We don’t have a Ferrari, but we had their database credentials

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to own a Ferrari? We did. Not the car itself, but access to their database credentials.

Following Ferrari Responsible Disclosure Program1 Char49 discovered a vulnerability on the media.ferrari.com subdomain. The vulnerability affected a popular Wordpres...

Misconfiguration in a bottle: Symfony Profiler exposed

Char49 recently discovered a security misconfiguration on a subdomain of an American multinational corporation (Top50 on the Fortune500) website: an exposed Symfony web framework debug endpoint leaking sensitive information.

In a nutshell, exposing Symfony Profile or any other web framework debug...

Segway Subdomain Takeover

During our research on the Segways’ domain space, we found a subdomain pointing to a third-party domain “pending for deletion” by its owner. Using a domain monitoring and backorder service, as soon as the third-party domain became available we got control over Segway’s subdomain.

According to responsible disclosure best practices, we provided Segway a detailed security advisory. This article is published after the security issue has been (silently) fixed by Segway.

How safe is your tax rebate e-invoice app? Learn how to protect yourself.

More and more apps are available in Google Play Store allowing to manage your invoices. Some apps are focused on small businesses in order to make quotes or invoices for clients, but other apps are also targeting individuals. For instance in Portugal, the government is encouraging people to ask for...