Tomasz Andrzej Nidecki

Web Security Blog – Acunetix

DNS cache poisoning is a type of DNS spoofing attack where the attacker stores fake data in a DNS resolver cache. All clients that use this DNS cache receive such fake data. It can be used for very effective phishing attacks (often called pharming) and... Read More → The post ... Read More

The year 2019 so far has seen its share of major security and data breaches. Unsurprisingly, they were not caused by new cybercriminal techniques but by the same ones that have plagued information security for up to two decades. Social engineering and cyberattacks on web... Read More → The post ... Read More

The recent massive breach of sensitive Ecuador population data is yet another case, where there was no actual hack involved. The data owner, an Ecuadorian company Novaestrat, simply left an unsecured Elasticsearch database exposed on a publicly accessible server in Miami. The database contained data... Read More → The post ... Read More

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) is a term for tools that combine the advantages of Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST). It is a generic term, so IAST tools may differ a lot in their approach to testing web application... Read More → The post ... Read More

One of the best ways to verify the security posture of a business is to perform a mock attack. This principle is behind the concept of penetration testing (manual mock attack) and vulnerability scanning (automatic mock attack). While penetration tests and vulnerability scans are performed... Read More → The post ... Read More

Same-Origin Policy (SOP) is a rule enforced by web browsers, which controls access to data between websites and web applications. Without SOP, any web page would be able to access the DOM of other pages. This would let it access potentially sensitive data from another... Read More → The post ... Read More

A cybersecurity framework is a set of guidelines for business environments to manage security effectively. Cybersecurity frameworks usually cover multiple aspects of cybersecurity, including security controls, appropriate safeguards, appropriate activities, protective technology, as well as response planning. They can be applied to various information systems... Read More → The post ... Read More

In late July, the government of Kazakhstan attempted to perform a mass man-in-the-middle attack on Kazakh citizens. Users of all Kazakh mobile networks were asked to install a government-issued CA certificate to continue using selected sites such as Google services, Facebook, and Instagram. Under global... Read More → The post ... Read More

To gain control over a compromised system, an attacker usually aims to gain interactive shell access for arbitrary command execution. With such access, they can try to elevate their privileges to obtain full control of the operating system. However, most systems are behind firewalls and... Read More → The post ... Read More

Businesses often perceive vulnerability scanning as an alternative to penetration testing. This perception is wrong. An organization conscious about cybersecurity must include both these activities in their business processes and make sure that they work in unison. Missing out on one of them greatly decreases... Read More → The post ... Read More