It’s been a while… It’s been a while since my last post due to various reasons. In the past few months my passion has shifted towards code security – security code review in general. Being able to read and find vulnerabilities in code is something a hacker(ethical)/folks in cybersecurity as well as developers should have […]
Author: Muqsit Baig
Cyber Security Enthusiast | Occasional Bug Bounty Hunter | Learner
A tale of 2 bugs
Finding hidden gems. This is a story about how I came across 2 hidden gems during my recon phase. I want to emphasize that it hardly took me 20 minutes to find these bugs and they don’t require any interesting “hack”. I just looked at the right place and did the right thing. If you […]
How hackers love your HTTP data
Showing how HTTPS is more secure. You have, at least once in your life come across the statement “Make sure xyz website uses HTTPS before entering your private information” Well, spoiler alert, it’s true. Quite an overreaction. But what is HTTP? The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), is a system by which computers talk to each […]
Note: This article is in connection with the previous article. So if you have not read that, go read it now — [https://www.muqsitbaig.com/blog/how-hackers-love-your-http-data/] Note 2: This article is only for educational and learning purposes. It gives you an idea why you should avoid using public networks as much as possible. You’ve come to your favourite […]