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How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 5 - Cross-site scripting (XSS)
8:00am Tuesday 30 March 2010
Tags: dmitry kulshitsky defacement how secure is your recruitment website security job board insecure recruitment websites xss cross site scripting untrusted data

According to OWASP, cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws occur whenever an application takes untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation and escaping. XSS allows attackers to execute script in the victim�s browser which can hijack user sessions, deface web sites, or redirect the user to malicious sites. read more...

My job site has been hacked. What do I do?
10:16pm Sunday 05 July 2009
Tags: drupal wordpress security breaches recruitment website information security privacy.gov.au defacement personal information hacking insecure malicious code job board security google webmaster tools damage control

If you think your website is safe, think again. Over the weekend 6 job sites were hacked and defaced. One of the first things that comes to my mind when I see that horrible �You�ve been hacked� message is� I wonder what information has been stolen? passwords, contact details, resumes, credit card/banking details, etc. read more...