From the course: JavaScript: Security Essentials
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Overview of the most common threats - JavaScript Tutorial
From the course: JavaScript: Security Essentials
Overview of the most common threats
- [Instructor] There's a growing list of threats for web developers and keeping abreast of all these security issues must be on your mind daily. So beyond the scope of this course, you need to continue reading on the subject and looking at the common techniques and tools to prevent these issues. (mumbles) which I will introduce shortly is a great place to start and where I research the latest threats. Prevention should always be your number one priority over dealing with an attack after the fact. So with all this said, here's a brief list of the most common security risks. The first one, cross-site scripting is when a malicious script is injected into a trusted site typically through a form or field. The next one, cross-site request forgery is any form of malicious code that is executed when a user is (mumbles) to a trusted website. Then, we have sensitive data exposure. More often than not, the APIs don't protect properly sensitive information and therefore easily provides…
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