// | XSS Game Area
In my continued quest to learn all I can in the world of bug bounty, I stumbled across the XSS Game from Google. It has six levels of differing XSS bugs, starting from the most generic direct DOM injection through a form of and insecure source injection. And apparently there’s cake if you make it to the end!
So lets get right into it!
Level 1: Hello, world of XSS This one is super straightforward, just slap a <script>alert()</script> into the search engine box.
// | My Introduction to Cyber Security
HACKERS What’s your thought when you see that word? For most people they think of someone hiding in a dark and gloomy basement hunched over a computer with their face illuminated by the computer screen. This mysterious figure, likely wearing a hoodie, gloves, and possibly even a balaclava mask, is undoubtedly up to no good and should be arrested immediately.
Thankfully, that’s not the only form of hacking that goes on.