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Web Hacking Incidents Database Annual Report for 2007 - Via ModSecurity Blog:

Breach Labs which sponsors WHID has issued an analysis of the Web Hacking landscape in 2007 based on the incidents recorded at WHID. It took some time as we added the new attributes introduced lately to all 2007 incidents and mined the data to find the juicy stuff:

• The drivers, business or other, behind Web hacking.
• The vulnerabilities hackers exploit.
• The types of organizations attacked most often.

To be able to answer those questions, WHID tracks the following key
attributes for each incident:

• Attack Method - The technical vulnerability exploited by
  the attacker to perform the hack.
• Outcome - the real-world result of the attack.
• Country - the country in which the attacked web site (or
  owning organization) resides.
• Origin - the country from which the attack was launched.
• Vertical - the field of operation of the organization that was attacked.

Key findings were:

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The full report can be found at Breach Security Network.Editor: This information requires a registration to access. I have no idea if or how much SPAM you will receive after registering.

(Read Original Article - Via ModSecurity Blog.)