Web Hosting Security Mistakes That Put Small Businesses at Risk
The breaches that take down small business websites are mostly self-inflicted. A short list of avoidable mistakes accounts for the majority of them, and not one requires a dedicated security team to fix. Attackers rarely need a clever exploit when an unpatched plugin, a reused password, or a cut-rate host leaves the door open. Why Small Sites Get Targeted Small businesses are now primary targets, not afterthoughts. Roughly 43% of cyberattacks aim at them, precisely because their defenses tend to be thinner than a large company's. The attacks are mostly automated, so a one-person shop and a national chain get scanned by the same bots on the same day. Two numbers explain most of what goes wrong. More than 80% of breaches involve compromised credentials, and around 60% trace bac...
