On the 25 the episode of Zemach FM we are continuing on the cybersecurity series. In this episode, we are discussing about some of the main threats and vulnerabilities on the internet. The main titles discussed on this episode include cookie vulnerabilities and threats, Denial of service attacks, Web app vulnerabilities, and social engineering. We discuss what methods are used by attackers to perform them, to what extent it could affect a service, and some of the measures that can be taken to prevent or stop the attacks listed above.

Episode Timeline

01:30 Title introduction

04:30 Vulnerabilities and threats caused by cookies

05:40 What exactly is cookie used for

07:13 How cross site request forgery (CSRF) works

10:53 What is a Cross site scripting (XSS) attack

12:03 The three different types of XSS attacks

15:00 XSS attack prevention methods

18:07 What is a denial of service attack

20:18 What is the difference between distributed and non-distributed denial of service attack

21:36 How a distributed denial of service works

23:53 Common types of denial of service attacks

28:54 Ways of preventing and stopping a denial of service attack

33:53 SQL injection what it is and how it works

37:00 Ways of preventing an SQL injection

38:03 Click jacking attacks

40:02 Social engineering attacks

42:57 What is a phishing attack

43:30 Examples of a phishing attack

46:30 Social engineering and scams in our country

53:10 Closing talk

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