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Setting the ‘Referer’ Header Using JavaScript

Or, “I’m Sorry, You Said You’re from Where Again?” In a prior webinar on creating weaponized Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payloads, I mentioned that XSS payloads (written in JavaScript) could not change the HTTP Referer header. Malicious requests made through an XSS payload will often have an unexpected Referer header that does not generally make sense...

PentesterLab Pro Giveaway

We are excited to announce that we will be giving away 200 one-month subscriptions to PentesterLab Pro. During these challenging times, we hope that you will be able to use this learning resource to improve your web application testing skills. PentesterLab Pro is a leading industry tool designed to make learning web hacking easier. Using hands-on...

Tricks for Weaponizing XSS

In this blog post, we will look at some simple JavaScript tricks for creating weaponized cross-site scripting (XSS) payloads. If less reading more videoing is your thing, watch this topic in webinar form here: https://www.trustedsec.com/events/webinar-popping-shells-instead-of-alert-boxes-weaponizing-xss-for-fun-and-profit/ Often, penetration testers use a simple alert(1) payload to demonstrate successful JavaScript execution when we identify an XSS vulnerability. While...

On the possibility of obfuscating code using neural networks

In this blog post, I will cover the current state of my research investigating the possibility of using neural networks to hide shellcode. But before we dig in, I will provide a little background information. For those unfamiliar with neural networks, they are a type of computer system design that is inspired by how human...