Primer on Client-Side Web Security

• Main Authors: De Ryck, Philippe (Author), Desmet, Lieven (Author), Piessens, Frank (Author), Johns, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer security.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Systems and Data Security.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

This volume illustrates the continuous arms race between attackers and defenders of the Web ecosystem by discussing a wide variety of attacks. In the first part of the book, the foundation of the Web ecosystem is briefly recapped and discussed. Based on this model, the assets of the Web ecosystem ar...