Items Tagged with 'website security'

Victoria’s Secret took down its United States website after a security incident.

Bot security was analyzed in a recent report by DataDome, finding that more than 65% of websites are unprotected against simple bot attacks.

Web application attacks were analyzed in a recent report by Edgio. The report found that the most prevalent attack mitigated was path traversal. 

Browser security was analyzed in a recent report. The report uncovered a 198% increase in browser-based phishing attacks in the second half of 2023.

According to a recent DataDome report, 68% of U.S. websites are unprotected against bot attacks and traditional CAPTCHAs are no longer effective.

Bot attacks can negatively affect organizational cybersecurity and business revenue, according to the Bot Management Review 2022 from Netacea.

A new reports aims to understand the maturity and effectiveness of web application security in organizations worldwide. For example, 75% of executives believe their organization scans all web applications for security vulnerabilities, while nearly 50% of security staff say they don’t. 

The FBI says that an increasing number of victims are being directed to fraudulent websites via social media platforms and popular online search engines.

A large majority of election-related websites operated by local governments in battleground states lack a key feature that would help them be more cybersecure.