different-types-vulnerability

There are many kinds of vulnerabilities in the cyber world. Here we will try to cover two of them and How vulnerabilities can affect your business.

SQL Injection (SQL)

SQLi occurs when malicious SQL statements are “inserted” into a user input area, allowing attackers to access the site’s backend database to steal client information, modify or erase data, or gain full control of your website. SQLi is so popular that in Q1 2018, the common vulnerable website included SQLi vulnerabilities on over one thousand pages. It’s for these reasons that SQLi has been labeled one of the top 10 cyber security risks every year for a decade.

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS vulnerabilities vary from SQLi in that they happen when malicious code inserted into a web page itself, not a user input field. Attacks utilizing XSS vulnerabilities can take data, take control of a user’s session. In short, it can use as part of a phishing scam. For example, visitors may redirect to normal-looking surfaces that steal their information. A customer could click a link to what looks like your website’s checkout page, not realizing that the link maliciously captured their credit card information. In Q1 2018, sites with an XSS vulnerability had an average of 424 weak pages.


How vulnerabilities can affect your business:

Reputational damage

A successfully exploited vulnerability can spread spam content or hijack a user’s session. This can cause your website to appear suspicious, and wary visitors may be reluctant to return.

Loss of traffic or revenue

If a vulnerability drives to the compromise of sensitive customer information, such as their account card details, you’ll likely lose those customers. According to research data, 65% of clients whose data was stolen while online shopping refuses to return to the website effectively, or simply don’t shop online anymore.

How to block and protect against vulnerabilities

Keeping up with protection patches by renewing your plugins and core CMS software is just the beginning. You can also prevent vulnerabilities by:
Being careful about which plugins you use. Carefully consider whether or not you need a plugin before you install it, and remove plugins that haven’t been used or renewed in over a year, as out of date plugins may include unpatched vulnerabilities. Securing and sanitizing forms with CAPTCHA. Utilized vulnerabilities are generally the result of malicious bots that crawl websites scanning for entry points. CAPTCHA helps to prevent those bots.
Installing a vulnerability scanner that provides deep website scans to detect and patch vulnerabilities.

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