Chatbots have become a standard part of how businesses interact with customers. From answering basic questions to supporting transactions and service requests, they’re now embedded across websites, apps, and internal systems.
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Cyber Attacks
Did you know a staggering 113 million websites contain at least one security vulnerability? That’s approximately six percent of all websites globally.
Cybercriminals are sometimes stealthy in their attacks, especially when financial gains are involved. Hitting the jackpot requires time and patience. Hackers also employ “noisy” attacks that promote radical or personal views on various subjects intended for victims and other website visitors to see. Some common website attacks can be either noisy or stealthy, just like the notoriously clever URL redirection attack.
Websites experience multiple, often automated, attacks every day. A website vulnerability is a weakness or misconfiguration in a website or web application code that gives attackers a path to steal data or disrupt services. These security risks are often discovered through automated vulnerability scanning, where botnets and other tools probe popular platforms such as WordPress, Joomla, and Microsoft-based servers looking for common and publicized vulnerabilities. When a flaw is found, cybercriminals exploit it to gain control of the site, inject malicious content, or steal sensitive information like login credentials and financial records. Keeping software updated and using a trusted security tool for regular scans and fast remediation helps block these attacks before they succeed.
Updated August 2025 – OWASP’s next Top 10 is projected to be released in the late summer/early fall of 2025!
Often, when people think of hackers, they imagine someone breaching a network to steal large volumes of sensitive data. However, many hackers nowadays exploit vulnerabilities in individual user interactions with trusted websites. One such method is cross-site request forgery (CSRF)—a type of attack that manipulates users into performing unintended actions on websites where they’re already authenticated. This approach typically leverages social engineering to trick users into executing malicious requests, often without even realizing it. CSRF is recognized as a significant OWASP Top 10 threat, commonly used by threat actors and malicious websites to exploit trusted user sessions and carry out unauthorized actions on their behalf.
Every website owner should take responsibility for ensuring the safety of their visitors, but unfortunately, some websites just aren’t secure. An unsafe website can spread malware, steal your information (possibly for identity theft), send spam, and more. To protect yourself and your personal information from hackers, it’s important to know what a legitimate website looks like.
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