All it takes is for one of your employees to click on a seemingly benign link in an email in order to download a malicious application that might harm your company.
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The hacking methods listed below are ones that you and your staff should be aware of and take every precaution to avoid.
10 – Fuzzing for XSS via nested parsers
It is too simple to assume you already know everything about an old subject like XSS and dismiss new studies with a flippant attitude. This is quite hazardous, as evidenced by gems like Fuzzing for XSS via layered parsers. Psych0tr1a demonstrates how to use stacked HTML sanitization rules against one another to get striking results in this post devoid of filler. This is a top-notch piece of research thanks to compelling case studies and an understandable, useful methodology.
9 – HTTP Smuggling via Higher HTTP Versions
Beginning in 2021, it was believed that HTTP/2 was largely secure, with the exception of timing attacks and minor DoS issues. By exposing various flaws in the HTTP/2 to HTTP/1.1 conversion, Emil Lerner’s HTTP Smuggling via Higher HTTP Versions dispelled this myth. It did so by employing specialised tools and cutting-edge methodologies. If you speak Russian well, be sure to check out the presentation as well. The slide deck is jam-packed with creative attacks. Emil has since published up some horrifying new results on HTTP/3.
8 – Practical HTTP Header Smuggling
It can be easy to simply… shift your focus to something more lucrative even when a vulnerability may be common, well-understood, and high-impact. CL. This crevice had been home to CL request smugglers for a considerable amount of time.
In Practical HTTP Header Smuggling, Daniel Thatcher isolates a crucial element of HTTP Request Smuggling and skillfully reworks it into a tactic that enables the detection of both CL.CL vulnerabilities and common hidden-header attacks, all of which are built into Param Miner. He uses numerous case studies focusing on Amazon Web Services to demonstrate the methodology’s value in case you had any reservations. In the future, this method will be discussed more.
7 – JSON Interoperability Vulnerabilities
Although JSON has a long history of being a little odd, it has mostly escaped the barrage of flaws that have affected XML parsing. However, if you parse something twice, regardless of format, something will go wrong.
JSON Interoperability Vulnerabilities by Jake Miller examines in-depth how to cause JSON parser inconsistencies and how to exploit these typically harmless idiosyncrasies. Bundled Docker-based labs make it simple to duplicate and practise these.
6 – Cache Poisoning at Scale
Case studies may make or break a piece of study, and Cache Poisoning at Scale is replete with them. Youstin demonstrates that web cache poisoning is still a problem and is still commonly disregarded. DoS vulnerabilities are frequently dismissed by researchers, yet web cache poisoning’s continuous, single-request takedowns are undoubtedly taken seriously by many businesses. This is also a good example of how to combine minor anomalies with obfuscated headers and configuration errors to create a serious vulnerability.
5 – Hidden OAuth attack vectors
Hackers frequently target endpoints that are either openly visible or come across during recon. In Hidden OAuth attack vectors, our very own Michael Stepankin takes a different route and delves deeply into the OAuth and OpenID specifications to elucidate hidden endpoints and design faults that set the stage for enumeration, session poisoning, and SSRF. In order to maintain an automatic watch and make sure that this attack surface does not go unnoticed, Michael has additionally updated the discovery wordlists in ActiveScan++ and Burp.
4 – Exploiting Client-Side Prototype Pollution in the wild
Before A Tale of Making Internet Pollution Free – Exploiting Client-Side Prototype Pollution in the Wild Landed, prototype pollution was purely a technique for enthusiasts and was referred to by filedescriptor as “arguably an underdog bug class as it’s only occasionally exploited”
A clear, intelligent framework for useful identification and exploitation is defined by this outstanding research. The all-star cast, led by s1r1us, is especially noteworthy; in Soroush’s words, “It feels like watching Avengers!”
3 – A New Attack Surface on MS Exchange
With his three-part series A New Attack Surface on MS Exchange, Orange Tsai is back in the top 10 for the fifth consecutive year. Instead than delving astonishingly deeply into multiple targets, as most research does, this endeavour instead focuses on one, with disastrous outcomes.
The entire panel praised this submission, calling it “flawless intro to Exchange’s architecture and attack surface, with reliable exploits and huge impact” a “inspiring read if you want to start serious research” and a “can of worms” that “changed the way many looked at this popular mailing solution and reminded us even the most secure looking apps can be broken easily if you are persistent and pay attention to all the details”
2 – HTTP/2: The Sequel is Always Worse
Nine months in the making, my own HTTP/2: The Sequel is Always Worse had a topic-collision with Emil’s effort above, making this more “interesting” than it should have been. However, some last-minute innovations saved the day. The opinions of the other panellists are as follows: “Ever wondered what could go wrong when converting between binary and ASCII protocols?” “The reader will find everything they require in this study. Along with the actual research and outcome, the excellent write-up, tools, and presentation elevate this to a special level.” “This is an excellent study on how HTTP2 significantly enhances the situation’s complexity. Request smuggling will become even more important because to the ongoing HTTP (down)upgrade as HTTP2 usage continues to spread.”
If you enjoy this presentation, just CTRL+F smuggling to find the other excellent research papers on HTTP Request Smuggling in the entire nomination list.
1 – Dependency Confusion
In retrospect, some of the best research seems quite clear because of its exquisite simplicity. In Dependency Confusion, Alex Birsan reveals serious design and configuration issues affecting major package managers. He uses ambiguity in package names to perform remote code execution (RCE) on a number of significant firms and collect well over $100,000 in rewards. The reader is guided through the full research process in addition to the insane impact by the very well-explained material.
We are very interested to see where this line of inquiry leads next as discussions and mitigations for this attack are still being discussed. Is the attack so graceful it cannot be made better? Or is this just the embryonic stage of a robust new attack class? What we do know is that if you only read one research article this year, make it Dependency Confusion. Alex has earned your congratulations for his victory!
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