{"id":15975,"date":"2021-08-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/?p=15975"},"modified":"2022-01-05T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:02:09","slug":"web-app-security-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/cybersecurity\/web-app-security-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Has Web App Security Become a Major Concern in Recent Times?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-table-of-contents uagb-toc__align-left uagb-toc__columns-1  uagb-block-60e3837a      \"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-scroll= \"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-offset= \"30\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTable Of Contents\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__list-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#web-applicationsecurityimportance-and-tools-to-secure-your-product\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Web Application\u00a0Security:\u00a0Importance and Tools to Secure your Product\u00a0<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#the-importance-of-websecurity\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">The importance of Web\u00a0Security\u00a0<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#tools-tosecure-product-at-development-stage\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Tools to\u00a0secure product at development stage\u00a0<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#followand-complywiththe-risks-definedin-owasp-top-ten\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Follow\u00a0and Comply\u00a0with\u00a0the Risks Defined\u00a0in OWASP Top Ten\u00a0<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#perform-an-application-security-audit\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Perform an application security audit\u00a0<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#apply-proper-logging\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Apply proper logging\u00a0<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#use-real-time-security-monitoring-and-protection\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Use real-time security monitoring and protection\u00a0<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#encrypt-everything\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Encrypt everything\u00a0<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#stay-abreast-of-the-latest-vulnerabilities\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Stay abreast of the latest vulnerabilities\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#wrapping-up\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Wrapping Up\u00a0<\/a><\/ul><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-web-application-security-importance-and-tools-to-secure-your-product\">Web Application&nbsp;Security:&nbsp;Importance and Tools to Secure your Product&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Web applications are being attacked and the number has just increased in recent times. There is an increase of more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesafetymag.com\/ca\/topics\/technology\/cyber-attacks-on-web-applications-up-800-per-cent-in-h1-2020-report\/240124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">800%&nbsp;on web applications in&nbsp;H1-2020.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t done it before then it&#8217;s high time that you need to buckle up and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/dev-hub\/security-manager\/ux-design-enhance-data-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secure your web applications&nbsp;right away.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-2-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"A dark picture of a hacker's laptop.\" class=\"wp-image-15983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-2-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-2-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-2-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-2-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-importance-of-web-security\">The importance of Web&nbsp;Security&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We all are surrounded by web applications in more ways than we realize. The increase in&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;and usage of web applications is countless, creating a bigger scope for potential&nbsp;application&nbsp;security problems.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We interact with web applications for almost every aspect of our lives. Some of the examples are Internet of Things (IoT) devices, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/articles\/events\/google-smart-home-api\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart home<\/a> and electronic appliances, and home voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on research it was found&nbsp;that 20% of all apps had at least one high severity flaw. These flaws ultimately pose a higher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/dev-hub\/security-manager\/7-mitigation-strategies-to-address-iot-security-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security risk<\/a> in the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[jwp-video n=&#8221;1&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The safety of a business ultimately depends on&nbsp;how faster&nbsp;and sooner you can find and fix security issues in the software development process. The real challenge lies in&nbsp;finding&nbsp;the mistakes in the web application&nbsp;promptly. A very common coding error might result in unverified inputs and data leakage by a <strong>hacker<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore,&nbsp;it is inevitable to use application <strong>security tools<\/strong> that integrate into your application development environment. These security tools can ultimately save time and expense by catching problems even before the auditors see them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hacked websites can target your potential customers<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A variety&nbsp;of malicious&nbsp;software&nbsp;are&nbsp;being used&nbsp;to infect websites, collect&nbsp;data&nbsp;and&nbsp;even hijack&nbsp;computer&nbsp;resources. The&nbsp;number of hacked sites&nbsp;is&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;rapidly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;potential&nbsp;threat is&nbsp;that the&nbsp;hacked&nbsp;websites are&nbsp;mostly&nbsp;used o&nbsp;target&nbsp;your&nbsp;potential&nbsp;customers as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;your website visitors.&nbsp;Another important&nbsp;advantage&nbsp;of web&nbsp;application security&nbsp;is to&nbsp;keep your customers safe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Security breach leads to loss of business reputation and&nbsp;drops&nbsp;in revenue<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When a website application is hacked, a customer loses trust, and thus it can lead to reputation loss and can mean an end of the&nbsp;e-commerce business. There is a significant rise in infections if we talk about website security and CMS security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s obvious that if a potential customer visits your site and gets warned or infected, there is&nbsp;a&nbsp;very minimal chance that the customer will&nbsp;ever visit your site again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Website clean-up costs more than threat prevention<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another helping factor is to know \u2018How to clean a hacked website\u2019. Cleaning&nbsp;a malware&nbsp;can take up your time as well as can cost you heavily. Performing&nbsp;a malware removal&nbsp;is not an easy task. Cleaning up a hacked website and reputational damage are what can eat up a lot of time and money to recover from.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The website&nbsp;gets&nbsp;blacklisted<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An unsecured&nbsp;website, i.e.&nbsp;a website without SSL(HTTPS) can get blacklisted. When a website is on the blacklist, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/dev-hub\/machine-learning-dev\/how-search-engines-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search engine<\/a> expels&nbsp;the site&nbsp;from&nbsp;its&nbsp;list. A website loses 95% of its organic traffic when it gets blacklisted which will ultimately affect the revenue. Usually, a website gets blacklisted when&nbsp;it contains something harmful or malware.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"A lock on a notebook keyboard.\" class=\"wp-image-15982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tools-to-secure-product-at-development-stage\">Tools to&nbsp;secure product at development stage&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to incorporate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/dev-hub\/security-manager\/se7en-deadly-sins-of-web-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web application security<\/a> throughout the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), at deployment, and for the entire life of the web application.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web applications must be constantly monitored for security vulnerabilities. This must include monitoring and testing the technology used to build the application and server which was used to run the application.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure security throughout the lifecycle of the product, Application security testing tools must be used. Rather than one single tool, multiple tools must be used. Some of the tools and processes are enlisted below:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Static Application Security Testing tools (SAST)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool helps to&nbsp;analyse&nbsp;code at fixed points during its development. This is useful for developers to ensure that security issues are being introduced during development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dynamic Application Security Testing tools (DAST)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool helps to&nbsp;analyse&nbsp;the running code. This is more useful as it reveals more complex attack patterns that use a combination of systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Interactive Application Security Testing tools (IAST)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool optimises the elements of both static and dynamic testing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Manual testing and code review<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool is designed specifically for&nbsp;mobile environments and mobile OS systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-follow-and-comply-with-the-risks-defined-in-owasp-top-ten\">Follow&nbsp;and Comply&nbsp;with&nbsp;the Risks Defined&nbsp;in OWASP Top Ten&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Foremost thing is to get familiar with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/owasp.org\/www-project-top-ten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">OWASP Top Ten<\/a>, it contains the most crucial web application security vulnerabilities identified by security experts from around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[jwp-video n=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-perform-an-application-security-audit\">Perform an application security audit&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you follow the OWASP Top Ten seriously and ensure that your applications are not vulnerable to any of the breaches. But that is not enough, add an external set of eyes to audit your application. They will be professionals with specific security experience, who knows what to look for and can catch the hidden things. They are updated&nbsp;on current&nbsp;security issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-apply-proper-logging\">Apply proper logging&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Close-up image of a keyboard.\" class=\"wp-image-15981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after multiple setups, some things will go wrong at some point&nbsp;of&nbsp;time. There will be a bug that&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to be identified and exploited. Before the situation gets out of control, you need to get proper&nbsp;logging&nbsp;implemented.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-use-real-time-security-monitoring-and-protection\">Use real-time security monitoring and protection&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Implementation of application security would be incomplete without considering&nbsp;firewalls and web application firewalls (WAFs).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firewalls must be&nbsp;used in&nbsp;addition to a Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) tool, or use Application Security Management platforms that can provide combined RASP and firewall modules as per the requirement to provide real-time security monitoring and protection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-encrypt-everything\">Encrypt everything&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Encryption is another important tool designed for web security and data protection. There are&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;tools and services that are making HTTPS (hypertext transfer protocol secure) much&nbsp;more accessible than&nbsp;it ever was before. And it is exceptional that prestigious companies such as Google are rewarding websites for using HTTPS.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find below a brief list of suggestions for both operating systems and frameworks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\"><li>Check whether your web server is using extensions that are not needed for your application?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Check whether your software is using unnecessary extensions?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Check if your software language allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/dev-hub\/security-manager\/lifecycle-remote-code-execution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remote code execution<\/a>, such as exec and proc to occur?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Check and control the maximum script execution time set?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Check the access of your software language to the filesystem?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Check the location&nbsp;of session&nbsp;information being stored?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Keep your servers and&nbsp;software&nbsp;up to date&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to ensuring that your operating system is hardened, is it up to date? It could very well be hardened against the current version, but if the packages are out of date (and as a result contain vulnerabilities), then there\u2019s still a problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stay-abreast-of-the-latest-vulnerabilities\">Stay abreast of the latest vulnerabilities&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is strongly tied to the previous point. Given the number of attack vectors in play today, vectors such as Cross-site scripting, code injection, SQL injection, insecure direct object references, and cross-site request forgery it\u2019s hard to both stay abreast of them as well to know what the new ones are.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wrapping-up\">Wrapping Up&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cyber Security<\/strong> has been a major concern for a while now. Considering the number of hackers being on a surge, it&nbsp;is&nbsp;high time to make it a priority while developing&nbsp;a&nbsp;web app.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[jwp-video n=&#8221;3&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Application&nbsp;Security:&nbsp;Importance and Tools to Secure your Product&nbsp; Web applications are being attacked and the number has just increased in recent times. 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