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2. XSS worm - Wikipedia

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   XSS worms exploit a security vulnerability known as cross site scripting (or XSS for short) within a website, infecting users in a variety of ways depending on the vulnerability. Such site features as profiles and chat systems can be affected by XSS worms when implemented improperly or without regard to security. Often, these worms are specific ...

3. Cross-site scripting - Wikipedia

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   Cross-site scripting (XSS) [a] is a type of security vulnerability that can be found in some web applications. XSS attacks enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy.

4. Brute-force attack - Wikipedia

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   Brute-force attacks can be made less effective by obfuscating the data to be encoded making it more difficult for an attacker to recognize when the code has been cracked or by making the attacker do more work to test each guess. One of the measures of the strength of an encryption system is how long it would theoretically take an attacker to ...

5. Damn Vulnerable Web Application - Wikipedia

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   The Damn Vulnerable Web Application is a software project that intentionally includes security vulnerabilities and is intended for educational purposes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Examples

6. Cross-site leaks - Wikipedia

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   In 2018, Luan Herrara found a cross-site leak vulnerability in Google's Monorail bug tracker, which is used by projects like Chromium, Angle, and Skia Graphics Engine. This exploit allowed Herrara to exfiltrate data about sensitive security issues by abusing the search endpoint of the bug tracker.

7. Samy (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Samy (also known as JS.Spacehero) is a cross-site scripting worm that was designed to propagate across the social networking site MySpace by Samy Kamkar. Within just 20 hours [1] of its October 4, 2005 release, over one million users had run the payload [2] making Samy the fastest-spreading virus of all time. [3] The message on a victim's profile