What does optimization mean? Optimization is a process to make an existing system faster, more efficient than it currently is. The ways to achieve this optimization depends on what system we’re talking about. In this post, we’ll go through some simple yet effective strategies to make fuzzing with AFL more optimized. We’d also take…

What is Fuzzing? Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology, IEEE, defines fuzzing as: The degree to which a system or component can function correctly in the presence of invalid inputs or stressful environmental conditions. Breaking it down into simpler terms, fuzzing is a testing technique for applications in which we pass random, invalid…

I got a chance to intern at Appsecco for my 8th Semester project on DevSecOps. Introduction For as far as I can remember, I’ve always been interested in computers. Soon enough I got fascinated about security in computers. This interest, however, remained at the backburner while I was in school. Cut…

Demystifying how to write Modular Code in Python. Anyone who has done a decent bit of development with Python, surely at some point, has come across the following syntax: if __name__ == "__main__": # Statements I first came across this when I was learning about Flask, the backend framework and…

An introduction to attacks based on insecure deserialization. What is serialization? Let’s start off by defining what exactly serialization means. Serialization is the process of converting a complex object, such as a list in python, into a format which is more suitable for certain operations such as storing into files, transmitting over a…

A brief explanation of the OWASP’s top 10 vulnerabilities. — The Open Web Application Security Project, more commonly known as OWASP, is a community of security professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts who develop tools for security testing, documentation for vulnerabilities for various platforms and articles on the latest developments in cyber security. The OWASP Top 10 refers to the most commonly…