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The Rise of Everyday Hackers
An anonymous reader writes "Research suggests there will be a rise in everyday hackers. A simple Google search for 'SQL injection hack' provides 1.74 million results, including videos with explicit instructions on how to exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities. The ready availability of this information makes it possible for less technically skilled hackers to take advantage of this common flaw. Although SQL injection flaws are easy to identify and fix, Veracode found that 32 percent of web applications are still affected by SQL injection vulnerabilities. As a result, as many as 30 percent of breaches in 2013 will be from SQL injection attacks. The research also concluded that the leading cause of security breaches and data loss for organizations is insecure software. The report found that 70 percent of software failed to comply with enterprise security policies on their first submission for security testing."
Really /. of all the places I'd not expect this particular stupidity.
If this is what passes for research nowadays, I got some more data. Check out these Google queries and the results... (something, something, think of the children, something).
"make a bomb" 557,000,000 results
"rape sister" 99,000,000 results
"kill mother" 274,000,000 results (funny how "kill mother in law" turns up on Google's autocomplete thingy)
"cheat taxes" 59,700,000 results
My research suggests there will be a rise of everyday cooks. A simple Google search for "How to Cook" returns over 1 Billion links and videos describing how to cook! This is original news...
After setting off every TLA alert system to make a point on slashdot, user "rodrigoandrade" received a midnight visit and was never heard of again.
I think that most comments are missing the fact that this is an article on a security web site which will be used to sell CEOs on the latest in security platforms. It's pure marketing, which means that it doesn't have to be logical or adhere to real world facts.
I agree that it should have never made it to Slashdot. However, it is interesting to read silly articles like this from time to time to remind ourselves where management gets their ideas about security.
No, "cracker" is a synonym for "honky", although it's arguably correctly spelled "cracka".
I am officially gone from