Worst JavaScript Flaws That Hackers Love To Abuse
Some of the very things that make JavaScript awesome can also make it exposed. This talk will go through some sample security flaws unique to JavaScript’s async nature and surrounding ecosystem. We’ll show live exploits to understand the issues and their impact, explain why they happen and – most importantly – how to avoid or fix them.
EVENT: JS Congress, 2016
SPEAKER: Guy Podjarny
PERMISSIONS: The original video was published on JS Congress YouTube channel with the Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed).
ORIGINAL SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNk9Ami4Zls
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