It is estimated that less than six percent (6%) of people wh…

It is estimated that less than six percent (6%) of people who commit sexual assault ever spend a day in jail (DOJ, 2020; FBI, 2017). The Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network (RAINN) points to weak enforcement of laws about sexual violence crimes as one of the driving factors behind repeated sexual violence by perpetrators.

A penetration tester finds that a website is vulnerable to c…

A penetration tester finds that a website is vulnerable to cross site scripting by generating XSS popup boxes in many locations within the app. The website developer implements a pattern-matching denylist that searches for input that includes “script” followed by “alert”. What is the issue with the developer’s solution? What would you suggest for XSS protection?