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13 Jun 2006 | SearchAppSecurity.com

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Jennette Mullaney, Assistant EditorNew security threats emerge every day. In order to be secure, you must be able to identify the major threats and understand how to counter them. Here is a guide to the five most common and insidious threats to application security –- and what you can do about them.

The following links and articles will provide you with crucial information on application exploits and countermeasures.

Are there other topics you'd like to see learning guides on? Send me an e-mail and let me know what they are.
-- Jennette Mullaney, Assistant Editor.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
   Threats

  1. SQL injection
  2. Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
  3. Denial of Service
  4. Buffer Overflows
  5. Session Hijacking

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  Threats


  1. SQL Injection
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  2. Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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  3. Denial of Service
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  4. Buffer Overflows
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  5. Session Hijacking
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  More Useful Resources

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