2018/11/04 by Daniel Omeiza, Omeiza, Daniel, Jemima Owusu-Tweneboah +1
Computer Science · #Advanced Malware Detection Techniques #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information and Cyber Security #Network Security and Intrusion Detection #Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1811.01388
openalex publication_date 2018/11/04 · openalex created_date 2022/08/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Web security has become an important subject; many companies and\norganizations are becoming more security conscious as they build web\napplications to render online services and increase web presence.\nUnfortunately, many of these web applications are still susceptible to threats\nas they lack strong immunity to malicious attacks. This poses potential danger\nto the users of the sites and could also affect operations of the organizations\nor companies concerned. Educational institutions are not left out, their\nportals and websites hold vital information whose integrity is of utmost\nimportance. Taking Carnegie Mellon University Africa's internship portal as\ncase study, we carried out penetration tests to investigate web vulnerabilities\nand proffered possible remedies to the discovered vulnerabilities. Our result\nwill inform educational institutions on better website security practices,\nespecially in the African domain.\n