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...

Table of Contents:

• The Relevance of Client-side Web Security
• Traditional Building Blocks of the Web
• The Browser as a Platform
• How Attackers Threaten the Web
• Attacks on the Network
• Attacks on the Browser's Requests
• Attacks on the User's Session
• Attacks on the Client-Side Context
• Attacks on the Client Device
• Improving Client-side Web Security.