Security Sift

Introduction This vuln has been getting a lot of attention, and rightfully so. The good news is an update is available (and a supplemental patch has been released as well). The bad news is that it’s pre-auth SQLi. The basic problem is the way Drupal core 7.x versions prior to 7.32 construct a SQL query. Contrary to some claims, this is not a flaw in the use of prepared statements/parameterized queries, which…

Introduction By far, application security testing is one of the best parts of my job. Working one-on-one with application developers, I find that nearly all want to do the right thing when it comes to security but many face common misconceptions about security vulnerabilities (and the necessary remediation actions). This is my attempt to address some of those misconceptions surrounding authentication, session management, access control, SQL Injection, XSS, and CSRF…