{"id":129,"date":"2011-07-13T11:03:07","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webappsec\/?p=129"},"modified":"2011-07-13T11:03:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T19:03:07","slug":"mozilla-discusses-new-browser-web-security-features-at-european-security-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2011\/07\/13\/mozilla-discusses-new-browser-web-security-features-at-european-security-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Discusses New Browser &amp; Web Security Features at European Security Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Michael Coates from Mozilla&#8217;s Infrastructure Security team presented on top web security threats and how new security controls in Firefox can be leveraged to increase the security of a website and further protect users against malicious attacks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Attackers are continuing to exploit issues that are challenging for web application owners to address throughout their applications.\u00a0 Some of these issues include:<br \/>\n&#8211; cross site scripting vulnerabilities<br \/>\n&#8211; intercepting sensitive communications due to incorrect usage of SSL\/TLS<br \/>\n&#8211; user confusion attacks such as click-jacking<\/p>\n<p>New security controls in Firefox such as <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/introducing_content_security_policy\">Content Security Policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Security\/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security\">Strict Transport Security<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/the_x-frame-options_response_header\">X-Frame-Options<\/a> provide effective defense mechanisms that can be utilized by a web application to increase security.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation was delivered to the annual<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nis-summer-school.eu\/\"> ENISA &amp; Forth Security Summer School<\/a> held in Greece that attracts security and technology experts throughout Europe and also to a group of application security experts at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owasp.org\">OWASP Greece <\/a>chapter.<\/p>\n<p>The full presentation can be viewed at the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"WebSecurityControls\" href=\"http:\/\/people.mozilla.org\/~mcoates\/WebSecurityControls.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/people.mozilla.org\/~mcoates\/WebSecurityControls.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Michael Coates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Coates from Mozilla&#8217;s Infrastructure Security team presented on top web security threats and how new security controls in Firefox can be leveraged to increase the security of a website &hellip; 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