Elanize Launches Free Cross Site Scripting Security Scanner for Companies

Regensburg, Germany, February 26, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Elanize today launched a new license system for its popular Maui Security Scanner, which offers free scanning for cross site scripting after evaluation. Maui Security Scanner is available for companies at http://www.elanize.com

What is Cross Site Scripting?
Cross Site Scripting allows an attacker to embed malicious JavaScript, VBScript, ActiveX, HTML, or Flash into a vulnerable dynamic page to fool the user, executing the script on his machine in order to gather data. The use of XSS might compromise private information, manipulate or steal cookies, create requests that can be mistaken for those of a valid user, or execute malicious code on the end-user systems. The data is usually formatted as a hyperlink containing malicious content and which is distributed over any possible means on the internet. Cross site scripting vulnerabilities are extremely dangerous and the number of the attacks is on the rise.

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