Testing a Banking API Against the OWASP API Security Top 10

A plain-language tour of the ten ways your app most likely gets owned — and the small code changes that stop them.

In Part 1, we secured the database. In Part 2, we secured the session. But there is a hard truth in cybersecurity: No matter how strong…

How I Used a SIM-less Xiaomi to Ride a Robotaxi in Vegas During DEF CON

TL;DR Google shipped a new Chrome security update on the Stable channel. It fixes five high-severity use-after-free flaws across V8, Blink, HTML, TabStrip, and Extensions. No exploitation in the w…

What happened at a glance Actor or group Lazarus (DPRK-linked), per Check Point Research Activity type Spear-phishing, trojanized software, zero-day exploitation Targets Defense, aerospace, and av…

TL;DR Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 421 vulnerabilities, with 62 rated critical. One flaw, CVE-2026-68820, is already exploited in the wild. Microsoft also patched two other zero-days …

TL;DR Zoom released four security bulletins on August 11, 2026. Two of the flaws allow remote code execution against meeting participants. Each Zoom security vulnerability now has a fix, so users …

A command injection that fires before any sandbox exists, a V8 isolate that protects the wrong half of your module, and an XSS in the OAuth…

AI is the biggest field.

SQL Injection Is Still the #1 Threat in 2026

TL;DR A researcher has published a public PoC called ShieldBreak. It bypasses Microsoft’s July patch for the RoguePlanet Windows Defender flaw, CVE-2026-50656. The exploit escalates a standa…

Tags: Cybersecurity, Bug Bounty, Hacking, Web Development, IDOR

In cybersecurity, red teaming and vulnerability research are often treated as two different skill sets.

There’s no shortage of options for building an API in 2026. Node.js, Go, FastAPI, Kotlin, Rust — all of these show up in production, all of…

No broken locks, no alarms, just someone logging in as you

Most people think hacking is instant. It’s not. There’s a whole process — and once you understand it, everything changes.

I checked the current official Segfault documentation and repository. One important clarification: Segfault is not primarily a tool that…

Imagine waking up on a Friday morning, making your coffee, and sitting down to check Twitter or stream music on Spotify only to find that…

A field guide to auth bypass, privilege escalation, and RCE, using two real bugs from this week’s Patch Tuesday.

Starting my cybersecurity journey pursuing a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) Computer Science student specializing in Cyber Security, I…