10 common security vulnerabilities-increasingly difficult to cope with network security attacks

10 common security vulnerabilities-increasingly difficult to cope with network security attacks

As we all know, hacker intrusion, network attacks, and other digital security vulnerabilities have never been compromised. One industry's troubles may be another industry's nightmare-if you read Veracode's software security report statement, Volume 6, you will know that most security vulnerabilities are more frequent in certain industries.

1. Code Quality Problems

There is a reason for this problem ranking first. According to Veracode research, at least half of the applications submitted by the enterprises under investigation have code quality problems. Although incredible, this is also an Action initiative: All industries should effectively implement security coding, such as early expert investment and frequent and automated troubleshooting.

2. Encryption Problems

Encryption is one of the most common security vulnerabilities, because cryptography hides important data: If passwords, payment information, or personal data need to be stored or transmitted, they must be encrypted in some way. Cryptography is also a self-developed field. There are countless experts in white hats and black hats. Therefore, ask experts to solve the encryption problem instead of working hard. All of the above are common sense.

3. Information Leakage

There are many forms of information leakage, but the basic definition is very simple: attackers or others see information that they should not be viewed, and this information can cause harm (for example, initiating an injection attack, or steal user data. Because the form of information leakage is ever-changing, you must find a real expert to handle it. No need to say more.

4. CRLF Injection

CRLF Injection is a more powerful attack method. Attackers can inject code to destroy the last-line command in unexpected locations. According to Veracode research, these damages include website tampering, cross-site scripting attacks, and browser hijacking. Although such attacks may be easier to prevent than other attacks, ignoring such attacks will cause a serious disaster.

5. Cross-Site Scripting

Another injection attack is cross-site scripting (XSS), which can be implemented by abusing dynamic content on the website to execute external code. The consequences of such attacks include user account hijacking and Web browser hijacking. This type of attacks are especially common in websites that contain commonly used encoding characters such as question marks and slashes. This Veracode blog details the form, consequences, and solutions of the attack.

6. directory traversal attacks

Directory traversal attacks are terrible because they do not require specific tools or knowledge to cause harm. Indeed, as long as you have a Web browser and master the basic concepts, anyone can launch attacks against websites that lack defense, read a large file system and obtain the "dry goods" contained in it-the user name and password, important files, and even the source code of the website or application. In view of the extremely low threshold for such attacks, we strongly recommend that you consult professionals to solve the problem.

7. Insufficient input verification

Simply put, properly processing and checking the input information can ensure that the data transmitted by the user to the server does not cause unexpected troubles. Conversely, insufficient input verification results in many common security vulnerabilities, such as malicious reading or data theft, session and browser hijacking, and malicious code execution. Do not guess the user's input behavior, and treat the user's input with a paranoid attitude.

8. SQL Injection

Despite its low ranking, SQL injection has become one of the most common security vulnerabilities due to its ease of implementation. Injection attacks are the same, while SQL Injection focuses on SQL query statements. Attackers repeatedly enter these query statements in the input column, causing great trouble to users, website administrators, and enterprises. Want to know more? This Veracode blog provides a more detailed description of SQL injection.

9. Certificate Management

When a bad person enters the security system without authorization, something bad will happen. Sometimes these bad things are the direct result of such intrusions. In other cases, such intrusions may leak some information and lead to greater attacks. In either case, it is never a bad idea to exercise caution when allowing reading important information to verify identity.

10. Incorrect time and status

This type of vulnerability is the most tricky because of the rise of distributed computing, multi-system, multi-thread hardware, and other concurrent tasks. Like other attacks, it also has multiple forms. If attackers exploit it and execute unauthorized code, it will also cause verification consequences. In addition, similar to various attacks, professional collaboration is required to defend against such vulnerabilities. Comparison: you cannot defend against unpredictable attacks.

Maintain System Security

Nowadays, diverse attack methods are emerging, and traditional security solutions are increasingly difficult to cope with network security attacks. If you want your applications to be uncertain in security, it is too late to seek help. The OneRASP application security protection tool can provide precise Real-time protection for software products to protect them from vulnerabilities.