Overview of Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
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🌀 Understanding Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attacks: A Beginner’s Guide. Cybersecurity professional Sarath D provides an educational overview of Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), a type of attack that exploits the trust a website has in a user’s browser. The article explains how CSRF works through a practical example involving a user logged into a banking site, where an attacker can trick the user into executing unauthorized actions. Sarath emphasizes the importance of understanding the mechanics behind CSRF and plans to delve deeper into its causes and prevention strategies in future posts. The blog aims to clarify complex concepts using visual aids to enhance comprehension for those in information security and bug bounty hunting.
