🔎 Cybersecurity Challenge #6 – Spot the Vulnerability

This application fetches an image from a URL provided by the user. Sounds harmless, right? 👨‍💻

But allowing servers to request external resources based on user input can sometimes open the door to dangerous attacks.

Take a closer look at how the URL is validated and how the request is made.

⚠️ Is the validation strong enough?

Question: What security vulnerability exists in this code?

A) SQL Injection
B) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
C) External XML Entity (XXE)
D) URL Redirection

💬 Comment your answer and tell us which line reveals the vulnerability!

In the next post, I’ll reveal the correct answer and explain how attackers could exploit it in real-world environments.

#cybersecurity #infosec #ethicalhacking #websecurity #bugbounty #securecoding #CyberKid #securitychallenge #SSRF

Nice new #infosec zine focused on #securecoding with an interesting formula where each article only takes one page

https://pagedout.institute

Oversecured Flags 1,575 Issues in Android Mental Health Apps
Oversecured identified 54 high-severity vulnerabilities across 10 apps totaling 14.7M+ installs.
Technical concerns include:
• Improper use of Intent.parseUri()
• Insecure PRNG via java.util.Random
• Local storage exposure
• Plaintext API endpoints in APK
• Missing root detection
These apps handle highly sensitive mental health records, including CBT notes and therapy transcripts.

Threat modeling implication:
Mobile health apps may represent high-value data reservoirs with weaker security maturity than regulated healthcare systems.

Should digital health apps undergo mandatory security audits before distribution?

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#Infosec #MobileAppSecurity #AndroidSecurity #SecureCoding #DigitalHealth #ThreatModeling #AppSec #CyberRisk #DataProtection

LangChain load() should be renamed to dangerousLoad(). It’s eval() in disguise. We’ve spent decades warning engineers about eval(). Repackaging it behind an abstraction doesn’t make it safer. Here’s why that design choice is dangerous.
https://x.com/secdim/status/2023626877315788853

#AppSec #SecureCoding
@LangChainAI

So amazing to see incredible friends at Wild West Hackin' Fest! Thank you Chad!!!

And thank you Black Hills for having me in to teach! #securecoding

age.rb – Ruby bindings for age!

If you're working with Ruby and looking for a simple, secure, and modern solution for file encryption, age.rb bridges the gap, bringing the elegance of Ruby to the robust age encryption tool.

Give it a try, explore the repo on GitHub, and let me know what you think. Contributions and feedback are always welcome!

Repository: https://github.com/tschaefer/age.rb

#Ruby #Cryptography #OpenSource #AgeEncryption #SecureCoding

🔐 Bài viết ngắn về Secure Coding: hướng dẫn thực hành khắc phục lỗ hổng IDOR, tải file không an toàn và SQL Injection qua ví dụ lab. Rất hữu ích cho lập trình viên muốn nâng cao bảo mật mã nguồn. #SecureCoding #BảoMật #IDOR #SQLInjection #FileUpload #LậpTrình

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1q8m817/a_very_short_introduction_to_secure_coding_with/