Imperva, a cyber security firm, warns about the continued growth of Christmas web app attacks in the United Kingdom. With that, users should be cautious about their apps since they could put their assets and business at risk.
251% Jump in Web App Attacks in the UK
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Web app attacks in the UK during Christmas are persistently growing in numbers, according to Imperva, a cyber security firm.
According to Imperva via TechRadar, the U.K. establishments have encountered a surge of 251% in terms of web app attacks in the country. This jump had begun since October 2019 up to the present. The organization anticipated that it would continue to escalate this upcoming holiday season.
Imperva warned the consumers and companies that they could suffer from a “crappy appy” Christmas instead of a happy one because of these cybersecurity concerns. The firm discovered that the web attacks kept increasing by 22% per quarter on average.
To add, from the second quarter of 2021, the cases of attacks accelerated to 67.9% en route to Q3 2021.
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The Exact Nature of Christmas Web App Attacks
To understand it clearer, Imperva is tackling the incidents involving remote code execution (RCE) and remote file inclusion. These cyberattacks have been exploiting several businesses…
