What is Web Attack?

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A web attack is a plan to exploit vulnerabilities in a website, or parts of it. The attacks could affect the content of a website, web application, or server. Websites can provide numerous opportunities for attackers to gain unauthorized access, steal confidential information, or introduce malicious content.

Attackers typically look for weaknesses in the structure or content of a website to gain access to data, control the website or cause harm to users. The most frequent attacks are brute force attacks as well as cross-site scripting (XSS) and file upload attacks. Other attacks are carried out via social engineering techniques, such as phishing, or malware attacks like ransomware worms, trojans, or spyware.

The most frequent website attacks attack the web application, which is comprised of the software and hardware that a website uses to show information to the visitors. Hackers can attack the security of a website application by exploiting its flaws, including SQL injection cross-site request forgery and reflection-based XSS.

SQL injection attacks attack databases that web applications rely on to store and distribute content. These attacks could expose sensitive data, such as passwords, account logins and credit card numbers.

Cross-site scripting attacks exploit weaknesses in the code of web pages to display illegal images or text, hijack session information, and then redirect users to phishing websites. Reflective XSS can also allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

A man-in-the-middle attack happens when an outside party intercepts the communications between you and the web server. The third party is able to alter messages, spoof certificate or alter DNS responses, and other things. This is a powerful way to manipulate your online activities.

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