CompTIA Security+ Exam Notes

CompTIA Security+ Exam Notes
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XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Attack

 XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

  • Client-side attack
  • JavaScript
  • HTML iFrame
  • URL ends in .js
  • Percent encoding %C (<) & %3E (>)

HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)

 HSTS

HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)

·         Configured on the server

·         Only allows the session to be HTTPS

·         Mitigates SSL stripping, downgrade attacks

·         Also called HTTP security header