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The FBI recommends using ad blockers

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An interesting note from the FBI.

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UMA 2.0 diagrams

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Some diagrams (mostly sequence diagrams) about UMA 2.0.

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MIME-type spoofing in Firefox/Thunderbird and file managers

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An interesting spoofing attack resulting from the interaction between Firefox (or Thunderbird) MIME types handling and file managers.

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Code execution through MIME-type association of Mono interpreter

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A dangerous file type association in Debian which could be used to trigger arbitrary code execution.

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OAuth 2.x and OpenID Connect sequence diagrams

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Some sequence diagrams about OAuth 2.x and OpenID Connect.

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Browser-based attacks on WebDriver implementations

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Some context and analysis about attacks on in WebDriver implementations.

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Introduction to TLS v1.3

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Some notes about how TLS v1.3 works. This is a follow-up of the previous episode about TLS v1.2. As before, the goal is to have a high-level overview about how the protocol works, what is the role of the different messages and be able to understand (and debug) a network traffic dump.

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CSRF and DNS-rebinding to RCE in Selenium Server (Grid)

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Vulnerabilities in found on the WebDriver endpoints of Selenium Server (Grid).

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DNS rebinding vulnerability to RCE in GeckoDriver

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A DNS rebinding vulnerability I found in GeckoDriver which could be used to execute arbitrary shell commands. This is bug #1652612 and CVE-2021-4138.

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Introduction to TLS v1.2

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Some notes about how TLS v1.2 (Transport Layer Security) works. The goal explain what is going on in a network traffic dump, the role of the different TLS extensions, the impact of the different cipher suites on security, etc. It includes several diagrams and many references.

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