How Not To Use Cookies - I thought this was a great, concise guide to cookies and how they can be used to track your browsing habits, and how easily they can be used incorrectly. I sent the article to all my family members whose computer's I'm cleaning on a regular basis!
XSS Explored - Quick and easy-to-understand article on cross-site scripting mechanics and attacks. Also, check out XSS Evolved to see some scary XSS implementations, like XSS-Proxy, the browser-exploitation framework BeOF, and AttackAPI, a “playground for learning how to use JavaScript to own someone“.
Cyrus Peikari and Seth Fogie author informit.com's Web Application Security's pages (as well as the entire Security Resource Center). They write well and use great examples, making a dry, boring subject (security) easy to follow and learn from.
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