{"id":8689,"date":"2022-10-21T07:23:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T06:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelliworx.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2025-08-05T01:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:46:12","slug":"common-network-security-issues-your-business-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelliworx.co\/uk\/blog\/common-network-security-issues-your-business-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Common network security issues your business faces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our reliance on technology grows as it evolves and advances. Because most of our day-to-day business operations are online or accessed through digital tools, we must be ever more vigilant about network security threats than we have ever been before.<\/p>\n

If your organisation is familiar with common network issues, you may be able to develop more comprehensive strategies and procedures to protect yourself against them.<\/p>\n

SQL injection attacks<\/h2>\n

Although SQL is principally used to manage relational data, it is also frequently used to retrieve information. SQL injection attacks occur when malicious code is used to obtain sensitive information, modify, or even eliminate it, leading to the potential loss of data integrity and data confidentiality.<\/p>\n

Internal security threats<\/h3>\n

Reports suggest 90% of cyber-attacks<\/a> are caused by human error. Examples of human error include phishing attacks, careless data sharing, weak passwords, and other issues. When it comes to insider activities that harm your company’s network or sensitive data, you may experience downtime, financial losses, and loss of customer trust.<\/p>\n

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)<\/h3>\n

When criminals infect internet-connected devices (such as smartphones and laptops) and turn them into bots, website crashes, malfunctions, or loads slowly occur. Victims’ IP addresses are inundated with requests from bots sent by hackers, resulting in a large volume of internet traffic overloading the website and causing it to go offline. It is challenging to tell whether traffic is legitimate or compromised in these assaults.<\/p>\n

Rogue security software<\/h3>\n

Rogue security programmes mislead companies into believing their IT infrastructure has been damaged by a virus, by sending them fake warning messages from a well-known anti-malware solution. An infected device is infected, and then spam messages are sent to the victim, forcing them to pay for a security solution that doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

Malware<\/h3>\n

A compromised device can be used to collect information about victims through malicious software, which allows malicious actors to mine devices for sensitive data such as bank account details, passwords, or email addresses. This can then be used to commit identity theft, blackmail, or other actions that damage businesses.<\/p>\n

Malware can include:<\/strong><\/p>\n