...Web Server Application Attacks Brooks Gunn Professor Nyeanchi CIS 502 July 10, 2013 Web Server Application Attacks Many organizations have begun to use web applications instead of client/server or distributed applications. These applications has provided organizations with better network performance, lower cost of ownership, thinner clients, and a way for any user to access the application. We applications significantly reduce the number of software programs that must be installed and maintained in end user workstations (Gregory 2010). Web applications are becoming a primary target for cyber criminals and hackers. They have become major targets because of the enormous amounts of data being shared through these applications and they are so often used to manage valuable information. Some criminals simply just want vandalize and cause harm to operations. There are several different types of web application attacks. Directory traversal, buffer overflows, and SQL injections are three of the more common attacks. One of the most common attacks on web based applications is directory traversal. This attack’s main purpose is the have an application access a computer file that is not intended to be accessible. It is a form of HTTP exploit in which the hacker will use the software on a Web server to access data in a directory other than the server’s root directory. The hacker could possibly execute commands...
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...RECENT CYBER ATTACKS SANDEEP VEMULAPALLI 12917417 IA-606 ST.CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY SEP4, 2015 Cyber Attack: The attempt of breaching the security layers of an organization or a system by disrupting the network and there by accessing, stealing, modifying or destroying the valuable data and using the data for fraudulent purposes, causing a loss to the organization is called a Cyber Attack Origin: The idea of cyber attacks began at the earlier development of World Wide Web (www) in this stage there was not much harm to the organization but as there was advancement in technology the number of hackers increased day by day and also the effectiveness of the hacking technology has increased a lot which results a severe damage to the organization In more recent times many organizations like manufacturing companies, IT companies, banks and health care providers have been prone to the cyber theft and they lost huge volume of information which incurred huge losses to the companies. Some of the examples include the attack on Target, Primera Blue Cross, E-Bay, JP Morgan Chase bank Sony PSN and many other. These attacks have happened because of poor security measures and the loopholes in the system by which hackers gained access and made the companies to compromise a huge volume of information. Cyber Attack on Primera Blue Cross: Primera blue cross is one of the leading insurance company in Washington .It has undergone a cyber attack on May 5th and the breach...
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...National Instituate of Technology,Rourkela Department of Computer Science and Engineering Term Paper on Directions for Web and E-Commerce Applications Security SupervisorProf.P.M. Khilar Submitted byDinesh Shende Roll No-212CS2102 M.Tech(1st year) Directions for Web and E-Commerce Applications Security Abstract: This paper provides directions for web and e-commerce applications security. In particular, access control policies, workflow security, XML security and federated database security issues pertaining to the web and e-commerce applications are discussed. These security measures must be implemented so that they do not inhibit or dissuade the intended e-commerce operation. This paper will discuss pertinent network and computer security issues and will present some of the threats to e-commerce and customer privacy. These threats originate from both hackers as well as the e-commerce site itself. Another threat may originate at ostensibly friendly companies such as DoubleClick, MemberWorks and similar firms that collect customer information and route it to other firms. Much of this transaction information is able to be associated with a specific person making these seemingly friendly actions potential threats to consumer privacy. Many of the issues and countermeasure discussed here come from experiences derived with consulting with clients on how to maintain secure e-commerce facilities. These methods and techniques can be useful in a variety of client and server...
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...each, linked to specific technology solution proposed) | Usability | High | The web application has to be easy to use because although customers may receive services without utilizing the new system, the employees and Myra will need to use it every day. The rating of High was given because while a customer may call in to schedule an appointment, someone from UMUC haircuts will still be inputting the appointment into the web application. | Maintainability | N/A | The Schedulicity web application is a third party hosted application and therefore all the maintenance and coding is performed by the third party. N/A was given as a rating because Myra, her employees, and customers do not have to maintain any of the system coding and all modifications would be performed by the third party. | Scalability | N/A | Scedulicity is a web-based application that is already used by many other businesses and many of which are much bigger in size than UMUC haircuts. There is a lot of room for growth using the application which will make the addition of more employees and managing of scheduling easy even if Myra’s business grows much larger or even if she were to open additional locations. | Reliability/ Availability | Low | UMUC haircuts will need the system to stay up and running for as long as possible in order for its customers to schedule appointments at any time during any day. Myra relies on the application to be up and running in case any schedule modifications are needed and for the...
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...Memo To: Private Investigators LLP From: xxx Date: xxx Re: Cyber Security Analysis This memorandum has been written to outline the current threats facing the XYZ Private Investigation LLP and possible mitigation steps for them. The Cyber Security Analysis was requested and approved by John Smith and the areas reviewed were the production server, client workstations and the web server. Each of these areas were carefully looked at, in some cases employee follow-ups were made to prior complaints and a derivative of the top five threats were documented. The first area of concern is the production server used on a daily basis by your organization and contains vital information to your organization, as well as confidential and personal information about your clients. This server would be an attacker’s main target as it is the central location for data that could prove to be fruitful to an attacker. This area of concern was examined and the top five threats identified were virus protection, backdoor vulnerabilities, system updates and/or patching, physical security and logical security. Production Server The production server is generally a server that runs many crucial services for the daily operations of the network to include active directory and domain name services to name a few. Therefore by not having antivirus software on this system it can be a potential hazard to not only the services, by the data being stored here. Antivirus software today helps protect...
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...corporation NASDAQ trading policies. The FBI along with exterior forensic associations helped carry out the investigation, despite the fact, NASDAQ OMX did not say when it was launched or when the apprehensive files were established. These files were recognized in a web application called Directors Desk. The search, which is ongoing with the help of securities supervisors, comes as investors are becoming progressively more anxious over the dependability and sanctuary of the rapid resource markets, which in North America and Europe are now more often than not online. NASDAQ Group, which runs equity and underlying assets, currency trade in the United States as well as European countries, did not give information on the hackers or on what they were up to. (Mathew J. Schwartz (2011) The breach under consideration relates to NASDAQ Directors Desk, a detailed communication system to assist board members. The company says the solution is used by over 10,000 directors around the world. It's almost impossible to establish where it comes from, however the powers that be are tracking it. The hackers were competent to set up malware that permitted them to spy on the activities of the Directors Desk folder. The US National Security Agency (NSA) as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the incident. Even though, NASDAQ says that it paid out "almost a billion dollars a year on information defense" however even this sum it sounds as if was not sufficient. (Mathew...
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...a lot of functionality over the web. Is it possible to achieve the same functionality on the web compared to an ordinary windows application? Our work aims towards evaluating which one of the solutions that is the best. Many customers wants a standalone application rich of functionality and demands to have the same functionality on the web. Is it always possible to achieve the costumer’s requirements on a web based solution or do you have to settle with an implementation of a standalone application? There are some factors that the answer depends on: performance, security, usability and implementation. The application that will be tested is developed in .Net and is a maintenance application for Business Intelligence (BI). We will have a short introduction to the Business Intelligence field to make you understand the purpose of the application. Keywords: Data Warehouse, web based, standalone, .NET, Business Intelligence Contents Abstract i Contents ii 1 Introduction 1 2 Background 3 2.1 Business Intelligence 3 2.1.1 The different steps in a Business Intelligence solution 4 2.2 Data Warehouse 4 2.3 Standalone vs. web based application 5 2.3.1 Standalone application 5 2.3.2 Web based application 5 2.3.3 Web or not from a Business Intelligence perspective 7 3 Method 9 3.1 Implementation 9 3.2 Performance 9 3.3 Security 9 3.4 Usability & Layout 10 ...
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...able to: * Gain an overall understanding of an e-business transformation capitalizing on the advent of the Internet technologies and Web applications in a specific business situation. * Summarize your understanding of implementing social networking applications into an e-business model capitalizing on the advent of Internet technologies and Web applications in a specific business situation. * Summarize your understanding of identifying risks, threats, and vulnerabilities relating to Web and social networking applications in an e-business transformation. * Identify various weaknesses in Web site applications. * Understand the life cycle of software development and how security can fit into the model. * Identify the need for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance within an organization. * Identify various open source and proprietary tools used in Web application security assessment and vulnerability scanning. * Identify the available mobile communication devices and the security risks associated with each type of device. Required Source Information and Tools The following tools and resources will be needed to complete this project: * Course textbook * Access to the Internet Project Logistics Activity Name | Assigned | Due | % Grade | Project Part 1: Identify E-Business and E-Commerce Web Apps for Planned Transformation | Unit 1 | Unit 2 | 2 | Project Part 2: Identify Social Networking Apps...
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...End-to-End Security 5. Junos Pulse 6. Secure Meeting 7. Business Continuity with SSL VPN 8. Hardware, Management and High Availability 2 www.radiusconsultingghana.com Copyright © 2010 Juniper Networks, Inc. www.juniper.net BUSINESS CHALLENGE: GRANT ACCESS VS. ENFORCE SECURITY Maximize Productivity with Access... Allow partner access to applications (Extranet portal) Increase employee productivity by providing anytime, anywhere access (Intranet, E-mail, terminal services) …While Enforcing Strict Security Allow access only to necessary applications and resources for certain users Mitigate risks from unmanaged endpoints Customize experience and access for diverse user groups (partners, suppliers, employees) Enable provisional workers (contractors, outsourcing) Enforce consistent security policy Support myriad of devices (smartphones, laptops, kiosks) …And the Solution Must Achieve Positive ROI Minimize initial CAPEX costs Lower ongoing administrative and support OPEX costs 3 www.radiusconsultingghana.com Copyright © 2010 Juniper Networks, Inc. www.juniper.net THE SOLUTION: JUNIPER NETWORKS SA SERIES SSL VPN APPLIANCES Mobile User – Cafe Secure SSL access to remote users from any device or location Easy access from Web-browsers – no client software to manage Dynamic, granular access control to manage users and resources SA6500 VoIP Teleworker Business Partner or Customer Single comprehensive solution to access various application types from...
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...article put out by Symantec, information technology security measure, on cutting edge and growing threats to internet security. Threats and new ways to make the internet ‘unsafe’ occur every minute and it is up to information technology professionals to play defense and protect the individuals that use it. This was a lengthy article, so I chose to write about some key concepts I found interesting and would like to talk about. The first issue I am discussing is financial institutions protecting against cybercriminals. A large number of financial intuitions were severely affected by the latest global financial crisis. This in turn caused many of these institutes to shut down or merge with each other. With such a headache and instability, you would think cybercriminals would stay away from this. On the contrary; in 2009, one year after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the financial sector was still one of the top targeted by phishing attacks. Phishing is a term that is used when someone is trying to con you into getting sensitive data from a user in an ‘unethical’ way. Financial institutes were targeted by fishing 74% compared to other sectors. In comparison, retail stores were targeted 6% and insurance companies 3%. A lot of fishing is used by the elderly who, unwillingly, appear to be naïve. Baby boomers are a little more willing to give up information such as checking account number, social security number, birth date, and the list goes on. With...
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...the web has been embraced by millions of businesses as an economical network to communicate and exchange information with prospective clients. Along with businesses, this is also very popular among almost every individual using the internet for various purposes, be it a student, a patient, or a housewife. The web provides a mode for marketers to get to know what people visiting their sites are looking for and connecting with them in order to provide satisfactory services. The web is an exceptional sales channel for any type of organization be it schools, hospitals, businesses, etc. Despite their numerous advantages, web applications also have many drawbacks like security concerns due to improper coding or very weak firewall protection. This gives way to hackers who gain access to databases containing sensitive data like credit card information, social security information, phone numbers, and even home addresses. A virus can be used to bring the entire online business down for minutes, hours, and days causing a huge loss. Businesses need extra security to protect critical personal information of customers in order to gain customer faith and loyalty. There are many limitations of web as well such incompatibility of web apps with native apps in many areas, limited access to smartphone hardware making simple tasks like saving photos more difficult, and same app may look different across different browsers confusing mainly the older generation, etc. Rich Internet Application (RIA)...
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...because in a job market, there is short supply of skills such as database designer and database administrator. Without the specific faculty, it creates a risk to manage the database. The installation and administration expenses include updating software and installing of database and hardware. The translation cost includes the converting cost of older application into database environment. Instead of converting the hospital can choose new system. There is a need for the backup and recovery because the framework expenses are connected with those strategies. A hospital must predict the data administration cost and other activities cost related to data definition, ownership and maintenance. 6. Mountain View Hospital could use web based applications in a few ways. * Internet hospital personnel uses web based applications to create an intranet to access the databases. * Extranet application is used to third party billing with the insurance companies so hospital examines the application. * Online application permits to access the medical database and prescription drug database. The major advantage of web based application is reorganization that practice as a third party billing...
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...systems that have affected business in the past few years. For each system, briefly note the following: * The system's name * The area of business it affects * What changes the system brought to the business world * What business processes changed because of the system * The system's likely future effect 1. The system's name: Social Media, i.e., Facebook, Twitter, etc. The area of business it affects: From banking to advertising, it affects all areas of business What changes the system brought to the business world: Helping them reach larger audiences; giving more choices to consumers, and made business more competitive overall. What business processes changed because of the system: Marketing, business conduct, security, etc. The system's likely future effect: More use of social media in every aspect of life. 2. The system's name: Cloud Computing The area of business it affects: From banking to advertising, it affects all areas of business What changes the system brought to the business world: Helping them reach larger audiences; giving more choices to consumers, and made business more competitive overall. What business processes changed because of the system: The way business's store and process data. The system's likely future effect: Continues use of "server" farms to store and process data. 3. The system's name: Mobile Systems The area of business it affects: From banking to advertising, it affects all areas of business What...
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...Internet Applications and Smart Wearable Devices Paul Kenneth Travers Instructor: Janet Durgin Course: ISSC640 American Military University September 20, 2015 Topic: The topic of this paper will be about Internet applications and wearable smart devices. Thesis: Smart wearable devices have become very popular over the last few years and being able to connect to the Internet with these devices has been very appealing. Although smart wearable devices have applications that connect to the Internet or other devices to communicate, the devices that are being made have proprietary functions that force buyers to stay with one brand and the hope that this trend continue as web-enabled applications continue to be developed. Introduction The Internet is basically a bunch of networks interconnected to make information available in one location so that anyone can view. The Internet allows devices that have wireless capabilities to connect with applications to share information. Wearable devices are currently a hot topic and being able to connect to the network and share statistics collected by the devices has been a great deal for consumers. Wearable devices have changed the technology world by giving the consumer access to Internet based applications right from their wrist. These applications are making it possible for wearable devices to send information over the Internet to websites for consumers to track goals and health statistics for popular health apps and have...
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...After accessing the advantages and disadvantages of using a Web-based compensation tool versus a client-server in my opinion I think the client –server is beneficial. “Thin-client technology was designed to make the Information Technology administrator’s job easier. With the arrival of thin clients, administrators no longer had to install a product update or a service release on a client desktop; they could use think technology to connect to a remote server and run all applications from a single point. But for a while, the technology had one major flaw: It required the installation of a software product on the desktop. Thin-client technology lets companies serve applications to graphical terminals in a manner similar to that used with legacy mainframe technology. Thin clients resemble today’s client/server systems but actually function as time-sharing clients on which applications are remotely displayed (Seltzer A. Mark, 2001). A client-server is beneficial because it can be controlled locally versus a web-based server has to be controlled through a provider. Web-based servers can only be accessed through internet based but a client-based server can be accessed by any local network. A client-based server is in full control whereas a web-based server is not in control of the software on hand. “Job evaluation creates an internal hierarchy of value. In the most common form of job evaluation, a set of factors is developed that reflects characteristics that add value to work in...
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