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• Web apps experience 2,700+ attacks per year

  08.08.2012

  The median annual attack incidents on the 50 Web applications observed was 274 times a year, with one target experiencing more than 2,700 attack incidents.

• Sharp rise in SQL injections

  25.07.2012

  FireHost revealed the latest statistical analysis of attacks successfully blocked by its servers.

• Radical reduction in online vulnerabilities

  29.06.2012

  WhiteHat Security reviewed serious vulnerabilities in websites during 2011, examining the severity and duration of the most critical vulnerabilities from 7,000 websites across major vertical markets.

• Web app security scanner Netsparker 2.1 released

  09.02.2012

  Netsparker can crawl, attack and identify vulnerabilities in all custom web applications regardless of the platform and the technology it's built on, just like an actual attacker.

• XSS bug in Skype iPhone app allows address book theft

  20.09.2011

  A bug in the latest version of Skype for iPhone and iPod touch makes its users vulnerable to having their address book stolen just by viewing a specially crafted message, says AppSec Consulting security researcher Phil Purviance.

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