No, I’m not switching over the illegal stuff; this may help you prevent your websites from being hacked. Websites and user forums are continuously being hacked and intentions are not always criminal. Many people hack websites just for the sake of causing mischief and trouble. This excellent post tells you how people go about hacking websites. You can use some of the methods described here to make provisions to beat hackers. Some of the website hacking methods discussed on the blog post are:
- SQL Injection: This involves injecting SQL queries using form fields, login screens and even URLs to hack into websites. There are strings that can totally modify your dynamically generated SQL command strings.
- Cross Site Scripting: Cross site scripting is much more complex that SQL injection and it often used to access sensitive personal information. In cross site scripting JavaScript is embedded in the hyperlink to hack into the website.
- Authorization bypass: It’s much simpler than it seems.
- Google hacking: This happens by searching for files that actually contain logins and passwords.
- Password cracking
There are a few measures listed that can help you stop the hackers.
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