Posts Tagged ‘url’

Python web scraper February 24th, 2011

This article from Infosec Island got me thinking, wouldn’t it be good to have a home page which gives me the information I want (Infosec stuff), with links to advisories etc. Well God bless Python, cos I’ve got one on the way now….  to do it I’m just using URLOPEN and RE.  I’m using print [...]

XSS – some examples… January 27th, 2011

Those of us who interact with or manage the results from penetration testing teams all (hopefully!) understand the ramifications when a XSS vulnerability is found. We may even all understand the differences between a reflected XSS vulnerability and a persistent XSS vulnerability. What about those higher up the food chain? Do those who interact with [...]

Short URLs January 6th, 2011

How many of the users within your environment have seen the shortened URLs provided by sites such as tinyURL or bit.ly?  Most?  If not all?  How many of them though are aware of the risks of clicking on these shortened URLs? It doesn’t take a genius to realise that whilst short URLs are indeed useful [...]