What are some key signs of a man-in-the-browser attack? Man-in-the-browser attacks are difficult to detect. Even though a webpage is created or changed by the attacker, the webpage's URL may be correct, and the webpage itself may look similar to the intended page. Some possible sign...
The idea of "tracking" is still central to why websites use cookies now, although there are now many types of cookies and a whole host of ways they can be used. We'll go over these in more detail shortly, but for now here are two things to bear in mind. Some cookies are absolutel...
Malware encompasses all types of malicious software, including viruses, and cybercriminals use it for many reasons, such as: Worms have the ability to copy themselves from machine to machine, usually by exploiting some sort of security weakness in a software or operating system and don’t require...
Cookies CAN be used for malicious purposes though. Since they store information about a user's browsing preferences and history, both on a specific site and browsing among several sites, cookies can be used to act as a form of spyware. ...
Website security encompasses all measures taken to protect a website and its associated data from unauthorized access, cyber threats, and malicious activities. These measures are essential defenses against a variety of threats like hackers who specialize in breaches, malware that can secretly corrupt ...
Malware is one of the most common ways networks are attacked. Start protecting yourself by learning what malware means.
Malicious websites can also install adware on your system. Hacker methods are typically employed. Trojans can be used to “inject” adware on your PC. Usually, it goes unnoticed more often than not. How to Prevent Adware? Having a good, clean browsing habit protects you from adware. However...
In some cases, worms can cause data loss on the infected computer by deleting files or corrupting them. However, they also steal your computer’s resources and use up bandwidth to transmit themselves to other machines. Malicious attackers often use worms to distribute malware. They do this by ...
There are billions of websites on the Internet, and unfortunately a great number of them are malicious in some way or another. If you happen to load a malicious web page into your web browser, bad things can happen in a hurry due to malware and other nasties being downloading onto your...
However, not many folks know that their card details can be hijacked even on legitimate websites. This can happen if the page is infected with web skimmers — malicious scripts embedded directly in the website code. That’s what we’ll talk about today. What are web skimmers? Web skimmers...