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Does it make sense to hash a session id before passing it to an advertisement partner?

My company runs a webshop. We work with a partner that gives discount vouchers to our customers after they buy (the vouchers can be used in other online shops) and also gives vouchers for our shop to ...
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Are CSRF Attacks Really Blind

I'm new to CSRF attacks but don't see how they are always blind. Let's say we are dealing with a site where the asset we need to protect is the HTTP response. Something like SurveyMonkey or ...
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Sanitizing JavaScript to prevent XSS

I'm going through a vulnerability remediation exercise for a client and am trying to figure out how to best mitigate this particular hole. There's a script on our site that calls up content into a new ...
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Cufon or Prototype as an attack vector for Blackhole exploit kit?

I've been asked to look into the security of a client site that's apparently throwing antiviral messages when visited. Specifics: It's being detected as a Blackhole exploit kit inside of a Cufon ...
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How bad is a Self Contained XSS attack?

Some of you might be familiar with this attack called Self Contained XSS. I recently stumbled upon this article about it. So how bad this kind of attack can be, even though this doesn't have access to ...
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Facebook spam / phishing attempt?

I got this sent by a friend on facebook and i dont think its a genuine message ___ shared a link on your Wall. This will leave you speechless) ...
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Security attacks on PHP web applications

I know about following security attacks on php applications (html,php,js). XSS SQL Injection CSFR Session Hijacking /Fixation Code Injection Remote file injection Should i know about any other or ...