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Number of Web Application Hacks Up

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-haxxored-your-netflix-account dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article at Information Week, 'Web site hacks are on the rise and pose a greater threat than the broad-based network attacks...' Citing statistics from the Web Hacking Incidents Database, 'Web hacking attacks numbered 58 in 2005, up from 16 in 2004 and 9 in 2003. Another 20 attacks have been reported this year against sites including open-source repository Sourceforge.net and social network MySpace.com, putting 2006 on pace to be the worst year yet.'"

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  1. Ugh by Wellington+Grey · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the article: Why is this happening? Several reasons. One is the prevalence of hacking tools online that can be found simply by using the Google search engine.

    So does that mean if I do all my web searches on my windows 98 machine using internet explorer but I use MSN search, not google, I'll be OK?

    -Grey

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  2. Someone has a bit of trouble counting... by Phantombrain · · Score: 1, Funny
    Web hacking attacks numbered 58 in 2005, up from 16 in 2004 and 9 in 2003. Another 20 attacks have been reported this year against sites including open-source repository Sourceforge.net and social network MySpace.com, putting 2006 on pace to be the worst year yet.

    I have a feeling there are a LOT more than that. Anyone have a calculator to lend them?

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  3. Tuttle? by daveo0331 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who's reporting all these attacks? The city manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma?

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  4. A few hacks by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 1, Funny
    I use a few hacks on most of my websites - but I kind of have to, to get them to render in IE correctly. It's not as bad as it used to be, and I could probably eliminate some of them if I used a little less javascript or ... hey - wait a minute - this is talking about web site *attacks*! Not hacks on websites.

    uhh... Nevermind.

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  5. Re:Number of hacking attempts by hrtserpent6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to to the Web Application Security Consortium, there were 58 web hacking attacks in 2005.

    According to zone-h.org, there were 494,988 web hacking attacks in 2005.

    Close enough.