XSS Tutorial - An Introduction to Web Security and the Cross-Site Scripting Attack

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Cross-Site Scripting is a common hacking method used to gain entry to passwords, user data and other sensitive information protected by websites. XSS attacks are the result of an attacker using a web application to send malicious code, generally in the form of a browser side script, to a different end user. In this XSS tutorial, we give an overview of this type of attack and show examples of how XSS attacks work.

Watch this video to learn:

- What is XSS
- How to test your site for XSS vulnerabilities
- How to use XSS to find other sites that may be hackable



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