98 percent of top US websites not prepared against attacks

Most websites within the Alexa 1000 ranking in the US are not prepared to face advanced client-side attacks like Magecart according to analysis carried out by Tala Security. Findings from the Tala 2019 State of the Web Report show the average website relies on 31 third-parties. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of the externally loaded JavaScript code executed in the browser is either written by and/or managed by third-parties. Most sites use forms to collect PII and financial data from the user. This form data is defined by the website owner's code architecture to be intentionally sent to an average of 1.6… [Continue Reading]