PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SECURITY Chapter Notes -Malvertising, Ad Blocking, Adblock
30 Jun 2022
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Any unauthorized attempt to steal, harm, or expose data from an information system, such as your website, is known as a security attack. This can be accomplished by malicious hackers in several methods, including the ones outlined below: malware. Malicious software, also known as "malware," infects systems without the owners" knowledge. Trojan horses, spyware, ransomware, "malvertising," and viruses are among the variations. Unknown contaminated files or programs might spread malware to your website. By clicking on a link in a pop-up window or an email attachment, malware could also be downloaded. Install a security scanner if you want to avoid becoming infected with malware. This tool will notify you of issues that would otherwise go unnoticed on your website. Our sucuri-powered security scanning tool is a cheap and very good option: drive-by downloads. A drive-by download is a method of distributing malware and occurs when a malicious script is inserted into a page"s php or http.
