Imperva Report Examines Dangers Of User-Generated Content In Light Of Military Singles Hack
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Dissecting a Hacktivist Attack Deconstructs Recent Social Network Breach,
Highlights Vulnerabilities and Provides Recommendations for Remediation
Redwood Shores, Calif., May 23, 2012 - Imperva, Inc. (NYSE: IMPV), a pioneer
and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business
data in the data center, today released its May Hacker Intelligence
report Dissecting a Hacktivist Attack, which highlights how hackers exploit
user-generated content features of social media websites by deconstructing the
recently successful attack on MilitarySingles.com.
"Social networking, user-generated content and PHP-based applications are
prevalent on the Web, but this report gives pause to consider how easily
sensitive personal information can be accessed through these channels," said
Amichai Shulman, CTO, Imperva. "Additionally, the attack on MilitarySingles.com
calls into question the need for government and military personnel to have
special policies regarding social networking, to prevent their information from
being easily accessed and manipulated."
The report includes additional recommendations for social media websites to
protect themselves from the dangers associated with user-generated content.
Because many social media sites run PHP, a Web development language common to
more than 75% of websites, they are vulnerable to Remote and Local File
Inclusion attacks, which can be launched from user-generated uploads.
Highlights from Dissecting a Hacktivist Attack include:
How User-Generated Content is an Achilles Heel: Imperva describes how hackers
can take advantage of user-generated content to initiate RFI attacks against
PHP-based applications and offers advice to improve security.
How Enterprises Can Deploy Stronger Password Protection Techniques: Imperva
believes that more than 90% of the MilitarySingles.com passwords were cracked in
9 hours. Imperva offers advice on how to better encrypt passwords to prevent
future breaches.
Why Military and Government Employees Need to Interact Differently With Social
Networking: Imperva questions whether it is appropriate for military and
government employees with links to sensitive information to participate in
social networking websites and suggests new public security policies may be
required to prevent future breaches.
To download the full report, please visit:
http://www.imperva.com/download.asp?id=315.
Get up to date security news at the Imperva Data Security
blog: www.blog.imperva.com
About Imperva
Imperva is a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for
high-value business data in the data center. With more than 1,800 end-user
customers and thousands of organizations protected through cloud-based
deployments, Imperva's customers include leading enterprises, government
organizations, and managed service providers who rely on Imperva to prevent
sensitive data theft from hackers and insiders. The award-winning Imperva
SecureSphere identifies and secures high-value data across file systems, web
applications and databases. For more information, visit www.imperva.com, follow
us on Twitter or visit our blog.
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Datum: 23.05.2012 - 10:01 Uhr
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