There’s a new (published May, 2007) book about web application security “Cross Site Scripting Attacks: XSS Exploits and Defense” written by Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security, Inc.

“Gartner Group has stated that today, over 70% of cyber attacks occur at the Web (or website) application layer.” — whitehatsec.com.

Jeremiah Grossman has been recently named one of InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs.

As a web developer and UI designer, web application security is rapidly becoming a necessary skillset to have in your online arsenal during web application development. It is said that XSS (Cross Site Scripting) is the new “buffer overflow” and malware (malicious software) delivery can perpetuate through a vulnerable web site and a deviously crafted URI — giving rise to the popularity of online “phishing” scams and other potentially dangerous exploits.