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Maqbool Malik here… One of the most significant update to CAT.NET in v2.0 is the addition of a configuration engine. The goal of the engine is to identify insecure configuration at all layers of the application (configuration files, code level configuration,
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RV here... With the release of Web Protection Library v1.0 (WPL) Security Runtime Engine (SRE) has been significantly updated. It now includes a SQL Injection Detection module which can detect certain attack vectors. It also include re-designed configuration
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RV here... Over the last couple of months we have been actively developing the next version of Anti-XSS library and Security Runtime Engine (SRE). We have added new mitigations that go way beyond the original Cross Site Scripting (XSS) protections of
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The Microsoft Information Security Tools (IST) team has released the latest Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting (Anti-XSS) Library version 3.1 . Read more about Anti-XSS v3.1 on the Information Security blog and watch the video, “ Anti-XSS 3.0 Released
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RV here... For a while now, I have been talking about various types of encodings and how they protect web applications from cross site scripting attacks. In most cases input is simply passed through AntiXss.HtmlEncode or similar methods to transform it
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RV here... Cascading Style Sheets provide developers ways to change the UI theme of a website and this provides many opportunities for malicious users to change the UI if the application uses dynamic data inside style tags or in HTML style attributes.
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RV here... The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) API provides a mechanism for connecting to, searching, and modifying internet directories. A LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) injection attack exploits vulnerabilities in input validation
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RV is doing a talk at the local OWASP Chapter. Details below. http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Seattle#Next_Event_11_August_.28Tuesday.29
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RV here… Anti-XSS library 3.0 is now RTM!!! MSDN download center is updated with the new binaries. Here is a overview of the changes in 3.0 release. New features in this version of the Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library include: An expanded white
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RV here… I wanted to share with you some tidbits on our new project called Web Protection Library (WPL) which contains libraries to protect web applications from common vulnerabilities and attacks. Our goal is to offer comprehensive web application protection
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Syed Aslam Basha here. I am a tester on the Information Security Tools team and responsible for testing Microsoft Anti-XSS V3.0. The difference lies in implementation and performance you could get. The following are the differences between Microsoft.Security.Application.AntiXss.HtmlEncode
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Mark Curphey here (Follow me using @curphey on Twitter ). June is a busy time of year around MSFT. For most teams you have a pretty good idea about your budget for the next year (July – July) and the end of year performance review cycle kicks in. You
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