Cybersecurity First: The Benefits of Proactive, Real-Time Security
This week’s theme is Cybersecurity First. It’s a reminder that even though Cybersecurity Awareness Month is coming to a close, cybersecurity should always be top of mind. Digital businesses must proactively establish a robust security infrastructure to protect their web apps before it is too late.
The risk of automated fraud and client-side attacks is higher than ever. It’s not a matter of whether malicious hackers will breach an organization, but when. In referencing security experts and hundreds of millions of stolen user accounts, Yahoo News stated, “Sorry, America, you’ve already been hacked.”
Fortunately, many types of cyberthreats are well-known, and there are proven techniques to meet malicious hackers head-on. Proactively enabling real-time security measures gives you continuous visibility and control over attacks. Read on to discover what threats to look out for and how to prevent them, before your site is attacked and fraud is committed.
Get ahead of these top threats
Magecart, Digital Skimming and Formjacking
In 2020, there were 4,800 incidents of Magecart, digital skimming and formjacking attacks per month. Cybercriminals inject malicious scripts into third-party JavaScript code that skims credit card information from payment forms. They then use the cards to purchase items or resell the card data on the dark web. Because the attacks happen inside consumer web browsers, the vendors have no visibility into the client-side code changes that make the skimming possible.
Formjacking happens when cybercriminals inject malicious third-party JavaScript code into an online payment form on an e-commerce site. This allows them to hijack the form to collect payment card data, including card numbers, card verification values (CVVs), card expiration date, consumer name, address and phone number.
One example of this is the infamous SolarWinds supply chain attack. Cybercriminals injected a backdoor Trojan into the vendor’s Orion Platform software source (Read more...)
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from PerimeterX Blog authored by PerimeterX Blog. Read the original post at: https://www.perimeterx.com/resources/blog/2021/cybersecurity-first-the-benefits-of-proactive-real-time-security/
