Most Common Web Attacks

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Most Common Web Attacks
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With today's society's greater reliance on
technology and the internet, every website on the
internet is subject to security threats. Every
day, there are incidents of huge data breaches
and vulnerability exploitation that affect
millions of users in a variety of businesses. The
threats on the internet can range from simple
human error to sophisticated cybercriminal
attacks. In this article, we have covered the
most common web attacks faced by the world
nowadays.
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Common Web Attacks 1. Ransomware
Attacks Ransomware attacks are kind of malware
attacks in which the attacker encrypts and locks
the sensitive data and important files of the
victim, then demands a ransom to access and
decrypt the data. We have all read or heard about
the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017, a
well-known example of a ransomware attack that
infected over 200,000 machines in over 150
countries. To know more          A Guide to
Protect Yourself From Ransomware
Attacks          Ransomware A reality
check          Ransomware- A reality check (Part
1)          Ransomware- A Reality Check (Part
2)          Ransomware- A reality check (Part
3) 2.    Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks are
common web attacks. It belongs to a kind of
social engineering attack in which cybercriminals
deceive victims into revealing personal
information or installing malware. It is
frequently used to steal sensitive information
from users, such as login credentials and credit
card details. They usually achieve this by
sending malicious emails that look to be from
well-known senders. To know more          How
to Detect Phishing Attacks?          Phishing
Attacks

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3.    Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Attacks Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
attacks are malicious attempts to disrupt a
targeted server's, service's, or network's normal
traffic by flooding the target or its surrounding
infrastructure with internet traffic. To know
more          How to Detect Phishing
Attacks?          Phishing Attacks 4.    Cross-Si
te Scripting (XSS) Attacks Cross-site scripting
or XSS attack is a sort of attack in which
malicious scripts are injected into websites and
online apps to run on the end user's
device. 5.    Zero-day Attacks A zero-day attack
is when a zero-day exploit is used to harm or
steal data from a system that has been exposed to
a vulnerability. Zero-day refers to newly found
security flaws that hackers can exploit to attack
systems. 6.    Man-in-the-Middle (MITM)
Attacks A Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack is a
type of cyberattack in which an attacker
eavesdrops or pretends to be a legitimate
participant to intercept an existing conversation
or data transfer.

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To know more https//www.youtube.com/watch?vlkv1
M-8HSzUfeatureemb_rel_pause 7.    SQL
Injection Attacks SQL injection attacks disrupt
the communication route between online
application databases and the Structured Query
Language (SQL) programming language database by
manipulating and compromising it. To know
more    How Does an SQL Injection Attack
Work? 8.    Brute-Force Attacks Brute force
attacks are simple attacks with a high success
rate. In a brute-force attack, a cybercriminal
guesses the login credential, which includes
their username and passwords, to acquire illegal
access to a system. 9.    Broken Authentication
Attacks A broken authentication attack aims to
take control of one or more accounts and provide
the attacker the same access as the victim.  
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Final Words Web attacks can damage a user,
entire business, and even the government.
Therefore, it is vital to learn how to protect
yourself and your organization from these
attacks. You can enroll with InfosecTrain to
learn everything you need to know about
preventing web attacks and best practices for
defending in case of a web attack in one
convenient location.            Certified
Ethical Hacker (CEH)          Web Application
Penetration Testing  
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