Protected Web Components: Hiding Sensitive Information in the Shadows

Philippe De Ryck, Nick Nikiforakis, Lieven Desmet, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen
2015 IT Professional Magazine  
Third-party code inclusion is rampant, potentially exposing sensitive data to attackers. Protected Web components can keep private data safe from opportunistic attacks by hiding static data in the Document Object Model (DOM) and isolating sensitive interactive elements within a Web component.
doi:10.1109/mitp.2015.12 fatcat:zx7li3ilsvc7bgtkzbclx6hxqu