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SharePoint CVE-2024-38094: Why On-Prem SharePoint Stays a Target

SharePoint Server's recent CVE roster — 2019-0604, 2023-29357 chain, 2024-38094 — shows the on-prem attack surface persists. Detection, mitigation, and the migration…

Apr 25, 2026 · 3 min read
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theHarvester and Recon-ng: OSINT Toolchain in 2026

theHarvester for breadth-of-source aggregation; Recon-ng for workflow continuity across investigation. Where they fit alongside modern tools (subfinder, amass, SpiderFoot, Maltego) in 2026…

Apr 25, 2026 · 2 min read
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MOVEit Transfer (CVE-2023-34362): The Cl0p Mass Exploitation Story

Cl0p exploited MOVEit Transfer's SQLi as a zero-day, compromising 2,000+ organisations including Indian-market third parties. The vulnerability, why it spread so far,…

Apr 25, 2026 · 2 min read
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Confluence CVE-2023-22515 / 22518: When Internal Wikis Become Ransomware Targets

Two Atlassian Confluence CVEs in late 2023 enabled mass-exploitation by ransomware operators. Bug walkthrough, IoCs, mitigation, and the migration question for Confluence…

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
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CSRF in 2026: Why SameSite Doesn’t Solve Everything

SameSite=Lax is the default; CSRF should be solved. It is not. SameSite=None for legitimate cross-site, GET-based state changes, subdomain CSRF, CORS misconfigurations,…

Apr 25, 2026 · 2 min read
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S3 Bucket Misconfigurations: Why 30% of Indian Startups Still Leak Customer Data

Five S3 misconfigurations we actually find on Indian startup audits — Block Public Access disabled, broad bucket-policy Principal, pre-signed URL leakage, object-level…

Apr 25, 2026 · 6 min read