Privacy-preserving browser-side scripting with BFlow

Abstract

Some web sites provide interactive extensions using browser scripts, often without inspecting the scripts to verify that they are benign and bug-free. Others handle users' confidential data and display it via the browser. Such new features contribute to the power of online services, but their combination would allow attackers to steal confidential data. This paper presents BFlow, a security system that uses information flow control to allow the combination while preventing attacks on data confidentiality.