Website Security: How Do Websites Get Hacked? Summary

Website Security How Do Websites Get Hacked. Security tips to protect your website from hackers. Summary. References.

Most of websites these days are being attacked not to steal the data, but to use its server as a spam or to mine for Bitcoins. To ensure website security some actions has to be taken. Firstly, all data has to be up to date to decrease security holes possibility. Secondly, all simple SQL queries parameters can be changed by a hacker and that way his code can be executed and data might be stolen or changed. Solution for this is explicitly parameterising all addresses to the database. Another very important thing is cross-site scripting. Attacker injects his own peace of code into a website and when a person tries to use that current page code runs and information leaking starts.