L07: Web Security

Web security with attacks and how to protect oneself.

Presentations

Review this HTML presentation of Web Security.

View it as a lecture in swedish or english.

Swedish with Johan L (Spring 2020):

Lecture: Web Security (swe)

English with Johan L and John (Autumn 2016).

Lecture: Web Security (en)

Read & Study

Read and study the following.

Look at this videoserie with 2-minutes episodes explaining "OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities Explained" from Detectify.
A good article explaining different types of XSS attacks and how to prevent them.
Meet a hacker, "Detectify | Meet the Hacker - Fredrik Nordberg Almroth". A 6 minutes video where we meet a "hacker" who gives us some insight into his everyday business.

References

Use these as reference.

"OWASP Top Ten" with the latest list of the top security issues, compiled by OWASP.