Website defacement.: D97-1/00-060-2020E-PDF
"This document introduces website defacement, which is a form of cyber attack on your website. Think of web defacement as virtual graffiti or vandalism. A hacker defaces a website by changing its appearance or content. Threat actors may be motivated to deface a website for various reasons, ranging from attempting to embarrass website owners or promoting alternative views. In some cases, a threat actor may deface a website by injecting malicious code that infects visitors' devices. Read through this document to learn how to protect your website against this type of attack."
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| Department/Agency | Communications Security Establishment (Canada), issuing body. Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, issuing body. |
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| Title | Website defacement. |
| Series title | Awareness series ; ITSAP.00.060 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Later edition | Website defacement. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Défiguration de site Web. "Canadian Centre for Cyber Security." "Unclassified." "May 2020." Issued also in HTML format. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Communications Security Establishment = Centre de la sécurité des telecommunications, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages). |
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| Subject terms | Web sites -- Security measures -- Canada. Hacking -- Canada -- Prevention. Computer security -- Canada. |
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