When 3rd party JavaScript attacks

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Simon Wijckmans from c/side joins Jerod & Nick to discuss the Pollyfill attack in detail. What does it mean for web developers & client-side security going forward?

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Featuring:

• Simon Wijckmans – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Nick Nisi – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• The Polyfill attack explained

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Κεφάλαια

1. It's party time, y'all (00:00:00)

2. Hello party people (00:00:56)

3. Welcoming Simon (00:01:23)

4. Hotlinking? Hotlinking! (00:01:47)

5. The Polyfill attack (00:02:56)

6. Nick gets called out (00:11:58)

7. Sponsor: Wix (00:14:52)

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8. Reasonable risks (00:15:47)

9. Trust? But, verify (00:19:00)

10. How to verify (00:20:49)

11. Mitigation techniques (00:23:51)

12. Leading from the bottom (00:25:50)

13. Nick gets more secure (00:28:42)

14. What c/side offers (00:29:32)

15. Jerod avenges Nick (00:33:57)

16. Does c/side inject scripts? (00:38:22)

17. What the browsers could do (00:39:49)

18. Consider it cut (00:44:43)

19. Doing better server-side (00:45:31)

20. Ghoulish overkill (00:48:24)

21. Closing time (00:51:16)

22. Next up on the pod (00:51:49)