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Stealing session ids with phpinfo() and how to stopit | Michal ?pa?ek
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Understanding The Web Security Model, Part IV: Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
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Your API-Centric Web App Is Probably Not Safe Against XSS and CSRF
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| | As we're reinventing web applications with SPAs and frontend frameworks, we need to reinvent web application security, too.
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Hacking YouTube Likes with JavaScript: XSS Attack Chef Secure
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| | Learn hacking with this hands-on tutorial that shows you how YouTube could be exploited if it had an XSS vulnerability.
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Is your Web API susceptible to a CSRF exploit? | Mathieu Fenniak
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| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) is a type of security exploit where a user's web browser is tricked by a third-party site into performing actions on websites that the user is logged into. It is often a difficult attack to pull off, as it requires a number of factors to line up at once. Protecting against it requires good discipline and good design practices, especially when it comes to protecting Web APIs. Here's a brief example of a fictitious CSRF attack against a bank: