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16/11/2022 FoxTech
Many organisations invest heavily in their website, paying for set-up costs, hosting fees, SEO optimisation, and more. But do companies know what security issues could be lurking under the surface of their website? To prevent businesses from seeing their investments go to waste through poor security planning, Anthony Green, CTO of cyber security firm FoxTech, discusses what company owners can do to protect the security of their greatest online asset.
An insecure website is like an unlocked door to a hacker. Through a website hack, cyber criminals can steal sensitive customer data and use it to hold companies to ransom, insert backlinks to scam sites, launch phishing attacks to trick customers into making false payments, or make money by selling data on the dark web. They might also launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack to make the site unusable – preventing sales and damaging customer trust.
Many business owners believe that as long as their site isn’t constantly crashing, or getting spammed with bots, they don’t need to worry about cyber security. Unfortunately, even a website that is calm on the surface could be hiding an array of security issues. If an organisation has never investigated the strength of their website’s security, then it is likely that it needs to be improved.
How do hackers gain access to a website?
There are a variety of ways that cyber criminals can gain access to a website and its data. They often target the various types of software that a site uses to run, from web servers and content management systems such as WordPress, to database servers and their operating systems. Web hosting providers can also be the victim of attack, with a successful breach giving the hacker access to all the websites they host. Brute force password attacks may also be used.
Shockingly, it is also not uncommon for organisations to unknowingly have entire customer…
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