Five Ways Your Website Can Be Infected

The first step in protecting yourself against website malware is understanding what you’re up against. Monique Becenti from cybersecurity company SiteLock identifies five main forms of website malware, the most obvious being a “defacement,” which she likens to graffiti. It can be “ humorous, shocking, or ideological.” Compared to the other four categories, this one is relatively benign, but all of them can be costly.