IT HOW HACK-PROOF IS YOUR WEBSITE?
You’ve invested heavily in your website, it’s cost you set-up, hosting fees, SEO optimisation, and more. And, during the Covid pandemic, that really paid off. But do you know what security issues are lurking under the surface? BMJ finds out what merchants need to know about security planning.
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n insecure website is like an unlocked door to a hacker. By hacking a website, cyber criminals can steal sensitive customer data and use it to hold companies to ransom, insert backlinks to scam sites, launch phishing attacks to trick customers into making false payments, or make money by selling data on the dark web. They might also launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack to
make the site unusable - preventing sales and damaging customer trust.
This industry is by no means immune. Construction companies are thought to be one of the most common types of business to be attacked. It happened to, among others, Jewson in 2017, B&Q in 2019 and the Knauf Group earlier this year, affecting both Knauf UK and Knauf Insulation and their customers. “Many business owners believe that as
long as their site isn’t constantly crashing, or getting spammed with bots, they don’t need to worry about cyber security,” says Anthony Green, CTO of cyber security firm FoxTech. “Unfortunately, even a website that is calm on the surface could be hiding an array of security issues. If an organisation has never investigated the strength of their website’s security, then it is likely that it needs to be improved.”
December 2022
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