White Papers

Detecting Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
This white paper will explain how these attacks work and will discuss the difference between Non-Persistent Cross-Site Scripting and the far more dangerous Persistent Cross-Site Scripting variations. We will highlight the challenge presented to Web Application Security Scanners and how only NTOSpider solves them.

 

Phishanomics: The Economics of Phishing, the iframe attack and the Brand ROI of Security Spending
This paper will argue that the iframe attack (popularized by the Bank of India hack) has fundamentally altered the way that security professionals must defend less important websites. By allowing phishers to leverage a company’s brand to steal from users, the iframe attack has made an entirely new class of formerly unimportant sites into material security concerns.


 

Is Your Website Already Infected?
Analyzing and Detecting Malicious Content. This paper asks a question many web admins would rather not face. Is your website already infected with malicious content? How to find out and what to do about it.


 

Security Snake Oil
Why Known Vulnerability Checks for Web Applications Simply Don’t Work. This paper explains the ineffectiveness of known vuln checkers such as Nikto, Wikto and other such solutions added to network scanning tools.

 

Application Vulnerability Scanners: Understanding Your Organization's Needs
With the proliferation of application security products, namely vulnerability scanners, many organizations are struggling to understand what features are most important to them and their unique security concerns. This solutions white paper explores 10 important questions that assist in identifying your organization's needs from such solutions, regardless of vendor.


 

Budgetary Aspects of Web Application Security
Many organizations are discovering that they are extremely vulnerable to web application hacks. Perimeter protection and network security provide some protection, but the majority of these threats occur at the Web application layer, and it is critical for organizations to put comprehensive programs in place that include application security. Many organizations wonder why the security investments they have already made are no longer sufficient. This article provides guidance for including Web application security in your overall strategy, and best practices for planning and budgeting for it appropriately.


 

Web Application Exposure to Risk: Raising Awareness to Build Confidence and Improve Security
Web applications possess a given level of inherent security exposure based on numerous variables associated with their environment and intended functionality. In this technical white paper, NTO outlines the important considerations and policies required to proactively understand threat exposure and how to leverage this knowledge in order to mitigate security concerns and build effective policies to minimize security risk.


 

If You Can’t Crawl It, You Can’t Test It
Why A Little Understood, Challenging Technology May be the Key to Application Security. This paper details the critical nature of a strong automated crawler in web application scanners.