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Application Security

Safely Parsing Untrusted URLs in Node.js

Node's legacy url.parse() is deprecated (DEP0169), and parser mismatches between it, the WHATWG URL API, and fetchers are a documented root cause of SSRF and open redirects.

Jul 13, 20266 min read
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XPath injection: how it happens and how to stop it in Java, .NET, and PHP

A 2024 GeoServer flaw showed unsanitized input reaching an XPath evaluator can mean remote code execution, not just data leakage. Here's how to prevent it.

Jul 13, 20266 min read
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DNS attack techniques and defenses

Cache poisoning, tunneling, and NXDOMAIN floods all abuse the same trust: DNS was built to be fast and open, not authenticated.

Jul 12, 20266 min read
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Fuzz testing for AppSec teams: AFL++, libFuzzer, and OSS-Fuzz

OSS-Fuzz has found over 13,000 vulnerabilities since 2016, yet most AppSec teams still treat fuzzing as a research curiosity rather than a pipeline stage.

Jul 12, 20267 min read
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How to actually implement TLS correctly in Python

One `verify=False` in a requests call disables both certificate and hostname checks — the same escape hatch PEP 476 tried to close in 2014.

Jul 12, 20265 min read
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Java DTOs for secure data handling

A single @RequestBody bound to a JPA entity can let attackers set fields like isAdmin — DTOs close that gap by design, not by discipline.

Jul 12, 20266 min read
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The security implications of Node.js worker_threads

Node.js worker_threads share memory across V8 isolates by design — CVE-2025-23083 (CVSS 7.7) shows even the permission model meant to contain them can be bypassed.

Jul 12, 20266 min read
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Python linting for security hygiene: what flake8, pylint, and bandit actually catch

Bandit maps findings to CWE IDs like CWE-502 and CWE-78, but flake8 and pylint never look for a vulnerability at all — the three tools solve different problems.

Jul 12, 20266 min read
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Best penetration testing platforms and services

A practical, no-hype comparison of penetration testing platforms and pentest-as-a-service vendors — what to evaluate, six real providers reviewed, and where supply chain risk fits in.

Jul 11, 20267 min read
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