Website attacks turn to stealth to boost their success

The story of website attacks in 2018 was one of high profile cybercrime, targeted at cryptocurrency, business, elections and more. A new report from website security specialist SiteLock reveals that attackers are now taking a stealthier approach. Websites experienced 62 attacks per day on average in 2018 from more than 330 bots. Despite the high volume of attacks though the number of infected websites remained constant at one percent throughout 2018, equating to 17.6 million websites worldwide at any given time. How likely a site is to be compromised is down to its risk factors. SiteLock uses a proprietary Risk Assessment,… [Continue Reading]