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Web App Security

Web App Security

Alessandro Lepore

October 10, 2017
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  1. Alessandro Classic Developer Saw Star Wars false true Saw Star

    Trek false true Gamer false true Drinks coffee false true Drinks beer true true Has beard true true ~2 meters tall true false
  2. “At some point in the history of your company, you’re

    probably going to get hacked.” - Heather Adkins, director of security at Google “There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be.” - Robert Mueller, FBI Director
  3. OWASP Top 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Risks 1.

    Injection 2. Broken Authentication and Session Management 3. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) 4. Insecure Direct Object References 5. Security Misconfiguration 6. Sensitive Data Exposure 7. Missing Function Level Access Control 8. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) 9. Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities 10. Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards
  4. Application Security is ignored or underrated • Complex topic •

    Difficult to sell • “I never had any security incident” ™
  5. “We have our own security system, and it has never

    been breached in more than 15 years” - oilandgasinternational.com
  6. WARNING: Very advanced hacker skills > brew install sqlmap >

    sqlmap --dump --url= "http://localhost:3000/ilike_search?search_term=rails"
  7. How to be better at security • Have a black

    hoodie • Have basic security knowledge • Know some tools • Have a plan for responding to incidents • Have a security contact page
  8. Bonus: Security is fun!!! • Hacking labs • Challenges •

    Capture the flag • Example: root-me.org