Web applications have become attractive targets for hackers because they allow bad actors to maximize the reach of their mischief with a minimum of effort.
That's what originally attracted the Internet underworld to programs like Windows and Adobe Acrobat, and it's what continues to attract them to Java. A vulnerability in one of those programs can be exploited in millions of machines because those programs are so popular.
In the same way, flaws in popular Web platforms can be used to infect millions of websites with malware or malicious links. It's a problem common not only to content systems -- WordPress and Joomla, for example -- but also to programming languages like Java and PHP.
"They have vulnerabilities that need to be fixed, and they're out there everywhere so they're easy to target," NSS Labs Research Director Chris Morales told TechNewsWorld.
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