Resources

People often ask me "How did you learn how to hack?" The answer: by reading. This page is a collection of the blog posts and other articles that I have accumulated over the years of my journey. Enjoy!

What is Good Research? - 137

LiveOverflowPosted 6 Years Ago
  • Although XSS is super common, there is an infinite amount of ways to trigger it!
  • Copying and pasting payloads into forms is good for a while but not that great to get a pHD in XSS.
  • The base tag is used for the base of a URL. However, JavaScript URI's cannot be in the URI. This needs to look like a normal URL but still execute the JS (// looks like a comment). This can be bypassed by either using a multi line comment or a regex.
  • Gareth Heyes, from Portswigger, demonstrates a parsing bug in Safari that looks like it makes zero sense...Just abusing the parser and understanding of the browser.
  • Good hacking can be found by a deep understanding of something with a large amount of creativity.