Cross-site scripting is now responsible for 40 percent of all web attacks -- here's what you need to know

A new report from edge cloud platform Fastly shows that cross-site scripting (XSS) now makes up 40 percent of all web attacks, up from 21 percent two years ago. High-tech companies have been targeted the most, representing 35 percent of observed attacks, followed closely by the commerce sector with 31 percent. Top sources of attack traffic originated from large hosting providers with Amazon alone accounting for 28 percent of overall volume. In addition 28 percent of all observed attacks originated from IPs listed on Fastly's NLX, a shared, real-time threat feed of confirmed malicious IPs. 'What stands out isn't the… [Continue Reading]