Friday, May 18, 2012

Acunetix to Prevent Hackers

By John Corey


With every boon there is a bane associated with it. While technology has made our lives easier, it also has negative repercussions. Internet is now a part of our lives and almost every thing that we do today is some how or the other connected with the internet revolution. If we have any query we Google it, if we want to communicate some information to someone we email them, if we need to buy something we visit the online shopping stores and the list can go on and on. Such is our dependency on the internet that most of the time we forget to question how reliable it is. If internet is the boon then hackers are the bane associated with it.

With the development of various web languages hackers have updated themselves about these and have been using these as a tool to access sensitive data from web pages unethically. To battle this problem, the web security company, Acunetix has been trying to put forth products that deal with the problem of web site hacking effectively.

Cross site scripting and SQL injection are the two most commonly used web attack mechanisms. Both can easily be incorporated into the codes/scripts of web pages. While the former operates by attaching itself to the web browser of the client who visits the website, the latter gathers information from the server database. Cross site scripting is a menace as the malicious code manipulates the browser of the user and executes it every time the user visits the page. SQL injection is equally malicious as the hackers can easily access the sensitive information and misuse them.

SQL injection on the other hand is a web application hacking technique that injects malicious SQL commands in the web applications to gain access to the data held in a company database. Hackers can not only view all sensitive data but also erase them altogether.

The problem of website hacking is quite serious and should be dealt with before a hacker actually hacks into your website to steal important data. The web security product from Acunetix can help solve the problem so that your website remains secure and customers can divulge their credit and other information without the fear of anyone misusing them.




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