Week 5 Assignment E-Commerce

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  • W5 Assignment "Security and Cyber Threats"

    E-Commerce

    Security and Cyber Threats

    Name the major points of vulnerability in a typical online transaction, and describe the technology solutions that a company can use to defend itself against security and cyber threats.The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
    • Write between 500-750 words (approximately 2-3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
    • Attempt APA style. Use the APA Resources in your course for guidance.
    • Use font size 12 and 1" margins.
    • Include a cover page and reference page.
    • At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
    • No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
    • Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. The textbook, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.
    Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page. Reference material must come from sources such as scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, onlinenewspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

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Vulnerabilities

During recent years online transaction has increased at a high rate, this has drawn
attention to many attackers. During web development, there are chances that proper security
measures are not considered. Minor vulnerabilities enable the attack to exploit online transaction
which may result in big losses. The following are most notorious vulnerabilities which beginners
to expert attackers exploit in most cases.

SQL Injection

Most attackers in first phases test SQL injection vulnerabilities, a character is inserted
into user inputs such as text field, password boxes etc. when unexpected behavior is detected the
attacker may launch they mission. SQL injection target e-commerce sites database, access to the
database may lead to leakage of sensitive and private data and information such as logins and
a...


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