How can you prevent webpage hacking?
Hacking websites is on the rise. Hackers are becoming more sophisticated and operating in a tight-knit community. Recent web application hacking attacks have been discovered on several websites and forums that are only accessible to members. Website hacking attacks have been distributed worldwide by criminals who want to distribute illegal content and leave no trace. Vulnerable sites can be hacked for many reasons, including stealing sensitive data or SEO purposes.
This article will discuss the most common hacking techniques and how to eliminate them using a web security tool that is both efficient and effective.
Common Hacking Techniques
Below is a short description of some commonly used hacking techniques:
Malicious code and viruses
Hackers can hack into any website to insert code or malware into its files. Each virus can have a different impact on the website infected, due to the variety of viruses available. No matter what virus it is, any virus can cause serious damage to your business.
Cookie Stealing
Hackers can use malicious software to steal cookies from your browser. This could include usernames, passwords, browsing history, and other sensitive information. These sensitive data may also include logins and passwords to your website administrator’s panel.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS),
DDOS attacks are designed to make a server unavailable or crash the server. Hackers use bots to interrupt or crash the server. These bots are designed to overload the website with requests. If the server fails to process all requests, it will crash. This attack can be very dangerous because a hacker could crash the server in a matter of minutes.
Phishing
Phishing is a social engineering technique that is used to steal login credentials and credit card numbers. These attacks are carried out by an attacker pretending to be a trusted entity, and tricking the victim into opening an email, instant message, or text message. The malicious link is clicked by the victim, which installs malware.
SQL injection
Hackers can easily gain access to your sensitive information by hacking your website’s SQL databases or libraries. SQL injections are a simple tool that can allow hackers to gain access to your website’s most important information.
Brute force
Brute force attacks are a simple way to gain access to a website. This type of attack repeatedly attempts to guess different password combinations until it succeeds.
DNS Spoofing
This malware is also known as DNS cache poisoning and it uses to cache data that you may have forgotten. Hackers can redirect traffic to your site to malicious sites through vulnerabilities in the domain name system. Hackers will be able to program the attack to infect another DNS server and then repeat the entire process.
These web page hacking attacks can pose serious threats to your website and business. Therefore, it is important to think about how secure your website is before you launch any attack. Comodo’s cWatch Web web security tool is designed to help you have a reliable and permanent solution to protect your web pages. It also includes a lot of useful features that will allow you to relax and enjoy a stress-free online experience protecting your website and all its details, and ultimately protecting your business.
Comodo cWatch Web provides key web security features
You can enjoy the following key benefits by installing cWatch Web, a managed security system.
Web Application Firewall
Comodo’s web application and website edge protection are powerful and real-time. It can provide advanced security, filtering, and intrusion prevention.
Malware Monitoring & Remediation
cWatch Web can detect and remove malware. It also provides tools and methods to prevent future attacks.
Cyber Security Operations Center
The CSOC team consists of certified cybersecurity professionals who provide 24/7 surveillance and remediation services.
PCI Scanning
Service providers and merchants can remain compliant with PCI DSS
Secure Content Distribution Network (CDN)
To improve the functionality of websites and web apps, a global network of distributed servers is needed
Security Information and Event Management
Advanced intelligence that leverages existing events and data from over 85M endpoints, 100M domains, and more