Hacking Exposed Web 2.0: Web 2.0 Security Secrets and Solutions

by Rich Cannings

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Lock down next-generation Web services "This book concisely identifies the types of attacks which are faced daily by Web 2.0 sites, and the authors give solid, practical advice on how to identify and mitigate these threats." --Max Kelly, CISSP, CIPP, CFCE, Senior Director of Security, Facebook Protect your Web 2.0 architecture against the latest wave of cybercrime using expert tactics from Internet security professionals. Hacking Exposed Web 2.0 shows how hackers perform reconnaissance, choose their entry point, and attack Web 2.0-based services, and reveals detailed countermeasures and defense techniques. You'll learn how to avoid injection and buffer overflow attacks, fix browser and plug-in flaws, and secure AJAX, Flash, and XML-driven applications. Real-world case studies illustrate social networking site weaknesses, cross-site attack methods, migration vulnerabilities, and IE7 shortcomings.

258 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 2007

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Contains a good introduction to a few of the techniques for pentesting web sites. A useful primer but somewhat dated now as it only covers up to Internet Explorer 7.