Security Techniques and Solutions for Preventing the Cross-Site Scripting Web Vulnerabilities: A General Approach

The growth of social networking sites across the World Wide Web is directly proportional to the complex user- created HTML content and this habit is rapidly becoming the norm rather than exception. Complex user created web message is a threat for cross site scripting (XSS) attacks that hits various websites and confidential user data. In this state, processes that prevent web applications to XSS attacks have been of recent interest for researchers. Most of the web applications and confidential user data have security problem with XSS attacks. Using this method an attacker embeds his malicious script into application’s output. This contaminated response of server is sent to a user’s web browser where it is executed and user’s sensitive data is transmitted to a third party. Recently XSS attack is prevented on server side, by thoroughly examining, filtering and removing malicious content inserted by hacker. For social networking sites the criticality of XSS attacks gets even higher because the hackers can try more socially engineered attacks where the target user can be fooled by thinking that an attack link is coming from his ‘friend’. The presented solution focuses on prevention techniques for cross-site (XSS) attacks both on server side and on the client side by keeping a track of all user requests and information. We have also discussed various recent XSS attacks in real world and have done analysis that why filtering mechanisms are so abortive and being failed in defending these attacks

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries