What are the differences between SSL and S-HTTP?

An attacker has been successfully modifying the purchase price of items purchased at a web site. The security administrators verify the web server and Oracle database have not been compromised directly. They have also verified the IDS logs and found no attacks that could have caused this. What is the mostly likely way the attacker has been able to modify the price?

Take a look at the following attack on a Web Server using obstructed URL:

http://www.example.com/script.ext?template%2e%2e%2e%2e%2e%2f%2e%2f%65%74%63%2f %70%61%73%73%77%64

The request is made up of:

– %2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2f% = ../../../
– %65%74%63 = etc
– %2f = /
– %70%61%73%73%77%64 = passwd

How would you protect information systems from these attacks?

Bubba has just accessed he preferred ecommerce web site and has spotted an item that he would like to buy. Bubba considers the price a bit too steep. He looks at the source code of the webpage and decides to save the page locally, so that he can modify the page variables. In the context of web application security, what do you think Bubba has changes?

What is Form Scalpel used for?

____________ will let you assume a users identity at a dynamically generated web page or site.

This kind of attack will let you assume a users identity at a dynamically generated web page or site:

You work as security technician at ABC.com. While doing web application testing, you might be required to look through multiple web pages online which can take a long time. Which of the processes listed below would be a more efficient way of doing this type of validation?

You visit a website to retrieve the listing of a company’s staff members. But you can not find it on the website. You know the listing was certainly present one year before. How can you retrieve information from the outdated website?

What are the three phases involved in security testing?