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Web Fuzzing Round Up

Web fuzzing. The brute force way of web reconnaissance. So here's what fuzzing actually is: you take a URL and just start throwing words at it to see what sticks. The server talks back with status codes: 404 for "nope doesn't exist," 403 for "exists but you're not allowed" (which honestly tells you more than you'd think), and 200 for "here you go mate, help yourself." And those numbers? They're basically the server snitching on itself. That admin panel someone thought was secure because the URL is /definitely_not_the_admin_panel_trust_me ? The backup folder with last month's database dump just sitting there? API endpoints that were "just for internal testing"? Fuzzing finds all of it. I learned this through HTB and honestly, it's ruined me as a developer. Now every time I build something I'm like "okay but what if someone fuzzes this?" (Spoiler: they will. They have wordlists for days.) Direc...

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