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How to Crack a Website - XSS, Cookies, Sessions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the waste-your-time dept.

twistedmoney45 writes "Informit.com provides an insiders look at a real life XSS attack and how it was used to bypass the authentication scheme of an online web application, leading to "shell" access, an admin account, and more. XSS attacks are often discussed in theory — this walk through illustrates just how dangerous these types of attacks can be in reality."

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  1. Troll and Offtopic, but... by cp.tar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... what is this? Such a slow day? Whoever let me get the first post? You should be ashamed.

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    Ignore this signature. By order.
  2. God Damn Commies at it again !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God Damn Commies at it again !! wHY NOT FUCK WITH TIBET OR SOMEPLACE ?? This is just more crap from a crap country filled with peasants with nothing to do but work for a fucking commie kings

  3. mo%d up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Be 1n a scene and