Web Hacker's Toolbox - Tools Used by Successful Hackers - Exploiting Race Conditions Case 1 (Part2)

The video tutorial explains how race conditions in web applications can be exploited to steal money by accepting multiple concurrent money transfer requests before the balance is updated. It highlights the non-deterministic nature of such attacks due to factors like network and machine performance. The tutorial also provides a countermeasure by ensuring that each transaction is completed and the balance updated before accepting new requests, thus preventing race conditions.

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