16 Sep What Is Web Attack and How Does It Affect Your Business?
In the past decade, a lot of people have utilized the Web to communicate and conduct business with their customers. This includes web applications that collect and store information. This includes information about customers supplied through content management systems or online shopping carts. inquiry forms, or login fields.
They are usually accessed via the Internet and are able to be hacked to exploit weaknesses within the application, or in its infrastructure. For instance, SQL injection attacks (which exploit weaknesses in the database) could result in compromised databases that hold sensitive information. Attackers may use the leverage they gain by breaching your Web application to locate other systems that are more vulnerable within your network.
Other typical Web attacks include Cross Site Scripting attacks (XSS) that exploit weaknesses in the web server to inject malicious code into web pages, and it executes as an infected program in the victim’s browser. This allows attackers obtain confidential information or to redirect users to phishing websites. Web forums, message boards and blogs are prone to XSS attacks.
Distributed attacks on service (DDoS) involve hackers joining together to bombard a site with more requests than it is able to handle. This can cause a website’s performance to drop, or even shut down completely. This can affect the ability to handle requests, rendering it inaccessible to all. This is the reason DDoS attacks are particularly devastating for small businesses that depend on their websites to run in local establishments, like restaurants or bakeries.
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