I am looking to join a company called Applicure who develope product in this area. Is this an area (web hacking) as bad as this article makes out.
Any comments would be appreciated
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its even worse
Its even worse than this article makes out. It's estimated that several MILLION sites are susceptible to XSS attacks. Just check out www.xssed.com. Even one of networkworld's sister sites (pcworld) is vulnerable : http://www.xssed.com/mirror/6947/
It's not like there isnt a cure; there is, and its fairly easy to implement. But web app designers/programmers need to be educated, and need to take these risks seriously. In addition, upper-level management needs to be educated of these risks, and then give their developers the resources, training, etc. needed to make their apps more secure.
Reasons web sites get hacked?
What a misleading headline! If the intent was to trick me into reading the article then it worked, but I don't like being misled. The article in fact lists 10 ways web sites get hacked and has very little, if anything, to do with why.