The Last XSS Defense Talk - Jim Manico - NDC Porto 2022

Why are we still talking about Cross Site Scripting in 2020? Because it is painfully difficult to defend against XSS even to this day.

In this talk we'll address new defensive strategies such as modern JavaScript framework defense in Angular, React, Vue and other frameworks. We'll also look at how CSP deployment has changed in the past 7 years illustrating the progressive use of content security which supports CSP v1, v2 and v3 concurrently.

We will then look at advances in HTML sanitization on both the client and server and focus on sanitizers and defensive libraries that have stood the test of time in terms of maintenance and security. We'll also look at interesting design topics such as how HTML injection is still critical even in the face of rigorous XSS defense, how HTTPOnly cookies are largely ineffective, and how Trusted Types is making your favorite frameworks more secure.

This talk should help developers and security professionals alike build a focused and modern strategy to defend against XSS in modern applications.

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[gabrielazdravkova]

Very good presentation, thank you Jim, I like your style :)

[shellcatt]

This dude is clearly deranged :D Great presentation though!

[FunctionGermany]

good talk but jesus the presenter needs to stop shouting. not just volume, it's kinda exhausting to listen to.