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Tool Talks: Debugging Ruby Exploits

In our sixth edition of the Tool Talk series, we explore a new test harness for discovering and crafting Ruby exploits.

Global organizations continue to struggle against the rising tide of web-application attacks. In fact, 50% of all sites were vulnerable to at least one serious exploitable vulnerability throughout 2021, according to a new report by NTT Application Security.

Our next Tool Talk will focus on a new test harness built using Ruby on Rails that enables more efficient web application exploitation. This application, created by our own Ben Lincoln, offers security practitioners a framework to investigate attack emulation techniques and debug complex exploits specific to Ruby.

Join us to learn how to stretch your knowledge of Ruby code vulnerabilities and attack scenarios by adding a new tool in your toolbox, saving you time and headache, to work faster against threats.

In our sixth edition of the Tool Talk series, we explored:

  • A new test harness for debugging Ruby exploits
  • Why this technique improves hacking prowess
  • How to use this application for attack emulation

Ben Lincoln Headshot Managing Senior Security Consultant Bishop Fox

About the speaker, Ben Lincoln

Managing Principal

Ben Lincoln is a Managing Principal at Bishop Fox and focuses on application security. He has extensive experience in network penetration testing, red team activities, white-/black-box web/native application penetration testing, and exploit development. Prior to joining Bishop Fox, Ben was a security consultant with NCC Group, a global information assurance consulting organization. He also previously worked at a major retail corporation as a senior security engineer and a senior systems engineer. Ben delivered presentations at major security conferences, including "A Black Path Toward the Sun" at Black Hat USA 2016. Ben is OSCP-certified and has released several open-source exploit tools.

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Joe sechman

About the speaker, Joe Sechman

Bishop Fox Alumnus

Joe is a Bishop Fox alumnus and brought over 20 years of experience to his role as Associate Vice President of R&D. He was responsible for nurturing a culture of innovation across Bishop Fox. Over his career, Joe has amassed many security certifications, delivered several presentations, and has co-authored multiple industry publications with groups such as ISC2, ISACA, ASIS, HP, and IEEE.

Additionally, Joe is a prolific inventor with nine granted patents in the fields of dynamic and runtime application security testing, attack surface enumeration, and coverage (U.S. Patents 10,699,017, 10,515,219, 10,516,692, 10,515,220, 10,423,793, 9,846,781, 10,650,148, 10,587,641, and 11,057,395). Prior to joining Bishop Fox, Joe held leadership positions with companies such as Cobalt Labs, HP Fortify, Royal Philips, and Sunera LLC (now Focal Point Data Risk). Earlier in his career, Joe served as the lead penetration tester within SPI Labs at SPI Dynamics where he cut his teeth alongside some of the best and brightest application security industry professionals. Joe received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management Information Systems from the Terry College of Business - University of Georgia.
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