Just because you think your data is safe does not mean your database of sensitive organization information has not already been cloned and is resident elsewhere ready to be sold to the highest bidder. To make matters worse, only recently, it has been discovered that hackers are not simply selling your information they're also selling the fact that you have vulnerabilities to others be they hackers, industrial spies or terrorists. An Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner can help.
It all sounds apocalyptic, doesn't it? Well, rather than being an angel of doom, I'll let the stats speak for themselves.TJX Companies Inc. TJX Companies, owners of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Winners, HomeGoods, A.J. Wright, and Bob's stores, on the 17th January this year, disclosed that 40 million of their customers' credit and debit card details were stolen. In parallel, federal credit union SEFCU published a similar warning that the personal details of 10,000 of its customers were compromised in the hack attack.
When dealing with string inputs it may be necessary on some occasions to allow the use of specific meta-characters. As an example, the tick should be allowed to be used in the surname filed so names such as O'Conner are accepted. In this case it would be advisable to accept the name and replace the apostrophe with two apostrophes before running it through the query or entering it in the database.
Changing Trends in What Motivates Hackers According to Zone-H, the top 50 attackers defaced a total of approximately 2.5 million websites all over the globe. According to the CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey 2005, one of the most dramatic findings was the exponential increase in website defacement experienced by their respondents: in 2004, 5% of the respondents experienced defacement while in 2005 that figure went up to 95%.
The Payment Card Industry requires that scans be performed by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV). These vendors perform the vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and PCI scans. Many online security sites offer PCI scanning as a service to their customers. Often, these companies have an ASV partner who does the actual scanning and who sends the compliance reports. To increase the value of their service, many of these security sites offer seals - small images - that are displayed on the websites that they scan through their ASV partner.
It all sounds apocalyptic, doesn't it? Well, rather than being an angel of doom, I'll let the stats speak for themselves.TJX Companies Inc. TJX Companies, owners of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Winners, HomeGoods, A.J. Wright, and Bob's stores, on the 17th January this year, disclosed that 40 million of their customers' credit and debit card details were stolen. In parallel, federal credit union SEFCU published a similar warning that the personal details of 10,000 of its customers were compromised in the hack attack.
When dealing with string inputs it may be necessary on some occasions to allow the use of specific meta-characters. As an example, the tick should be allowed to be used in the surname filed so names such as O'Conner are accepted. In this case it would be advisable to accept the name and replace the apostrophe with two apostrophes before running it through the query or entering it in the database.
Changing Trends in What Motivates Hackers According to Zone-H, the top 50 attackers defaced a total of approximately 2.5 million websites all over the globe. According to the CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey 2005, one of the most dramatic findings was the exponential increase in website defacement experienced by their respondents: in 2004, 5% of the respondents experienced defacement while in 2005 that figure went up to 95%.
The Payment Card Industry requires that scans be performed by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV). These vendors perform the vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and PCI scans. Many online security sites offer PCI scanning as a service to their customers. Often, these companies have an ASV partner who does the actual scanning and who sends the compliance reports. To increase the value of their service, many of these security sites offer seals - small images - that are displayed on the websites that they scan through their ASV partner.
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