February 2018
Beginner to intermediate
426 pages
10h 25m
English
The latest version of the HTML standard comes with many new features that may help the developers prevent security flaws and attacks on their applications. However, it also poses new challenges for the design and implementation of new functionality, which may lead to applications opening up new and unexpected opportunities to attackers due to the use of not-yet-fully understood new technology.
In general, penetration testing an HTML5 application is no different than testing any other web application. In this section, we will cover some of the key features of HTML5, their implication for penetration testing, and some ways that applications implementing these features can be attacked.
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