There are different types of cyber attacks, which vary according to the objectives to be achieved and the technological and contextual scenarios:
Among the most common attacks, in recent times, there are attacks for economic purposes and attacks for data flows. After analyzing the Man in the Middle, Malware and Phishing, in recent weeks, today we see theXSS cross-site scripting attack.
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability of dynamic websites in which the attacker uses malicious code in order to collect, manipulate and redirect confidential information of unsuspecting users who browse and use public or private services available on the Internet.
Those who carry out the cyber attack, alone or in groups, are called Chippers
The Cross-site Scripting technique is quite simple. In practice, XSS attacks exploit third-party web resources to execute scripts in the victim's web browser or web application. Specifically, the attacker injects a malicious JavaScript payload into a website's database. When the victim requests a page from the website, the website passes the page, with the attacker's payload as part of the HTML body, to the victim's browser, which executes the malicious script. For example, it could send the victim's cookie to the attacker's server, and the attacker can extract it and use it for session hijacking. The most dangerous consequences occur when XSS is used to exploit further vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can allow an attacker not only to steal cookies, but also to log keystrokes, take screenshots, discover and collect network information, and remotely access and control the victim's machine.
While XSS can be embedded within VBScript, ActiveX, and Flash, the most widely abused is JavaScript - mainly because JavaScript is widely supported on the web.
If you have suffered an attack and need to restore normal functioning, or if you simply want to see clearly and understand better, or want to prevent: write to us at rda@hrcsrl.it.
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If you have suffered an attack and need to restore normal operation, or if you simply want to see clearly and understand better, or want to prevent: write to us at rda@hrcsrl.it.
You might be interested in our Malware Post
While cross site scripting attacks are potentially very dangerous, you can do a lot to prevent them by minimizing risk and keeping your data, money and… dignity safe.
To defend against XSS attacks, developers can sanitize data entered by users in an HTTP request before returning it. Make sure all data is validated or filtered before returning anything to the user, such as query parameter values during searches. Convert special characters such as?, &, /, <,> And spaces to their respective HTML-encoded equivalents. Give users the ability to disable client-side scripts.
On the user side, however, to prevent and protect yourself from a Cross-site Scripting attack you need, first of all, a good antivirus on your computer and always keep it updated with the latest viral signatures available.
It is also important to always keep the browser we use to surf the Internet up-to-date and possibly install an analysis tool capable of verifying the presence of vulnerabilities in the code of a website.
It is the fundamental process for measuring your company's current level of security.
To do this it is necessary to involve an adequately prepared Cyber Team, able to carry out an analysis of the state in which the company finds itself with respect to IT security.
The analysis can be carried out synchronously, through an interview carried out by the Cyber Team or
also asynchronous, by filling in a questionnaire online.
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More than 90% of hacker attacks start with employee action.
Awareness is the first weapon to combat cyber risk.
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Corporate data is of enormous value to cybercriminals, which is why endpoints and servers are targeted. It is difficult for traditional security solutions to counter emerging threats. Cybercriminals bypass antivirus defenses, taking advantage of corporate IT teams' inability to monitor and manage security events around the clock.
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MDR is an intelligent system that monitors network traffic and performs behavioral analysis
operating system, identifying suspicious and unwanted activity.
This information is transmitted to a SOC (Security Operation Center), a laboratory manned by
cybersecurity analysts, in possession of the main cybersecurity certifications.
In the event of an anomaly, the SOC, with a 24/7 managed service, can intervene at different levels of severity, from sending a warning email to isolating the client from the network.
This will help block potential threats in the bud and avoid irreparable damage.
The dark web refers to the contents of the World Wide Web in darknets that can be reached via the Internet through specific software, configurations and accesses.
With our Security Web Monitoring we are able to prevent and contain cyber attacks, starting from the analysis of the company domain (e.g.: ilwebcreativo.it ) and individual e-mail addresses.
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