Team82 has published an exciting research article about bypassing web application firewalls using a specific SQL syntax that uses JSON. More information about their research can be found here. An example payload described by Team82 could be: The OWASP Core Rule Set is blocking all payloads reported by Team82 at paranoia level 2 basically just …
We're excited to announce a new partnership with Edgio, a leading provider of edge security solutions, that was formed by the combination of Limelight and Edgecast. Edgio is a trusted partner for organizations looking to protect their digital assets. Its holistic suite of security solutions protects the confidentiality, integrity and availability of web applications and …
On February 14, the CRS community will meet at the Dublin Convention Center for the 2023 CRS Community Summit, the first summit after the pandemic. REGISTRATION It has been a while since last we met and many things have happened since. So, there is a lot to talk about. We start at 9 am local …
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Franziska Bühler doesn't feel too comfortable in the limelight. The CISO of a Swiss mid-sized IT company rather likes to work through lists of hundreds of bypasses than being at the forefront. Talking to her, it gets clear quickly: Fränzi loves a challenge. “Once I set my mind to something, I follow through,” she says. …
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The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set project is very happy to announce Microsoft as new GOLD sponsor. There have been sporadic contacts with the Azure WAF engineering team for several years and we are now taking the next step. Microsoft and OWASP CRS are establishing a formalized partnership in the form of a sponsoring agreement. …
Let the CRS project be your Valentine: The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set project will hold the first post-pandemic Community Summit at the Dublin Convention Center in Ireland on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. We invite the whole CRS community, users, developers, integrators, and sponsorsto meet with us for an exchange of thoughts, technical talks, and networking. After the …
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The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) project is proud to announce a new sponsoring partner: Bug Bounty Switzerland – a startup that has pioneered the collaboration with ethical hackers in Switzerland and today is Switzerland’s leading provider of bug bounty programs and public trust initiatives. Since 2022, they are the strategic partner of the National Cyber …
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Pizza, pasta, pesto ... pineapple? This was one of the many important topics (and one of the most controversial) discussed at the CRS developer retreat 2022 in Italy. The annual CRS developer team retreat is always a highlight of the year, finally meeting face-to-face again and not just via chat. This time, the backdrop for …
Astronaut? Garbage truck driver? Electrical engineer? Metalsmith? In the end, Hungarian Ervin Hegedüs became a software developer. Within the Core Rule Set project, he contributes primarily to tool development and packaging. “New team members should above all be team players,” says Ervin. Ervin Hegedüs has had no shortage of interesting career ideas in his 51-year …
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He likes to play board games and the guitar, and he loves to fix bypasses to CRS rules: Italian Andrea Menin joined the Core Rule Set team in 2018. The most important requirement for anybody joining the project, he says, is to enjoy it. He never wanted to be a locomotive engineer or an astronaut, …
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