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Welcome to the Professionally Evil Insights blog by Secure Ideas! In this digital playground, we unravel the complex world of information security with a touch of fun. Our expert-led content ranges from deep-dives into penetration testing to explorations of hardware hacking. Whether you're curious about Secure Ideas or passionate about cybersecurity, this blog is your quick, enlightening, and entertaining guide into the captivating world of information security.

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    Understanding Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)
    Testing |  Training |  QA |  web penetration testing |  penetration testing |  application security |  OWASP |  web application security |  methodology |  OWASP Top 10
    Web applications play a vital role in delivering dynamic content to users. To achieve this, developers often utilize server-side templates, which provide a powerful and consistent way to generate dynamic web pages. However, along with this power comes the risk of Server-Side Template Injection ...
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    Introducing SamuraiWTF 5.3: A Powerhouse for Web App Pen Testing
    Introducing SamuraiWTF 5.3: A Powerhouse for Web App Pen Testing
    Testing  |  Training  |  samuraiWTF  |  web penetration testing  |  application security  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  hacking  |  OWASP  |  Project
    We are thrilled to announce the release of SamuraiWTF (Web Training Framework) version 5.3! This ...
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    12 Days of ZAPmas - Day 12 Testing a new Content-Security-Policy
    12 Days of ZAPmas - Day 12 Testing a new Content-Security-Policy
    What is the CSP? The Content-Security-Policy (CSP) is a widely recommended control and is ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 9 - Automated Scanning and ATTACK mode
    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 9 - Automated Scanning and ATTACK mode
    application security  |  OWASP  |  automation  |  scanning
    Automated scanning against an application is useful. It’s a faster and less labor-intensive way to ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 7 - API Testing with Postman and ZAP
    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 7 - API Testing with Postman and ZAP
    application security  |  OWASP  |  API
    If you’ve done any significant amount of API development, there’s a good chance you’ve used ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPMAS - Day 6 - Passive Flaw Detection and Using the HUD
    Twelve Days of ZAPMAS - Day 6 - Passive Flaw Detection and Using the HUD
    One of the awesome things about a security-focused interception proxy like ZAP is its ability to ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 5 - Scope and Contexts
    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 5 - Scope and Contexts
    Normally I don’t like having my interception proxy hide out-of-scope traffic. Doing so creates a ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 4 - Fuzzing for Injection
    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 4 - Fuzzing for Injection
    I briefly introduced fuzzing earlier in the series, citing it as the second primitive upon which ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 3 - CYA (Cover Your Auth)
    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 3 - CYA (Cover Your Auth)
    Access control is one of the crucial elements to application security. The vast majority of ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 2 - The Edge of Tomorrow
    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 2 - The Edge of Tomorrow
    Day 2 - The Edge of Tomorrow - Replaying and Tampering with Requests Fuzzing and tampering are like ...
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    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 1 - Setting Up ZAP
    Twelve Days of ZAPmas - Day 1 - Setting Up ZAP
    This holiday season, I’m going to run down some of the ins and outs of working with OWASP Zed ...
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    Coming Soon - Twelve Days of ZAPmas
    Coming Soon - Twelve Days of ZAPmas
    In December of 2018, I published a twelve-day series of cross-site scripting tips, tricks, and ...
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