What are the Primary Online Security Threats?
Most security threats are made by attackers using a relatively small number of vulnerabilities. Attackers, being relatively opportunistic, take the path of least resistance, and continue to take advantage of these most common failures, rather than seeking out new exploits or taking advantage of more difficult ones. Fortunately, in many cases, their predictability makes it easier to prevent attack by following a few simple rules: • Apply regular updates and patches as they become available. • Employ security software and hardware such as firewalls and authentication servers. • Do not use default passwords and other values that are provided with your software. According to the SANS Institute (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security Institute), the top ten threats are: • Web servers and services. Default HTTP (Web) servers have had several vulnerabilities, and numerous patches have been issued over the past several years. Make sure all your patches are up to date, and do not use default config
