Absolute AppSec

Seth and Ken are back on another Taco Tuesday to talk through getting into application security and how to support those new to the field. Also a discussion on phishing sites that detect VMs and other tools to bypass detection and observed client-side JavaScript attacks.

Seth and Ken discuss interviewing techniques for technical resources, SQL injection in the media and Github's recent concurrency vulnerability. Also a discussion on recent WordPress plugin vulnerabilities and why they are always so devastating.

Seth and Ken discuss Portswigger's Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2020, specifically injection attacks through images in PDFs and reverse proxies. Further discussion on creativity in development and how that affects and limits security.

Seth and Ken discuss client-side controls and 3rd-party JavaScript security features. Confused deputy vulnerabilities (dependency confusion) in the news.

Seth and Ken welcome back Professor Brian Glas (@infosecdad) to dispel the recent OWASP Top 10 2021 speculation and rumor. We talk through the origins and purpose of the OWASP Top 10 as well as the 2021 call for data and upcoming release.

Stefan Edwards (@lojikil) once again joins Seth and Ken to talk all things LangSec (language security). Discussion ranges from manual vs. automated testing to fuzzing to semantic analysis to formal specification.

Seth and Ken discuss the proposed 2021 OWASP Top 10 Risks, North Korean attacks against security researchers, password managers, latest in Parler de-platforming, and phishing possibilities.

Seth and Ken wax nostalgic about the old days due to the shut down of the Bugtraq Mailing List (RIP old friend). Further discussions on web cache poisoning and blind server-side request forgery (SSRF) exploits.

Seth and Ken return with a discussion about application security in the news, including relevance to the Parler "backups". Also discussions about Twitter and latest political developments and how they affect the security industry.

The dynamic duo is back for their last podcast of 2020!