{"id":10362,"date":"2020-11-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=10362"},"modified":"2020-08-23T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T20:54:58","slug":"security-the-top-25-most-exploited-software-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/security-the-top-25-most-exploited-software-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Security: The Top 25 Most Exploited Software Flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hacking and exploits have unfortunately become common-place hazards of working with computers. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released the 2020 list<\/a> of most dangerous software vulnerabilities, a list that they’re calling the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CWE report explains that “these weaknesses are dangerous because they are often easy to find, exploit, and can allow adversaries to completely take over a system, steal data, or prevent an application from working.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ranking of the software vulnerabilities was determined based on a score that considered prevalence and severity (The Common Vulnerability Scoring System<\/a>). The ranking gives an idea about which vulnerabilities are most commonly exploited by cybercriminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From: CWE, Common Weakness Enumeration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The number one software flaw is Cross Site Scriptin<\/a>g. The injection of code into the client communication with the server can allow a cyberhacker to steal user identify, hijack accounts, steal credentials, access data, redirect content and introduce face content on the web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Kosten<\/a>, security consultant at cypress data defense, said that<\/a> “XSS, cross-site scripting, is one of the most common security vulnerabilities found in web applications and it can cause severe damage if not mitigated in a timely manner… What\u2019s worse is that victims of XSS attacks, both the user and the developer of the web application, often won\u2019t be aware that they\u2019re being attacked.”<\/p>\n

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Hacking and exploits have unfortunately become common-place hazards of working with computers. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released the 2020 list of most dangerous software vulnerabilities, a list that they’re calling the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). The CWE…<\/span><\/p>\n

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