Web services not as secure as you may think

If you haven't deployed Web services yet, don't feel like you're behind the eight ball. According to some experts, the security issues inherent in Web services and deployments are good enough reason to stay away. As researcher Alex Stamos recently outlined at a conference, several Web services technologies--including AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and the XQuery query language--can be exploited by hackers to conduct denial of service attacks.

For more on Web services and security:
- read this IDG News Service article