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Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense

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Published: 18 August 2002

In the evolution of hacking, firewalls are a mere speed bump. Hacking continues to develop, becoming ever more sophisticated, adapting and growing in ingenuity as well as in the damage that results. Web attacks running over web ports strike with enormous impact. Stuart McClure's new book focuses on Web hacking, an area where organizations are particularly vulnerable. The material covers the web commerce "playground', describing web languages and protocols, web and database servers, and payment systems. The authors bring unparalleled insight to both well- known and lesser known web vulnerabilities. They show the dangerous range of the many different attacks web hackers harbor in their bag of tricks -- including buffer overflows, the most wicked of attacks, plus other advanced attacks. The book features complete methodologies, including techniques and attacks, countermeasures, tools, plus case studies and web attack scenarios showing how different attacks work and why they work.

Whether it's petty defacing or full-scale cyber robbery, hackers are moving to the Web along with everyone else. Organizations using Web-based business applications are increasingly at risk. Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense is a powerful guide to the latest information on Web attacks and defense. Security experts Stuart McClure (lead author of Hacking Exposed), Saumil Shah, and Shreeraj Shah present a broad range of Web attacks and defense.

Features include:

  • Overview of the Web and what hackers go after

  • Complete Web application security methodologies

  • Detailed analysis of hack techniques

  • Countermeasures

  • What to do at development time to eliminate vulnerabilities

  • New case studies and eye-opening attack scenarios

  • Advanced Web hacking concepts, methodologies, and tools


"How Do They Do It?" sections show how and why different attacks succeed, including:
  • Cyber graffiti and Web site defacements

  • e-Shoplifting

  • Database access and Web applications

  • Java application servers; how to harden your Java Web Server

  • Impersonation and session hijacking

  • Buffer overflows, the most wicked of attacks

  • Automated attack tools and worms

Pages: 528
ISBN: 0201761769
ISBN-13: 978-0201761764
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