Web Timing Attacks - Day 12 of TryHackMe Advent of Cyber 2024

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Welcome to Day 12 of TryHackMe's Advent of Cyber 2024, where we explore the fascinating and often overlooked world of race condition vulnerabilities. Join me as we dive into this challenge, understanding what race conditions are, how they can be exploited, particularly within HTTP/2 contexts, and how to secure against them.
What You'll Learn:
👾 Race Condition Vulnerabilities: Grasp the concept of race conditions, where the outcome of operations depends on the sequence or timing of uncontrollable events.
👾 HTTP/2 Security Gaps: Learn about specific vulnerabilities introduced with HTTP/2, like multiplexing that can lead to race conditions.
👾 Exploitation in Practice: See how race conditions can be exploited in a controlled environment, demonstrating the potential for data manipulation or unauthorized access.
👾 Mitigation Techniques: Discover methods to fix race conditions, including synchronization mechanisms and proper handling of concurrent requests in web applications.
This challenge involves a scenario where we'll attempt to exploit a race condition vulnerability in an application that uses HTTP/2, showing both the attack vector and the importance of secure coding practices.
Tasks Covered:
🎯 Identifying and understanding race condition vulnerabilities.
🎯 Exploiting race conditions to demonstrate potential security breaches.
🎯 Implementing fixes to prevent race condition exploits.
This video is perfect for developers, security professionals, or anyone interested in the nuanced aspects of web security and how timing can lead to vulnerabilities.
Join me as we navigate through the complexities of race condition vulnerabilities, ensuring you're equipped to both identify and secure against these subtle yet significant threats in software development.