Developer's Guide to Web Application Security

Even if your site doesn’t have software that provides these features, you can still

replace defaced content at regular intervals by scheduling automatic updates. By

having the content of your site updated from an authoritative copy, any modifica-

tions of your Web pages won’t be online for long.

Social Engineering

One signature logo for one of the most popular hacker conventions, DefCon

(www.defcon.org), bears three simple icons: a computer disk to represent computer

hacking; a phone rotary dial to represent phone hacking, also known as phreaking;

and a smiling face with a pair of crossbones beneath it, much like the pirates’ Jolly

Roger. Many people ...