DevelopSec: Developing Security Awareness

 Welcome to 2018! Another year down and time for many of us to start making promises to ourselves of things we will start doing in this new year. In this episode James talks about some lessons we should take from 2017 and ways to use them in 2018. 

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In this episode, James talks with Tim Medin regarding Meteor and security. If you develop with Meteor or have to test it, there is a lot of information packed in.

More about Tim Medin (@timmedin):

Red Seige website - https://www.redsiege.com/ 

Link to Meteor Minor and other tools Tim mentioned:

https://github.com/nidem

Tim Medin's Bsides Orlando 2017 Presentation - Tim Medin -  Mining Meteor B-Sides Orlando 2017

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You have heard about the Apple Sign-in Bug on High Sierra. Now lets talk about how we can use this example to better our current development processes to protect ourselves.

Link to mentioned article:  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/30/apple-macos-high-sierra-fix-breaks-file-sharing-password-security-flaw-emergency-patch

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In this episode, James talks the use of 3rd party components and how to handle determining if they are vulnerable or not.

Links:
 OWASP Dependancy Check - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Dependency_Check
 GitHub Blog - https://github.com/blog/2470-introducing-security-alerts-on-github
 RetireJS - https://retirejs.github.io/retire.js/

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In this episode, James talks about open redirect and why it matters from a security perspective. He also shows how this information can be used in your personal technology use, not just in development.

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You know your development language and platform, but do you really know the ins and outs of web application technology? How well do you know HTTP, HTML, etc? James talks about a few scenarios where really understanding how the technologies works helps better understand vulnerability risks.

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In this episode, James talks about authorization and some common areas where it poses a risk. He also goes over some techniques to help test authorization.

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The Equifax breach was a major news story. James talks about some of the security controls mentioned and how to start a conversation within your organization about them. 

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We talk about cross-site scripting (XSS) all the time, but often overlook the ability to use javascript: in anchor tags.  James talks about this unique ability and how to protect your applications from it. 

The related blog post for this can be found at https://www.developsec.com/2017/09/06/javascript-in-an-href-or-src-attribute/

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We use a lot of platforms and frameworks when we develop an application. These platforms may provide security features, but do you know which ones? James talks about the importance of understanding your platforms and what to consider.

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