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Security-Driven Software Development

By : Aspen Olmsted
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Security-Driven Software Development

By: Aspen Olmsted

Overview of this book

Extend your software development skills to integrate security into every aspect of your projects. Perfect for any programmer or developer working on mission-critical applications, this hands-on guide helps you adopt secure software development practices. Explore core concepts like security specifi cation, modeling, and threat mitigation with the iterative approach of this book that allows you to trace security requirements through each phase of software development. You won’t stop at the basics; you’ll delve into multiple-layer att acks and develop the mindset to prevent them. Through an example application project involving an entertainment ticketing software system, you’ll look at high-profi le security incidents that have aff ected popular music stars and performers. Drawing from the author’s decades of experience building secure applications in this domain, this book off ers comprehensive techniques where problem-solving meets practicality for secure development. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the expertise to systematically secure software projects, from crafting robust security specifi cations to adeptly mitigating multifaceted threats, ensuring your applications stand resilient in the face of evolving cybersecurity challenges.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1: Modeling a Secure Application
8
Part 2: Mitigating Risks in Implementation
13
Part 3: Security Validation

Injection attacks

Injection attacks on web applications refer to malicious attempts to inject or execute unauthorized code or commands into an application’s data. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities in the application’s input validation mechanisms, allowing attackers to insert malicious code that the application’s interpreter then executes. Injection attacks have been around for decades but are successful every day. On the day I wrote this section of the book, I looked for recent attacks and, that week, a threat group named ResumeLooters stole the personal data of over 2 million job seekers after compromising 65 legitimate job listings and retail sites using SQL injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Almost every day, the news is filled with stories like this. Once malicious users are successful, they can use this data or access for further attacks to steal financial assets or cause havoc. The most common types of injection attacks include the following...