Vulnerabilities of Web Servers
Web servers have many of the same vulnerabilities as any other servers—plus all the vulnerabilities associated with hosting content. Web servers may provide the primary image of companies that have no traditional physical locations (for example, Amazon and eBay), so you must have a thorough understanding of the vulnerabilities that are present in this medium. While social media presence is a major component of any online image, a website is still the leading “face” of most organizations.
Improper or Poor Web Design
A potentially dangerous vulnerability seen in website design actually lies in what you aren’t supposed to see—specifically, the comments and hidden tags that are placed in a webpage by the web designer. ...
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