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Why Would Someone Hack My Website?

SiteLock

Abby’s Flower Shop Delivers Fresh Malware to Your Door. One day, much to Abby’s surprise, she was notified by her hosting provider that her website was suspended due to malware. Abby can use a website scanner to find malware on her site. If malware is found, she is alerted immediately.

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NullMixer: oodles of Trojans in a single dropper

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NullMixer is a dropper leading to an infection chain of a wide variety of malware families. These websites are often related to crack, keygen and activators for downloading software illegally, and while they may pretend to be legitimate software, they actually contain a malware dropper. Malware execution instructions.

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What is a Website Vulnerability and How Can it be Exploited?

SiteLock

These types of attacks are particularly vexing for ecommerce and banking sites where attackers can gain access to sensitive financial information. A CSRF attack was recently used to seize all control of a Brazilian bank’s DNS settings for over five hours. Change user passwords to hijack accounts.

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How to Mitigate DDoS Attacks with Log Analytics

CyberSecurity Insiders

DDoS attacks are often executed using botnets – global networks of Internet-connected, malware-infected devices controlled by hackers. Loss of revenue – Unplanned service downtime often results in loss of revenue, especially for organizations who monetize through eCommerce or digital advertisement.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. With a database operating system, you’ll known in milliseconds if you’ve been attacked with malware.