Brute-force attacks are the most widely used cyber-attacks in the cyber-sphere. And dependent on the target, the protection method is unique to the attack. There are two main types of brute-force attacks:

• Service level brute-force, targeting ssh, ftp, smtp services and others.
• Web application level brute-force, e.g. attacks against WordPress, Magento, and similar CMSes and web-scripts.

For website owners unfamiliar with common malware, having malware on your site that doesn’t  cause any obvious issues is seemingly harmless to the site owner. How bad can malware be if it just injects links? If site owners do not understand the repercussions of malware, then they will not take it seriously. It often means that these site owners don’t have the necessary monitoring and malware protection in place to defend sites. For shared hosting providers, this issue can have severe consequences and long-term effects on the server’s reputation and potential profitability.

Doorway pages are a great way to improve a website’s SEO ranking.

They’re also a great way to get your domain blocked by major search engines.

So why are they still prevalent? How do they work, and why should you care if your web server hosts them?

That’s what I’ll cover in this article.

An unlucky upshot of running your own website or online store is that, sooner or later, hackers will add it to their ‘juicy list of prey’. Once in their list, hackers will continuously scan and probe your site for weaknesses, trying to find a way to further their illicit goals.