SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s been a busy time for data breaches in the social media world with Myspace, LinkedIn and Twitter all experiencing them. In each of these cases, the cybercriminals behind the breaches were after usernames and passwords. Peace stole data from over 360 million Myspace accounts. 29 milliseconds to crack them.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Sensitive data exposure is an all too common cyberthreat that endangers businesses and their customers, as well as websites and their visitors. billion records containing personal data were compromised as a result of data breaches. Sensitive data exposure can be financially devastating to a website. In 2016, 4.8

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s safe to say that the volume and magnitude of high-profile data breaches and ransomware attacks that punctuated 2019 really kept the cybersecurity industry on its toes. Data breaches stole numerous headlines this year, including the notable Capital One breach that exposed more than 100 million customers’ accounts.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Likewise, an experienced webmaster should know to proactively audit their website for malware or vulnerabilities. Equally as damaging, for lack of inexpensive proactive security measures, you could be facing a business-ending data breach event. Malware scanning. Web application firewalls. Vulnerability scanning.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Website redirects are one of the most common types of negative SEO attacks and account for 8% of malware files. When a website redirect occurs, visitors navigating your site are intentionally redirected to a malware-infected or phishing website and exposed to cybersecurity risks. As a result, you lose web traffic.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. times more likely to become infected with malware than a site without a vulnerability. We found that of the websites we scanned, 1.4% These vulnerable sites are 3.3 SSL Certificates. By Topher Tebow & Ron Doss.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to recent research, malware currently infects an estimated 12.8 These infections make sites vulnerable to takeovers, defacement and data breaches from bad actors looking to tarnish site reputations and turn a profit – and the costs can be devastating for businesses. million websites globally.

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