Website Security
John Richards
Web Developer/Programmer
A recent rash of website attacks has broken out. The month of April was full of website exploits. Many prominent sites were targeted. Obama's campaign site, United Nation's site, multiple UK government sites, Canadian National Security, and literally hundreds of thousands more have been targeted.
Over 500,000 sites were hit with malicious code. The hackers used the corrupted web pages to exploit vulnerabilities on computers that visited the sites. The two key areas of security failure were the site’s poor coding that allowed it to be exploited and users who visited the site without virus and spyware protection. The latter problem is fairly easy to fix, ETC ComputerLand offers a variety of different anti-virus solutions to fit your specific need. The first problem however is harder to resolve. The vulnerability was due to coders not checking user input for harmful code.
The developers here use safe coding practices to sanitize user input, thereby eliminating this common avenue of attack. ETC ComputerLand can assist in restoring both PCs and websites in the event of a harmful attack so you're never without options.
For more information or assistance with your website contact ETC ComputerLand's Web Department at 217-228-6180.
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