[WEB SECURITY] Top Ten Web Hacking Techniques of 2008 (Official)

[Jeremiah Grossman <jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

blogged:
http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/2009/02/top-ten-web-hacking-techniques-of-2008.html

We searched far and wide collecting as many Web Hacking Techniques  
published in 2008 as possible -- ~70 in all. These new and innovative  
techniques were analyzed and ranked based upon their novelty, impact,  
and pervasiveness. The 2008 competition was exceptionally fierce and  
our panel of judges (Rich Mogull, Chris Hoff, H D Moore, and Jeff  
Forristal) had their work their work cut out for them. For the any  
researcher, or "breaker" if you prefer, simply the act of creating  
something unique enough to appear on the list is no small feat. That  
much should be considered an achievement. In the end, ten Web hacking  
techniques rose head and shoulders above.

Supreme honors go to Billy Rios, Nathan McFeters, Rob Carter, and John  
Heasman for GIFAR! The judges were convinced their work stood out  
amongst the field. Beyond industry recognition, they also will receive  
the free pass to Black Hat USA 2009 (generously sponsored by Black  
Hat)! Now they have to fight over it. ;)

Congratulations to all!

Coming up at SnowFROC AppSec 2009 and RSA Conference 2009 it will be  
my great privilege to highlight the results. Each of the top ten  
techniques will be described in technical detail for how they work,  
what they can do, who they affect, and how best to defend against  
them. The opportunity provides a chance to get a closer look at the  
new attacks that could be used against us in the future -- some of  
which already have.


Top Ten Web Hacking Techniques of 2008!

1. GIFAR
(Billy Rios, Nathan McFeters, Rob Carter, and John Heasman)

2. Breaking Google Gears' Cross-Origin Communication Model
(Yair Amit)

3. Safari Carpet Bomb
(Nitesh Dhanjani)

4. Clickjacking / Videojacking
(Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen)

5. A Different Opera
(Stefano Di Paola)

6. Abusing HTML 5 Structured Client-side Storage
(Alberto Trivero)

7. Cross-domain leaks of site logins via Authenticated CSS
(Chris Evans)

8. Tunneling TCP over HTTP over SQL Injection
(Glenn Willinson, Marco Slaviero and Haroon Meer)

9. ActiveX Repurposing
(Haroon Meer)

10. Flash Parameter Injection
(Yuval Baror, Ayal Yogev, and Adi Sharabani)



Jeremiah Grossman
Chief Technology Officer
WhiteHat Security, Inc.
http://www.whitehatsec.com/


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