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Web Worms (AdultSpace, MySpace, Xanga)

Jeremiah Grossman · WhiteHat Security

WhiteHat Security whitepaper explaining XSS worm propagation through embedded HTML, DOM objects and XMLHttpRequest. It analyses the Samy/MySpace worm, compares its first-day spread with Code Red, Slammer and Blaster, considers third-party widget risks and recommends defenses.

Record

Researcher

Jeremiah Grossman

Published by

WhiteHat Security

Format

Whitepaper

In the archive

• Ranked #9 in the 2006 Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques

Tags

• xss
• javascript
• survey
• case-study
• mitigation
• dom
• owasp-a03-2021

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