Application Security

Learn what a security.txt file is, why websites use it, and how it helps security researchers report issues responsibly.

Practice stored XSS in a vulnerable lab and learn how malicious input can be saved and shown to other users.

A beginner-friendly overview of BurpSuite and the core tools used during web application security testing.

Learn HTTP basics for application security, including requests, responses, URLs, headers, and how web apps communicate.

Practice reflected XSS in a vulnerable lab and learn how it differs from stored XSS during testing.

Practice bypassing weak XSS tag filters and learn why blacklist-based validation is not enough.

This step-by-step guide on how to install the Wordfence plugin will enable the standard recommended security settings for your WordPress website quickly and keep it safe from potential threats.

WordPress scan for vulnerabilities article will guide you with step-by-step approaches and examples that can be implemented on your website to scan and identify vulnerabilities. Also, additional information about security measures, tools, and plugins is available.

Both bug bounty and pentest play crucial roles in identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities, but they differ in their approaches. Understanding these differences helps you choose which type of security testing best suits for organizations or hackers who want to get into security testing.

This article goes into depth discussing an alternative JavaScript function, namely “confirm()”. It serves as an alternative for the JavaScript “alert()” function when the latter is unavailable.

Check out how a security risk can arise from an improperly configured dynamic link generation tag and which can result in XSS exploitation.

Learn how to bypass a misconfigured CSP policy and how it can lead to the successful exploitation of cross-site scripting vulnerability.