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Category Archives: Hacking

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Burp Suite Tutorial – The Intruder Tool

March 12, 2010  |  Written by Security Ninja  |   Application Security, Hacking   |   8 Comments

Hi everyone, I have been spending some time this week reviewing some of the old Security Ninja blog posts now that we are getting close to our second birthday. I wanted to create a list of things I’ve promised to write about but never got around to doing. The first item on my list is a tutorial for the Burp Suite. If you Google “Burp Suite Tutorial” my blog post from 2008 saying I was … Read more >

From vulnerability to fraud, how hard is it?

February 9, 2010  |  Written by Security Ninja  |   Data Loss, Hacking, PCI DSS   |   9 Comments

Hi everyone, The blog I’m writing today is a bit different to the blogs I normally write. I normally discuss application security vulnerabilities or how to write secure code but I wanted to post something different today. I used to write the occasional post which covered a specific issue in security I’d been researching that wasn’t necessarily related to application security. I’m happy to say that I have a new Ninja Research post for you … Read more >

IRISS Conference and HackEire

November 13, 2009  |  Written by Security Ninja  |   Data Loss, Hacking, Ninja News and Updates   |   1 Comment

Hi everyone, I blogged earlier this year about how happy I was to see conferences such as Epicenter embracing information security and how great it was to see Ireland’s first dedicated application security conference, now I have even more good news for the Information Security community in Ireland! The Irish national CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team) will be holding its first annual conference on the 19th of November 2009 at the D4 Berkley Court … Read more >

Can you find the vulnerabilities?

October 22, 2009  |  Written by Security Ninja  |   Application Security, Hacking   |   6 Comments

Hi everyone, I often talk about how to write secure code and how to prevent common vulnerabilities so I have decided to cover something slightly different in this blog post. The ability to identify vulnerabilities in code is an important skill for security professionals and developers to learn because if you don’t find the flaws someone else will do. This blog post includes five examples of insecure code which you should try to analyse and … Read more >

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