This technical and informative discussion will examine web and online attacks such as the epidemic of XSS (cross site scripting) vulnerabilities (vulnerabilities that make it possible for attackers to steal authentication credentials and redirect visitors to malicious websites). Russ will dive into the methodology, tools, examples, and inherent risks of web applications as well as provide aid to the Internet Community in remediating XSS issues and other web application security issues.

Official Website: http://www.washingtontechnology.org/pages/events/events_events_wsaevent.asp?id=0807SIGSEC

Added by WTIA on July 2, 2008

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