Mozilla Tackles XSS Vulnerabilities, Clickjacking Attacks

Mozilla’s security engineers are working on new technology that promises to mitigate a large class of Web application vulnerabilities, especially the cross-site scripting (XSS) plague against modern Web browsers.
The project, called Content Security Policy, is designed to shut down XSS attacks by providing a mechanism for sites to explicitly tell the browser which content is legitimate. It can also help mitigate clickjacking and packet sniffing attacks. Read the full story [zdnet.com]  Also see Mozilla’s explanation of the technology [mozilla.org]

Mozilla’s security engineers are working on new technology that promises to mitigate a large class of Web application vulnerabilities, especially the cross-site scripting (XSS) plague against modern Web browsers.

The project, called Content Security Policy, is designed to shut down XSS attacks by providing a mechanism for sites to explicitly tell the browser which content is legitimate. It can also help mitigate clickjacking and packet sniffing attacks. Read the full story [zdnet.com]  Also see Mozilla’s explanation of the technology [mozilla.org]

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