Hacking intranet websites from the outside

For fun, the attacker could send messages to the victim that would appear as alert dialog boxes. Cross site scripting is not new; Billy Hoffman talked about these kinds of attacks at last summer's Black Hat Briefings. What is new is the ability to hack into someone's internal network via unlikely sources, such as a Web-enabled printer, or even a Web-enabled UPS strip. Grossman recommends that users be suspicious of long URLs and when in doubt type it out.

Further, he points out that since there is no malware associated with these attacks, antivirus and other software solutions won't work.

He uses a secure browser, like Firefox , and adds there are plug-ins such as the Netcraft toolbar and the NoScript extension which can further block these attacks. A more drastic approach would be to disable Java, JavSscript, and ActiveX, but doing so could reduce the functionality on some Web sites. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Download Jeremiah Grossman and T. Niedzialkowski is very useful for Computer Science and Engineering CSE students and also who are all having an interest to develop their knowledge in the field of Computer Science as well as Information Technology.

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Contents 1. Port scanning and attacking intranet devices using JavaScript 2. Stealing web browser history with Cascading Style Sheets 4. Best-practice defense measures for securing websites 5. Essential habits for safe web surfing.