The tool used was, not surprisingly, DDOS attacks. Drawing a parallel is a recent case in the United States, that showed three US banks being subject to DDoS related thefts, while hackers used ‘low powered’ DDoS attacks as a decoy.

A startling 73 percent of participants were not adequately equipped with skills in File Handling, leaving only 27percent trained with the skill. Experts have recognized that Malicious File Inclusions, Malware Distribution and DDOS attacks are known threats that can arise out of improper file handling and such threats are often used to synchronize attacks on websites or large networks.

The report also revealed that meagre 28percent percent participants understood the process of Authentication and Authorization, a skill crucial to data protection and an essential skill needed by programmer. Prospective threats include credential theft, eavesdropping, brute-force, dictionary attack, data tampering, account hijacking, disclosure of confidential data among others.

 Only approximately 29 percent participants were adept in the area of Input Validation. While66percent displayed poor handling skills in Session Management, only around 36percent were equipped with sound Fundamentals of secure coding knowledge.28percent participants displayed the ability to be good cryptographers and a lukewarm 39percentproved eligible to efficiently handle prospective Application Architecture risks. Only 30percent were well prepared to take on roles in Code Reviewing.

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