The SANS Top 10 Exploits

The following site contains information on the SANS Top 10, including everyone who contributed and signed the list: http://www.sans.org/topten.htm. In this section, we will use information from the SANS web site to describe the top 10 exploits that must be fixed for any organization that is connected to the Internet. In cases where these vulnerabilities are described in other chapters of this book, the appropriate chapter will be referenced.

Because this book is about understanding the techniques hackers use and protecting against them, I think it is important to include this information in the chapter. If you do not have any security and need a place to start, these 10 vulnerabilities should be your starting point. ...

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