IMPERVA REPORT DETAILS AUTOMATED WEB APPLICATION ATTACKS
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Research Shows High Percentage of Remote File Inclusion and SQL Injection
Attacks Are Automated
Redwood Shores, Calif., April 24, 2012 - Imperva, Inc. (NYSE: IMPV), a pioneer
and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business
data in the data center, today released its April Hacker Intelligence Report
Automation of Attacks, which analyzes how and why attacks on Web applications
are automated. According to Imperva's research from January - March 2012, as
much as 98 percent of Remote File Inclusion (RFI) attacks are automated, and as
much as 88 percent of SQL injection attacks are automated, including by two
software tools: Havij and sqlmap.
Automatic tools generally enable hackers to attack more applications and exploit
vulnerabilities more efficiently than manual methods. Automatic tools available
online save hackers the trouble of studying vulnerabilities and learning how to
exploit them.
"Using automated software tools, even an unskilled attacker can attack
applications in a short period of time, potentially collect valuable data and
move on to the next target," said Amichai Shulman, CTO, Imperva. "Automated
tools can be used to evade an enterprise's security defenses."
Highlights from Automation of Attacks include:
Automation Identification Methods - Traffic characteristics, such as attack
rate, attack rate change and attack volume, can be used to identify automated
attacks. Imperva provides detailed analysis of these characteristics.
Automated Attack Trends - Automated tools can leave 'fingerprints' or patterns
that can be extracted from the source code to identify an automated attack with
high certainty. Imperva analyzes common code strings and parameters of these
tools.
Automated Attack Mitigation - Imperva provides analysis of multiple real-world
attack vectors, highlighting characteristics security professionals can use to
define malicious traffic, enabling black lists of suspected IP addresses.
To download the full report, please
visit: http://www.imperva.com/download.asp?id=360.
Get up to date security news at the Imperva Data Security blog:
www.blog.imperva.com
About Imperva
Imperva is a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for
high-value business data in the data center. With more than 1,700 end-user
customers and thousands of organizations protected through cloud-based
deployments, Imperva's customers include leading enterprises, government
organizations, and managed service providers who rely on Imperva to prevent
sensitive data theft from hackers and insiders. The award-winning Imperva
SecureSphere identifies and secures high-value data across file systems, web
applications and databases. For more information, visit www.imperva.com, follow
us on Twitter or visit our blog.
© 2012 Imperva, Inc. All rights reserved. Imperva, the Imperva logo and
SecureSphere are trademarks of Imperva, Inc.
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