Hacking Exposed Web 2.0: Web 2.0 Security Secrets and Solutions
Web 2.0 Security Secrets and Solutions
Will be published approx. on 16. February 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
258 pages
978-0-07-149461-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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.
Plug security holes in Web 2.0 implementations the proven Hacking Exposed way
Learn how hackers target and abuse vulnerable Web 2.0 applications, browsers, plug-ins, online databases, user inputs, and HTML forms
Prevent Web 2.0-based SQL, XPath, XQuery, LDAP, and command injection attacks
Circumvent XXE, directory traversal, and buffer overflow exploits
Learn XSS and Cross-Site Request Forgery methods attackers use to bypass browser security controls
Fix vulnerabilities in Outlook Express and Acrobat Reader add-ons
Use input validators and XML classes to reinforce ASP and .NET security
Eliminate unintentional exposures in ASP.NET AJAX (Atlas), Direct Web Remoting, Sajax, and GWT Web applications
Mitigate ActiveX security exposures using SiteLock, code signing, and secure controls
Find and fix Adobe Flash vulnerabilities and DNS rebinding attacks
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.
Plug security holes in Web 2.0 implementations the proven Hacking Exposed way
Learn how hackers target and abuse vulnerable Web 2.0 applications, browsers, plug-ins, online databases, user inputs, and HTML forms
Prevent Web 2.0-based SQL, XPath, XQuery, LDAP, and command injection attacks
Circumvent XXE, directory traversal, and buffer overflow exploits
Learn XSS and Cross-Site Request Forgery methods attackers use to bypass browser security controls
Fix vulnerabilities in Outlook Express and Acrobat Reader add-ons
Use input validators and XML classes to reinforce ASP and .NET security
Eliminate unintentional exposures in ASP.NET AJAX (Atlas), Direct Web Remoting, Sajax, and GWT Web applications
Mitigate ActiveX security exposures using SiteLock, code signing, and secure controls
Find and fix Adobe Flash vulnerabilities and DNS rebinding attacks
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-149461-8 (9780071494618)
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Persons
Himanshu Dwivedi is a co-founder of iSEC Partners (www.isecpartners.com), an information security firm specializing in application security. At iSEC, Himanshu manages the firm's product development efforts and co-manages the sales and marketing programs. Himanshu is also a renowned industry author with six security books published, including Mobile Application Security (McGraw Hill/Osborne), Hacking VoIP (No Starch Press), Hacking Exposed: Web 2.0 (McGraw Hill/Osborne), Hacker's Challenge 3 (McGraw Hill/Osborne), Securing Storage (Addison Wesley), and Implementing SSH (Wiley). In addition to the books, Himanshu also has a patent pending on Fibre Channel security. Before starting iSEC Partners, Himanshu was the Regional Technical Director at @stake, Inc.
Zane Lackey is a Security Consultant with iSEC Partners, an information security organization. Zane regularly performs application penetration testing and code reviews for iSEC. His research focus includes AJAX web applications and VoIP security. Zane has spoken at top security conferences including BlackHat 2006/2007 and Toorcon. Additionally, he is a co-author of Hacking Exposed: Web 2.0 (McGraw-Hill/November 2007) and contributing author of Hacking VoIP (No Starch Press/October 2007). Prior to iSEC, Zane focused on Honeynet research at the University of California-Davis, Computer Security Research Lab, under noted security researcher Dr. Matt Bishop.
Zane Lackey is a Security Consultant with iSEC Partners, an information security organization. Zane regularly performs application penetration testing and code reviews for iSEC. His research focus includes AJAX web applications and VoIP security. Zane has spoken at top security conferences including BlackHat 2006/2007 and Toorcon. Additionally, he is a co-author of Hacking Exposed: Web 2.0 (McGraw-Hill/November 2007) and contributing author of Hacking VoIP (No Starch Press/October 2007). Prior to iSEC, Zane focused on Honeynet research at the University of California-Davis, Computer Security Research Lab, under noted security researcher Dr. Matt Bishop.
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Attacking Web 2.0
Chapter 1. Common Injection Attacks
Chapter 2. Cross-Site Scripting
Part II: Next Generation Web Application Attacks
Chapter 3. Cross-Domain Attacks
Chapter 4. Malicious JavaScript and AJAX
Chapter 5. .Net Security
Part III: AJAX
Chapter 6. AJAX Types, Discovery, and Parameter Manipulation
Chapter 7. AJAX Framework Exposures
Part IV: Thick Clients
Chapter 8. ActiveX Security
Chapter 9. Attacking Flash Applications
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Attacking Web 2.0
Chapter 1. Common Injection Attacks
Chapter 2. Cross-Site Scripting
Part II: Next Generation Web Application Attacks
Chapter 3. Cross-Domain Attacks
Chapter 4. Malicious JavaScript and AJAX
Chapter 5. .Net Security
Part III: AJAX
Chapter 6. AJAX Types, Discovery, and Parameter Manipulation
Chapter 7. AJAX Framework Exposures
Part IV: Thick Clients
Chapter 8. ActiveX Security
Chapter 9. Attacking Flash Applications
Index