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Hacking Web Apps: Detecting and Preventing Web Application Security Problems

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Call no.
: 005.8/SHE 23
Author
: Mike Shema
Contributor
: Mohd. Khadzrie Mohd. Ramzie Faizal
Summary
There is few queries on how can an information security professional keep up with all of the hacks, attacks, and exploits on the Web? One way is to read Hacking Web Apps. The content for this book has been selected to make sure that we are covering the most vicious attacks out there. Not only this book let you in on the anatomy of these attacks, but also tells how to get rid of these worms, trojans, and botnets and how to defend against them in the future. Countermeasures are detailed so that you can fight against similar attacks as they evolve. Attacks featured in this book include SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, Logic Attacks, Server Misconfigurations, Predictable Pages, Web of Distrust, Breaking Authentication Schemes, HTML5 Security Breaches and Attacks on Mobile Apps. Even if you don`t develop web sites or write HTML, Hacking Web Apps can still help you learn how sites are attacked-as well as the best way to defend against these attacks. Plus, Hacking Web Apps gives you detailed steps to make the web browser - sometimes your last line of defence - more secure.