Sunday 15 January 2012

Bugs On The Rise

The lesson which life repeats and constantly reinforce is "look underfoot". You are always nearer than you think...
The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. People are filled with negative thoughts, causing their effort to become unproductive. Now this can be seen in different works of life, for the software developers and programmers the possibility of using their skills for negative exploit in extracting sensitive information "Penetration testing / sql injection" such as credit card details and bank transfer codes from fortune 500 companies on the rise.
Below listed steps show you how this is done and the measures to take to prevent your organization from becoming fatalities.
Penetration Testing Attempts: Unauthorized practice in which an organization network is constantly penetrated to find its weakness and then insert an exploits to enable the tester gain constant access into the database of the organization using the infected exploits. This is similar to SQL injection. Since database is made up of rows and column that combines to form a table, the each cell, that is the intersection of row and column will content a field name such as USER, Tel, CCV, PIN, TRCODE etc. These are the field the hack is targeting.

Constant Attacks: A targeted organization received constant attacks from different internet protocol (IP). War-dialing moderns, attacking web servers, scripting exploits, moving about in the cities to discover vulnerable networks, encoding new tools for days pending is perfect, get-together with hacker friends for weekend meeting and drinking and having a good time, this is a hacker view of life.
Measures to Take
  1. 1. Employ or contract with a certified ethical hack or information security expert to constantly check your network vulnerability and fix it before a hacker does gain access. With this your degree of becoming victim of bugs will dramatically reduce.
  2. 2. Attend some security conferences near you and reading daily information security safe tips to keep you a step ahead of your competitors and make you rate high in your field.
  3. 3. Build customer loyalty by constant announcing to your customer that information is secured and will be not be used for third party marketing.
  4. 4. Use a SSL certification on your website to enable your website stand out from the multitude.
You can find great resources on the internet on internet security tips to stay safe on the internet using search engines.
Chukwuebuka Umeakuchukwu Photo God bless & regards, Chukwuebuka Umeakuchukwu. An information security consultant and web entrepreneur specialized in InfoSec eBooks sales and website development for high return of investment for small business owners. Learn more at www.akacomng.com
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