Cyber-attack 'superfecta' statistics released

You may be wondering what a superfecta actually is, and the answer is: the most dangerous and serious threat to business. To clarify, the superfecta as defined by secure cloud hosting outfit FireHost is a group of four attack vectors that comprises of Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), SQL Injection and Directory Traversal. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack mode that forces the end user to execute an unwanted action on a web application in which they are currently authenticated. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) involves the insertion of malicious code into webpages in order to manipulate website visitors. SQL Injection, as everyone surely knows by now, involves entering malicious commands into URLs and text fields on websites that happen to be vulnerable, usually in an attempt to steal the contents of databases storing valuable data such as credit card details or usernames and passwords. And finally, Directory Traversal (also known as a Path Traversal attack) aims to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder.