Chapter 1
Client-Side Attacks Defined
Information in this chapter:
Client-Side Attacks: An Overview
Types of Client-Side Attacks
One of the bigger threats that users will face today is client-side attacks that expose the vulnerability of the end user and his or her system. Over the last five years the amount of client-side attacks has increased dramatically leading to a statement by the SANS Institute that this type of attack represents historically one of the most critical Internet security vulnerabilities in existence.
In the past attackers wishing ...
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