10 Important Facts About Web Application Security

As per a Cisco research conducted over 16 multinational organizations, with assets worth over $4 trillion, security attacks are not as frequent anymore as they were earlier, even though some security issues of Java still exist. Particularly WordPress sites and point-of-sale (POS) systems are still highly vulnerable. This information is critical for solution providers, as they spend a lot of time cleaning up after these attacks. The more attacks they can curb, more they stand to benefit. After all, the cost of labor and other costs related to cleaning up after a security attack, exceed the revenue of providing a security service in the first place. In a new study, network operations professionals have admitted that they have little confidence in the controls of managed security service providers. Most of them however said, that their security visibility becomes limited due to manual processes. When it comes to security, this results in poor change-management processes.

Following are 10 important facts that you should know about web application security:

Number of exploit kits have dropped: New kits are always being developed, even though law enforcement is now becoming more effective. Ever since the arrest of the alleged creator of popular Blackhole exploit kit, the number of exploit kits have dropped by 87%.Know about your exploits: Every vulnerability does not translate into an actual exploit. Only 28 vulnerabilities were identified as being exploited, out of 2,528 vulnerability alerts published from January to June 2014.Top security targets in IT: Most attacks are focused on applications, therefore the rest of the IT environment gets overlooked. Applications comprise of only 31% of the attacks, rest are aimed elsewhere.Attacks on the rise, Man-in-the-browser: Most of the traffic goes to websites that host malware, nearly 94%. If the IP address to which the host name resolves, are associated with SpyEye, Palevo and Zeus malware families, then the Domain Name System (DNS) requests for host names.Botnet Hide and Seek: Dynamic DNS (DDNS) domains should be sought by few legitimate outbound connections. Approximately 70% of networks were known to be issuing DNS queries for DDNS. This shows evidence that networks were compromised or misused, with DDNS being used to alter the IP address to avoid being blacklisted.Encrypting stolen data: Hackers use "ex-filtrating data" or encrypted channels, to cover their tracks. This helps them to avoid detection. DNS requests have been issued for sites and domains by nearly 44% of customer networks.Java is still a major security concern: Programming language adoption has been been generated, mainly because of security concerns. Java exploits have risen to 93% by May 2014.Spam is on the rise again: Spam is back, after a decline last year. Spam volumes have increased and it is now at the highest level, since late 2010.Threat Vectors are emerging: Hackers are looking for the weakest link. Attacks are being aimed at WordPress sites as well as social engineering tactics. "Malvertising" is also on the rise.Vertical industries are under attack: Hackers are shifting towards intellectual property. Media and publishing are leading the industry verticals, posting four times the normal median of web malware encounters. The chemical and pharmaceutical industry is now second, while aviation has come to third place.Rate this Article

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