Recent Trends in Web Application Security Risks and Issues

Computer engineering

Security is the most important aspect while accessing Web application. Web application is a dynamic software program that provide communication medium between user and service provider. As popularity of web is increasing there are more possibilities of web application may be exposed to attacks. However web applications can offer good productivity and efficiency, there is also great chance, that they can easily be exposed to security threats. Those security threats may potentially be harmful for the organization. This happens because web developers are least concernd about the security of the application at developing stage. Since technology is taking faster advancement attackers are using new and automated way to attack the system. This paper surveys latest trends in attacks of web application. In recent years most of occurring web attacks are through SQL injections, DDoS attacks, and using automated botnets that uses artificial intelligence. This paper further discusses crucial security risks for web applications

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