellows Program
In addition to our Introduction to Application Security and Cross-Site Scripting badges, we are officially announcing the addition of the Injection Attacks badge to the…
What is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)?
According to both OWASP and CWE, Cross-Site Scripting is one of the top 10 most dangerous web application security risks, and for good reason: OWASP’s…
Get Started Using SQLMap for SQL Injection Pentesting
SQLMap is a popular open-source penetration testing tool used to detect and exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities. In prior posts, we looked at general concepts of…