Practical Cyber Hacking Skills for Beginners - Web Attack - Cross-Site Scripting

The video tutorial explains cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, a type of client-side web attack targeting users' browsers with malicious code. It contrasts XSS with SQL injection attacks, highlighting that XSS is less dangerous but still significant. The tutorial covers the potential impacts of XSS, such as cookie hijacking and session hijacking, and demonstrates how attackers inject malicious scripts into vulnerable web pages. It concludes with prevention strategies, emphasizing the importance of filtering user inputs to block harmful scripts.

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