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Database Software Attacks  | Databases are a key element of many systems storing, searching or manipulating large amounts of data. They are found in virtually all businesses, financial, banking, customer relationship and system monitoring applications. |
| Web Applications Attacks | The number of attempted attacks every day for some of the large web hosting farms range from hundreds of thousands to even millions. |
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| UNIX Configuration Weaknesses | Most Unix/Linux systems include a number of standard services in their default installation. These services, even if fully patched, can be the cause of unintended compromises. Security savvy administrators harden systems by turning off unnecessary services and/or firewalling them from the Internet. |
| Mac OS Attacks | Mac OS X is Apple's BSD-based operating system for its line of PowerPC- and Intel-based computers.Mac OS X is made up of many different components. Each of these components could potentially have security flaws |
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| Attacks Againts Windows Configuration Weaknesses | Weaknesses in password configurations have taken on added importance in recent years with the proliferation of worms, bots, and other malware which have improved their ability to propagate themselves through the abuse of inadequate passwords. |
| Windows Services Attacks | The family of Windows Operating systems supports a wide variety of services, networking methods and technologies. Many of these components are implemented as Service Control Programs (SCP) under the control of Service Control Manager (SCM), which runs as Services.exe. Vulnerabilities in these services that implement these Operating System functions are one of the most common avenues for exploitation. |
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| Microsoft Office Attacks | Microsoft Office is the most widely used email and productivity suite worldwide. The applications include Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, FrontPage and Access. |
| Windows Libraries Attack Vectors | Windows libraries are modules that contain functions and data that can be used by other modules such as Windows applications. Windows applications typically leverage a large number of these libraries often packaged as dynamic-link library (DLL) files to carry out their functions. These libraries usually have the file extension DLL or OCX (for libraries containing ActiveX controls). |
| Internet Explorer Attack Targets | Microsoft Internet Explorer is the most popular browser used for web surfing and is installed by default on each Windows system. Unpatched or older versions of Internet Explorer contain multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to memory corruption, spoofing and execution of arbitrary scripts. |
| Introduction | Six years ago, the SANS Institute and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) at the FBI released a document summarizing the Ten Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities. Thousands of organizations relied on that list, and on the expanded Top-20 lists that followed in succeeding years, to prioritize their efforts so they could close the most dangerous holes first. The vulnerable services that led to worms like Blaster, Slammer, and Code Red have been on SANS Top20 lists. |
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