Web Application Security
Like email, individuals can transfer sensitive data across the web. Developers of successful web applications can invite the world to their online store, social network, news site, and so on. But this also allows hackers access to their data.
Attackers commonly target credit card details, personally identifiable information (PII), and personal health information (PHI). A successful breach of these types of data allows attackers to commit fraud via identity theft. To mitigate such attacks, web applications must be secured by multiple methods including encryption and input validation.
Today, the Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1.3 protocol is considered the best because it uses the strongest levels of encryption and hashing. TLS replaces Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as the security protocol. SSL is vulnerable to an attack called the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) attack, which allows attackers to downgrade SSL 3.0 to an older version...
