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Evilginx2 + AiTM Phishing: How Modern Attacks Defeat MFA

Adversary-in-the-Middle phishing captures both credentials and session cookies during auth flow — defeating traditional MFA. How AiTM works, detection limits, and why…

Apr 25, 2026 · 3 min read
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Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) Phishing: Why Users Still Fall for It

BitB renders fake browser popup windows inside the actual browser tab. Users see legitimate URLs in the fake popup and trust them.…

Apr 25, 2026 · 3 min read
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Indian Phishing in 2026: SMS, Vishing, and UPI Scams

The Indian phishing landscape has distinct shapes — SMS-led, mobile-first, UPI-integrated. Bank impersonation, KYC scams, UPI fraud patterns, vishing with AI voice…

Apr 25, 2026 · 3 min read
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Email Security in 2026: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, BIMI

The modern email-authentication stack — SPF for IP authorisation, DKIM for cryptographic signing, DMARC for enforcement and reporting, MTA-STS for TLS enforcement,…

Apr 25, 2026 · 3 min read
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GraphQL Authorisation Bypass: The Deep-Dive

GraphQL's most consequential bug class isn't injection — it's authorisation bypass. Field-level over-exposure, resolver-level IDOR, mutation field injection, connection traversal, batched-query tenant…

Apr 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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Maltego for OSINT: Graph-Based Investigation

Maltego turns scattered OSINT into structured intelligence. Entity types, transform ecosystem, practical workflow for phishing-campaign investigation, threat-actor profiling, supply-chain mapping. Pro vs…

Apr 25, 2026 · 3 min read
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IDOR: The Bug That Refuses to Die (And How to Find It)

IDOR is on half of Indian SaaS pentests. The taxonomy (sequential, UUID, path, body, header, mass assignment, indirect), the systematic test methodology…

Apr 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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OAuth 2.0 Attacks in 2026: Code Injection, PKCE Downgrade, JWT Issues

Modern OAuth attack surface — redirect URI manipulation, authorisation code injection, state parameter abuse, PKCE downgrade, JWT access token weaknesses, scope escalation.…

Apr 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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SAML Attacks: Golden SAML, XML Signature Wrapping, SLO Abuse

SAML attack surface in 2026 — XML Signature Wrapping (XSW1-8), Golden SAML (SolarWinds technique), signature exclusion, comment injection, audience replay, SLO abuse.…

Apr 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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XXE: External Entity Injection in 2026 — Where It Still Hides

XXE in 2026 — document upload (DOCX, SVG, RSS), SOAP APIs, SAML, RSS processors. Blind XXE via out-of-band channels, XXE-to-SSRF chains, and…

Apr 25, 2026 · 4 min read