{"id":7160,"date":"2016-08-31T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/?p=7160"},"modified":"2016-08-31T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T14:00:13","slug":"infographic-protect-yourself-7-common-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/infographic-protect-yourself-7-common-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"[Infographic] Protect Yourself From These 7 Common Hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>Websites are powerful tools that can do a lot of good for your organization, but they can also expose you and your visitors to security risks. Four out of every five websites<\/a> either have vulnerabilities now or have exposed their enterprises and visitors to malicious code<\/a>, viruses, and other cyber-criminal activities in the past<\/span>. And although everyone on the web should always be careful, business owners have an added responsibility to keep data safe and secure. Safeguard your site\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and your customers\u00a0\u2014 from the seven common hacks in this infographic. And spoiler alert:\u00a0there’s a text-friendly version below.<\/span>
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  1. Cross-site scripting (XSS)<\/b> attacks typically occur when hackers inject malicious code into an app in an attempt to pass the script onto unsuspecting end-users. Hackers construct a tripwire for visitors, using their malicious script to harvest credentials and personal information to impersonate known users.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. DDOS attacks<\/b> disrupt a server’s ability to function normally. These attacks flood the server with legitimate requests beyond scaling capabilities until eventually the site crashes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. WordPress<\/a> attackers<\/b> leverage code vulnerabilities or plugin weaknesses. Brute Force attacks \u2014 where hackers gain access by trying thousands of password combinations until they \u201cguess\u201d the right combination to access your site \u2014 are a known problem for WordPress websites. Once inside, they change permissions, inject malicious code, and disrupt the normal processes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Cyber attacks<\/b> that focus on tricking visitors into performing a certain action like clicking on a button, entering specific information, or visiting target pages seek access to inject malicious content precisely where it will do the most harm. Social engineering attacks are very difficult to control.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Clickjacking<\/b>, where attackers use invisible or opaque layers to trick website visitors into clicking on a layer without knowing it, triggers a script or malicious code string.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. DNS cache poisoning<\/b> diverts traffic from legitimate servers to fake websites \u2014 and servers \u2014 replicating itself from site to site or server to server.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Symlinking<\/b> involves a scheme where cyber-criminals breach a vulnerable site to gain root access to the entire server. Once they’ve gained entrance, they can potentially take down all the websites on the server.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to Keep Your Site Secure<\/b>
    \nWith so many different types of attacks, what can you do to protect your assets and your reputation?<\/span>
    \nDo:<\/span><\/p>\n