Ella was a 22-year-old web developer who had just launched her first startup, a simple online banking platform. It was fast, sleek, and beautifully designed. Her users could log in, transfer money, and check balances in a few clicks. But three days after launch, something strange happened. A user complained that their account had transferred $500 to a stranger — even though they never logged in that day. Ella was stunned. The application had no visible bugs, no failed authentication logs, and everything seemed fine. After hours of investigation, a cybersecurity expert named David was brought in. He quickly spotted the issue, Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) . Ella had never heard of it before. What Is CSRF? Imagine you write a note to your bank asking to move money, but someone else sends a fake note pretending to be you. That’s what CSRF does. CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) is an attack that tricks a user into executing unwanted actions on a web application wh...
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