Is your website at risk? Probably.
Posted by Liana Leahy Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:02:00 GMT
This week Matt Hines and Victor Garza quoted a study from WhiteHat Security which stated that 90 percent of all sites one the web are at risk for being hacked. If that’s true, it would certainly help explain what StopBadware has found this year.
The majority of sites in our clearinghouse tend to be website owners of small businesses who have limited resources to devote to their online presence. Subsequently, we find that their sites have been hacked due to simple neglect issues such as outdated software, missing security patches and even weak passwords.
WhiteHat believes that vulnerability to cross-site scripting (XSS) hacks is the leading problem, through which attackers place malicious code on legitimate sites to trick end users into handing over their personal information or passwords.
Stopbadware will agree that the majority of hacks tend to be iframe and javascript code injected into website pages.
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