New Web Application Attack - Insecure Indexing

An anonymous reader writes "Take a look at 'The Insecure Indexing Vulnerability - Attacks Against Local Search Engines' by Amit Klein. This is a new article about 'insecure indexing.' It's a good read -- shows you how to find 'invisible files' on a web server and moreover, how to see contents of files you'd usually get a 401/403 response for, using a locally installed search engine that indexes files (not URLs)."

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Re:Vs. Database-Driven Sites?

[illumin8]

If you're the kind to leave private XLS, DOC, MDB, and other sensitive data on a PUBLIC server thinking it's safe just because nobody can "see" it, to put it delicately, you're an idiot.

Or, you're a Diebold employee...