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Top 6 Web Vulnerability Scanner Tools

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Top 6 Web Vulnerability Scanner Tools Web Vulnerability Scanner Tools: Web site security is very important because the website contain relevant information about a company and now a days website defacement is very common even a script kiddies and a new born hackers can do this. The most common vulnerability like SQL-Injection and cross site scripting lead towards the defacement.  So you want to secure your web application than find vulnerabilities on it before a hacker find it, try to use some relevant tools and find vulnerabilities and fix it. There are so many tools available for both Windows and Linux platform and commercial and open source tool. Below is the best web vulnerability scanner tool that we have discussed before. OWASP Zed Attack Proxy- ZAP OWASP or Open Web Application Security Project is a non profit organisation world wide that are focusing on improving the security of web application, for more about OWASP click  ...

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CLOUD STORAGE FROM GETTING HACKED

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CLOUD STORAGE FROM GETTING HACKED ================================================= The concept of cloud storage has become more common these days especially when offered commercially since it’s more cost effective for a large corporation to store data on an off-site data center. It is cheaper and they don’t have to worry about finding space for storing data on server which can be the size of a warehouse. However, at individual level, it is preferred less over local storage devices like flash drive, hard drive and disk drive. What is cloud storage? To talk about the security level of cloud storage, we’ll first have to talk about what cloud storage is. Cloud storage is an off-site data warehouse where data is transferred and stored. It can be accessed anywhere in the world provided an Internet access is available. You can store virtually anything in a cloud storage model. I say virtually, because you are transferring it over the Internet on a web...

The SSL Certificate And Your Website’s Security

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The SSL Certificate And Your Website’s Security When you are surfing the internet, a lot of information is being exchanged between the web host and the device being used to surf the internet. This type of information can always be easily breached by   hackers , especially if it involves online transactions and this has always been a major issue when dealing with the internet. Nowadays, cases of online theft are becoming increasingly popular. There is one way of determining whether a site is safe to use through an   SSL Certificate   which is powered by the beauty of cryptography. How SSL Cryptography Works? Cryptography ensures that data is transmitted in a means that only the intended party can access it. You can easily determine a site which has an SSL certificate by the padlock icon that is displayed beside the web address. So how do SSL certificates work? SSL in full is Secure Sockets Layer. An SSL certificate provides tight security during the excha...