(Security, Privacy, and Trust in Mobile Communications) 1st Edition
by B. B. Gupta (Author), Pooja Chaudhary (Author)
Social network usage has increased
exponentially in recent years. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter,
Google+, LinkedIn and Instagram, not only facilitate sharing of personal
data but also connect people professionally. However, development of
these platforms with more enhanced features like HTML5, CSS, XHTML and
Java Script expose these sites to various vulnerabilities that may be
the root cause of various threats. Therefore, social networking sites
have become an attack surface for various cyber-attacks such as XSS
attack and SQL Injection. Numerous defensive techniques have been
proposed, yet with technology up-gradation current scenarios demand for
more efficient and robust solutions.
Cross-Site Scripting Attacks: Classification, Attack, and Countermeasures is
a comprehensive source which provides an overview of web-based
vulnerabilities and explores XSS attack in detail. This book provides a
detailed overview of the XSS attack; its classification, recent
incidences on various web applications, and impacts of the XSS attack on
the target victim. This book addresses the main contributions of
various researchers in XSS domain. It provides in-depth analysis of
these methods along with their comparative study. The main focus is a
novel framework which is based on Clustering and Context based
sanitization approach to protect against XSS attack on social network.
The implementation details conclude that it is an effective technique to
thwart XSS attack. The open challenges and future research direction
discussed in this book will help further to the academic researchers and
industry specific persons in the domain of security.