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bRPC-Web: A Burp Suite Extension for gRPC-Web

The gRPC framework, and by extension gRPC-Web, is based on a binary data serialization format. This poses a challenge for penetration testers when intercepting browser to server communication with tools such as Burp Suite.

This project was initially started after we unexpectedly encountered gRPC-Web during a penetration test a few years ago. It is important to have adequate tooling available when this technology appears. Today, we are releasing our Burp Suite extension bRPC-Web in the hope that it will prove useful to others during their assessments.

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LockBit Breach: Insights From a Ransomware Group’s Internal Data

Something a bit wild happened recently: A rival of LockBit decided to hack LockBit. Or, to put this into ransomware-parlance: LockBit got a post-paid pentest. It is unclear if a ransomware negotiation took place between the two, but if it has, it was not successful. The data was leaked.

Now, let’s be honest: the dataset is way too small to make any solid statistical claims. Having said that, let’s make some statistical claims!

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