Collaborate Disseminate
What I have understood (I guess):
Cross-origin Cookies:
Cookies set with Domain="example.com" are not sent with fetch requests from origins like hello.example2.com to mywebsite.example.com because they are different domains. How… Continue reading Understanding Cross-Domain Cookies and `SameSite` Attributes with Express.js and Third-Party Tracking
Passkeys prevent phishing, no one can make you login remotely (without exploits) and if they are hardware based and never leave the hardware, them even exploits might have a hard time getting them.
However, very simple exploits could still… Continue reading Is there an equivalent to passkeys but to prevent cookie stealing?
I am doing the PortSwigger CSRF lab, where the token is tied to a non-session cookie, the solution to this is that we set a cookie to the users’ browser through the search field which sets the search query to set cookie
and then do a POST … Continue reading cant set cookie from request to another domain, chrome third party cookies phaseout
Google no longer plans on deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome and is working on an updated approach.
The post Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Continue reading Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome
To allow cookies to be sent to my ExpressJS server,credentials: true has to be set in my CORS config.
What potential security risks/ vulnerabilities could arise from this configuration?
If possible, how could said risks be mitigated in pra… Continue reading CORS credentials option set to true
Recently I was reading about CSRF prevention techniques like Synchronizer Token, Cookie-to-header, and Double Submit Cookie. Cookie-to-header is good for websites using a lot of JavaScript, e.g. SPAs, and Double Submit Cookie eliminates th… Continue reading CSRF Prevention Using Signed Cookies And Custom Headers
I have recently been wondering what the consequences would be if an attacker got access to a user’s cookies, including the session cookie, for my web app?
Could they impersonate said user?
Could they only access the users browsing history… Continue reading What are the consequences of cookies, including the session cookie, being stolen?
I’d like to set up a self-hosted Ghost.org blog for a SaaS. I have two options:
example.com/blog
blog.example.com
Everywhere I read they recommend the /blog for SEO. However, I’m concerned about the security considerations of such setup…. Continue reading Running blog under /blog, security considerations
A study by PageFair revealed that ad blocker usage surged by 30% in 2016 alone, reflecting a growing public concern for privacy and uninterrupted browsing. Fast-forward to today, and the numbers are even more dramatic. According to Forbes, Americans ar… Continue reading Product showcase: Block ads, cookie pop-ups, trackers with CleanWeb
I have a website that includes CSP rules:
.use(
helmet.contentSecurityPolicy({
directives: {
defaultSrc: ["’self’"],
scriptSrc: [
"’self’",
"cdnjs.cloudflare.com"
],
},
})
)
… Continue reading Overcoming Cookie Theft Barrier in XSS Attack despite CSP Implementation