COEP FOSSMeet'18

The session will focus on web security essentials, help people write more secure web applications, it will focus on the most common web application security risks. It will encourage people for pentesting to secure various technologies. A hands on demo of the exploits and the mitigation techniques will be presented.

Outline

#How web applications work
A quick overview about servers,databases,client-server architecture.
##The following web attacks will be explained along with a demo
#SQL Injection
SQL basics, query creation, attacks, prevention
#XSS
Javascript basics, What is XSS, Types of XSS, prevention
#File upload attacks
Basics, The exploit, prevention
#Sensistive data exposure
Basics, prevention
#More
General guidelines to mitigate attacks, pentesting, useful resources and how to use them.

Speaker bio

I’m a Third year Computer Engineerring Student at COEP, FOSS supporter, Technology enthusiast.