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Jeremiah Grossman
(WhiteHat Security)

Ofer Shezaf
(Breach Security) [Project Leader]

The Web Hacking Incidents Database
Last update:17 February 2008

List of Incidents for a Classification

Please note that classifications are a new feature and not all entries in WHID are already classified, so when you get a certain number of entries for a classification, WHID might have more records matching that classification that we did not classify yet. We hope to complete the classification process soon.

Select classification:
Attack Method, Country, Location, Origin, Outcome, Software, Vertical

Select criteria for classification "Country":
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List of incidents for which Country is Italy
WHID 2008-02: Italian Bank's XSS Opportunity Seized by Fraudsters
Reported: 09 January 2008
Occurred: 08 January 2008

Classifications:

  • Attack Method: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Country: Italy
  • Outcome: Phishing
  • Vertical: Finance

It has been a while since a phishing scam using XSS vulnerability found its way to the Web Hacking Incidents database (SunTrust, WHID 2004-11). The current incident is a good example of what does and does not get into our database: XSS vulnerabilities in public web sites are discovered daily and reported in sites such as XSSed, however most of these vulnerabilities are not included in WHID for lack of public interest. The current incident is different since the vulnerability is known to be exploited by attackers, moving it from the realm of technical interest to the realm of a real problem.

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