A Web Application Against Hacking

Vulnerability 3: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): It is one of the most common application layer hacking techniques ("What is cross-site," 2015).

Harwood, M. (2011). Security strategies in Web applications and social networking. Sudbury, Mass.: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

If we turn the clock backwards about 10 or 15 years, we find that people do not care much for the security of the web due to the lack of trying to exploit web applications for personal interests. But more recently, the issues related to the security of the Web began to grow, but unfortunately, there are many Web applications that have been developed, but these applications are started without any design for security.

With the intoduction of Web 2.0, sharing information through social networking has increased and as there has been increased business/services over the internet websites are often attacked directly. Hackers either attempt to compromise the network or alternetivly the end-users opening the website.

Confidentiality services is the first objective of the web services. It means the restrict access to sensitive information and data to any person except the persons or groups who have security clearance to see these data. It measure and prevent the unauthorized disclosure of

The Aim Higher college has recently had some issues of sensitive information being stolen from students when registering for classes. I believe that the web application that the student information system is using is a problem named SQL injection. A SQL injection attack is an attack where the attacker can run malicious SQL queries against a web application’s database server and it can be a danger for the users who access the web page because the hacker will look for their personal information records, then delete it or modify the information gained. This type of attack is no joke we have to take action and create a plan to resolve this vulnerability on our database, so the students will register for their courses with our security on their side.

The Server-Side Includes attack allows the exploitation of a web application by injecting scripts in HTML pages or executing arbitrary codes remotely. It can be exploited through manipulation of SSI in use in the application or force its use through user input fields. The attacker can access sensitive information, such as password files, and execute shell commands. The SSI directives are injected in input fields and they are sent to the web server. The web server parses and executes the directives before supplying the page. Then, the attack result will be viewable the next time that the page is loaded for the user's browser.

The company can prevent, remediate, or mitigate the attacks. During the establishment of prevention and

Web application vulnerabilities account for the largest portion of attacks outside of malware. It is crucial that any web application be tested for vulnerabilities and any issues be fixed prior to production deployment.

My paper focuses on a security assessment of Quality Web Design (QWD), which is a very successful company that is well-known for its magnificent and appealing websites; they work

Recently, Aim Higher College has seen several cases of sensitive information being stolen from a student information system and posted on the Web. After reviewing Web server and database logs, you believe that the source of the problem is a SQL injection vulnerability. The vulnerability appears to exist in a Web application used by students to register for courses.

This scripting language is also increasingly being used as an attack mechanism by predators that exploit vulnerabilities within the client’s web browser; unpatched software or other JavaScript based applications for mounting their attack (Karanth et al, 2011). The assailant commonly obtains the information for identify theft and for personal financial gains (Wadlow, 2009).

Web applications are nowadays serving as a company’s public face to the internet. This has created the need to identify threats and attacks directed to data servers and web applications. Hackers exploit vulnerabilities in input validation and authentication affecting the web application in order to gain illegal access and disclose sensitive data or manipulate it to their benefits.

Cross Site Scripting is one of the most common web exploited vulnerability as it is listed as number 2 just after SQL injection on the OWASP website. It is also a type of injection but script injection. XSS enables the attackers to inject client-side script into web pages which are viewed by other users. Cross Site Scripting has been in World Wide Web since 1996. The attacker just needs to know a little java scripting to exploit vulnerability. Today all popular web programming technologies such as PHP, microsoft.Net, ColdFusion and asp are all acceptable with XSS. Cross Site Scripting happens when users find that your website is vulnerable and users the website to distribute malicious scripts to other users which runs in other users web browsers. This type of attack is used to steal sensitive user information such as emails, date of birth, names and hijack user sessions by which the hacker gets unauthorized access to the web server. A web application is sent with a

In today’s highly connected digital ecosystem, our lives, businesses, communications, and a lot of activities depend on the websites and web applications. All websites contain sensitive data and deliver business-critical information services to the targeted audience. Due to the rapidly increasing use of websites and web applications, vulnerabilities have become quite rampant. Even the smallest security loophole can give cybercriminals a chance to destroy the web-based business, damage customer confidence, and brand reputation in a short time span.