Redefining modern DAST

Redefining modern DAST

1. 1. The Moments We Were Told “Hacking Is Over”

      Yıl	Popular Claim	What Really Happened
      Up to 2008	“We’ve dominated the web with mass defacements.”	Shift from SQLi/deface to logic‑driven attacks.
      Early 2010s	Dark‑net & MSN chats: “Hacking is finished.”	AJAX, SPAs and mobile APIs created a brand‑new attack surface.
      Today	“With WAFs and rate limits, DAST is obsolete.”	Logical flaws such as IDOR & workflow abuse fly under WAF radar.

      
      History repeats itself: as defensive layers evolve, so do offensive tactics. Dynamic testing keeps pace.
      
      

   2. The Hidden Prejudice Against DAST

      1. Major vendors standing still – A crawler that couldn’t parse AJAX in 2010 looks like today’s tool that can’t bypass CAPTCHA or detect IDOR.

      2. Fear of false positives – Some scanners simply skip potential issues to avoid noise.

      3. WAF‑bound scanning flows – Even if users solve CAPTCHA manually, scanners hit a WAF wall and demand custom rules.

      End result: a part of the industry slaps the label “legacy” on every DAST solution.

   3. Sobele: What Sets the New Standard

      Capability	Typical Market Limitation	Sobele’s Approach
      Captcha	Crawler stops—scan ends	Captcha is passed by our own internal methods.
      WAF & Rate‑Limit	One static payload → 403	Even SQL Injection is bypassed. Scanning is continued with dynamic rate limiting bypass.
      IDOR	Assumption only possible with manual pentest	It captures unauthorized resource access through heuristic matching with the power of AI.
      Session	Manual or session management with http header	Finds credentials infiltrated with CTI, auto-tries login on login page (according to user's preference)
      Vulnerability Span	Vulnerability detection methods 20 years ago	Hundreds of next generation attack definitions

   4. Target: E‑commerce leader with 100+ security professionals, 7/24 NOC, protected by Cloudflare Enterprise
      Scope: Fully black‑box; no direct IP exposure
      Outcome (59 min):
      5 critical IDOR
      2 stored XSS
      1 dom XSS
      Impact: Customer PII, order history, and loyalty points became accessible despite “best‑in‑class” defenses.

   5. CI/CD in Minutes – Build time dwarfs manual test time.
      API Explosion – Every microservice deploy introduces a fresh IDOR risk.
      Rate‑Limit Illusion – Smart variation slips past “n requests/min.”
      Attacker Automation – Botnets sweep the web; defense must automate too.
      WAF Blind Spots – Logic flaws (IDOR, business‑flow abuse) remain invisible to signature filters.

   By bypassing CAPTCHA and WAF, simulating real user logic, and returning evidence‑based findings, Sobele:

   • Closes the gaps left by incomplete scans.

   • Surfaces logical vulnerabilities in minutes.

   • Gives security teams insights, not noise.

   How secure is your application—really?
   Plug Sobele into your CI and see what the first scan reveals.