For the last part of the assignment we have to make a report on a web security risk. I am going to go with Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) as it seems somewhat interesting in a terrible sort of way.
Reaching the 1000 word count for this report might be difficult as XSS attacks are pretty straight forward to explain. In an attampt to reach the word count, I am going to do some research into who should be at fault when an XSS attack occurs; is it the user’s fault for trusting the website, or is it the responsibility of the web page owner to prevent this…
Edit 1: Well that certainly helped my word count, but I am still only at 500 words. All I have left to answer is ways to prevent these security risks. Hopefully I can drag it out to be 1000 words.
Edit 2: Well I made it to 1000 words, that wasn’t so hard. Minus the bibliography, the word count is 1001 😀
Time to submit my assignment and play some Minecraft!
Link to Report:Â XSS Report – Jason Krieg