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An overview of the current situation in the web application security landscape

Today, most organizations use online applications to interact with customers, suppliers, partners or internal colleagues. Some applications, like online banking and online shops contain critical or sensitive information. These applications should be well developed and free of vulnerabilities to be protected against known threats such as hackers and viruses.
In this paper we will discuss the overall state of website security by providing some statistics. These statistics are mainly based on figures obtained from the Web Hacking Incidents Database (www.xiom.com) and research from WhiteHat Security, completed with remarks and comments of the security experts from ZION SECURITY.
The web hacking incident database (WHID) is a Web Application Security Consortium project dedicated to maintain a list of successful security incidents. The goal is to serve as a tool to increase awareness of the web application security problem and provide information for statistical analysis of web application security incidents.

WhiteHat Security was founded in August 2001 by a team led by Jeremiah Grossman, a security industry veteran and former Yahoo! information security officer. WhiteHat Security is the American leader of website risk management solutions that protect critical data, ensure compliance and narrow the window of risk.

ZION SECURITY is the official partner of WhiteHat Security and has included the famous and innovative WhiteHat Sentinel scanning tool in the ZION VERIFIED service.

Furthermore, we will give an overview of the different types of hackers. We will also look deeper into the motivations of hackers.
To conclude, we discuss why web application security is so difficult by sharing our expertise and findings through the years of reviewing web applications for security vulnerabilities.

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