The Three JavaScript Hacking Legends
In this video we talk about the first JavaScript vulnerabilities in 1997, and how the field was dominated by three "XSS" legends.
Bugtraq 1997 - LoVerso: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1997/Jun/88
LoVerso Website: https://web.archive.org/web/19970607122219/http://www.osf.org/~loverso/javascript/
LoVerso dir.html PoC: https://web.archive.org/web/19970607185809/http://www.osf.org/~loverso/javascript/dir.html
Tasty Bits from the Technology Front: https://web.archive.org/web/19970803213858/http://www.tbtf.com/archive/02-27-96.html
TBTF about Netscae 2.0b3: https://web.archive.org/web/19970803220511/http://www.tbtf.com/archive/12-02-95.html
Scott Weston on TBTF: https://web.archive.org/web/19970803220702/http://www.tbtf.com/resource/b2-privacy-bug.html
Bugtraq about Bug Bounty 1995: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1995/Oct/12
Episode 01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJm8-zJTzQ
Episode 03: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVblb-QhZa4
Episode 02:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - First JavaScript Vulnerability
02:00 - John Robert LoVerso
03:19 - First Directory Browse Vulnerability
04:16 - Comparison to My Exploit
05:13 - John Tennyson
05:44 - Tasty Bits from the Technology
06:16 - Netscape's Bug Bounty
06:48 - Scott Weston history stealing
08:12 - The Three Legends of JavaScript Security
08:59 - The Year 1996
09:31 - JavaScript can't claim to be secure
10:25 - ECMAScript: JavaScript Specification
11:13 - Next Episode Teaser
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Chapters (14)
Intro
0:45
First JavaScript Vulnerability
2:00
John Robert LoVerso
3:19
First Directory Browse Vulnerability
4:16
Comparison to My Exploit
5:13
John Tennyson
5:44
Tasty Bits from the Technology
6:16
Netscape's Bug Bounty
6:48
Scott Weston history stealing
8:12
The Three Legends of JavaScript Security
8:59
The Year 1996
9:31
JavaScript can't claim to be secure
10:25
ECMAScript: JavaScript Specification
11:13
Next Episode Teaser
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