"4.1 Million Websites Infected With Malware Worldwide"

Security researchers at Sectigo have found that 4.1 million websites globally are currently infected with malware.  According to the study, bot traffic accounted for 5.5 times more than human traffic in 2021, compared to 2020, with 2,306 weekly average bot visits per site being made.  The researchers also found that the volume of human traffic decreased, indicating that malicious actors are increasingly using bots to scale their attacks and target unaware owners of small and medium-sized business (SMB) website owners.  The researchers also found that nearly half (48%) of SMB website owners believe they are too small to target, even though half of them have been breached.   The security researchers also found that WordPress sites are 39 times more vulnerable than non-Content Management System (CMS) sites, with plugins proving a significant factor.  For every five plugins on a website, the risk of an attack is nearly double, according to Sectigo’s research.

Information Age reports: "4.1 Million Websites Infected With Malware Worldwide"