Team Research blog
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) is a vulnerability that allows an attacker to trick a server-side application to make a request to an unintended location. SSRF, unlike most other specific vulnerabilities, has gained its own spot on the OWASP Top 10 2021. This reflects both how common and how impactful this type of vulnerability has become. … Read more
We customize and use Semgrep a lot during our security assessments at IncludeSec because it helps us quickly locate potential areas of concern within large codebases. Static analysis tools (SAST) such as Semgrep are great for aiding our vulnerability hunting efforts and usually can be tied into Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines to help developers catch … Read more
One of the things that has always been important in IncludeSec’s progress as a company is finding the best talent for the task at hand. We decided early on that if the best Python hacker in the world was not in the US then we would go find that person and work with them! Or … Read more
Note: The SafeURL libraries are no longer maintained and we recommend considering other SSRF mitigation approaches alongside application-layer SSRF protection libraries. See our 2023 blog post for more details. At Include Security, we believe that a reactive approach to security can fall short when it’s not backed by proactive roots. We see new offensive tools … Read more