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Ask HN: Is there any site outlining the key security concerns for web apps?

15 points by eelliott ↗ HN
Reading the while(1) thread I got wondering if there is any reliable site that outlines the key security issues web developers should know about?

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detaro
https://www.owasp.org
eelliott
Thanks but that doesn't really cut through the noise. It's not really for dummies, it would be nice if there was a good UI site with simple explanations and solutions. I'm sure this will be decried as trying to simplify something which can't/shouldn't be simplified but it seems otherwise web developers largely stay ignorant
detaro
have you seen their Top 10 lists and other cheat sheets? https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Top_Ten_Cheat_Sheet

They're not necessarily great at explaining the issues, but they cover what to do quite extensively.

eelliott
Thanks that does seem helpful, it could be improved by explaining the background to each of the 10
fosco
there is considerable information behind each item for example A1 has its own link [0] describing much in detail. there is an incredible wealth of information there if you poke around a little, I suspect it has everything you are looking to learn.

[0] https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2013-A1-Injection

sharmi
A practical security guide for web developers | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12140477 DevGuide/02-Policies, Standards and Guidelines.md at master · OWASP/DevGuide https://github.com/OWASP/DevGuide/blob/master/01-Foundations... Security Engineering - A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html Wiley: The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws, 2nd Edition - Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118026470... LastPass Security Notice | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9721212 LastPass Security Notice | The LastPass Blog https://blog.lastpass.com/2015/06/lastpass-security-notice.h... Linux workstation security checklist | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10134009 KeePass – questionable security | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9727297 SJCL – Stanford JavaScript Crypto Library | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13820722 System design primer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13823979 wordpress stripe plugins. how secure are they? The Netflix Tech Blog: Netflix Security Monkey on Google Cloud Platform http://techblog.netflix.com/2017/03/netflix-security-monkey-... Quick Start Guide — security_monkey 0.6.0 documentation https://securitymonkey.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.h... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13862253 Try to get CS 161 University of Berkerly - Highly recommended esp Prof Wagnor or Prof Weaver http://www-inst.cs.berkeley.edu/~cs161/sp16/ Laptop security https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13854625 https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/jessy-irwin-on-making-security...

I am sick today. So I couldn't sort the links or format them. Hope it helps you.