Title :
Session management vulnerabilities in today´s web
Author :
Vlsaggio, Corrado Aaron ; Blasio, Lorenzo Convertito
Abstract :
Many cyberattacks exploit session management vulnerabilities that allow attackers to be recognized as valid website users. This article describes Web application design flaws that could be exploited for session management attacks and discusses these flaws´ current prevalence.
Keywords :
Internet; Web design; security of data; Web application design flaws; cyberattacks; session management attacks; session management vulnerabilities; valid Website users; Authentication; Computer crime; Computer security; Content management; Engineering management; Identity management systems; Navigation; Privacy; Technology management; Web server; Web application security; security and privacy; session management;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2010.114