5 threats to website security techinasia

[Christopher1]

I felt that this article did a stellar job at outlining the threats to website security.

Here's what the article listed as the 5 threats to website security.

1) Data breaches
2) DDoS Attacks
3) Backdoor Trojans
4) Ransomware
5) Internet Fraud

To be honest, I didn't know what Ransomware was.

Here's a detailed description of Ransomware from the article:

Ransomware is another major concern for web security specialists. Like DDos attacks, its popularity has grown significantly over time. With this threat, an attacker locks or freezes digital assets or devices, only releasing them when the user pays a significant ransom.

India, for instance, became the “ransomware capital of APAC” after a Symantec report named it the 9th most impacted region by ransomware, topping the chart alongside the US, UK, Italy, Japan and more. The biggest name in the field this year has been TeslaCrypt, which started out targeting gamers but quickly moved on to businesses.