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title: What is Cross-Site Scripting?
date: 2016-11-25T11:53:50Z
modified: 2017-02-17T18:40:06Z
permalink: "https://redmonk.com/videos/what-is-cross-site-scripting/"
type: video
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 691
series:
  - Screencast
  - What Is - How To
channel:
  - RedMonk Video
featured_image: "https://redmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hqdefault-2.jpg"
timestamp: 2017-02-17T18:40:06Z
tags:
  - Screencast
  - What Is - How To
  - RedMonk Video
---

In this moderated screencast Mike Milner, CTO of [Immunio](https://www.immun.io/), explains what a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack is and why you should worry about them. We also get a demo showing how Immunio can track and prevent both simple and sophisticated XSS attacks.