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Relentless Attackers Try Over 100,000 Times Before They Breach a System

New research from security start-up tCell shows that attackers seeking to breach organizations through cross-site scripting attacks made over 100,000 failed attempts for every successful breach. The findings came from an investigation into attack patterns against 33 actual web applications in production at a dozen firms across a 30-day period. The research shows that the bad guys rattled the proverbial doorknob with 494,000 XSS attempts at the server, but just four of them actually landed on the browser and needed a full-blown response.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/relentless-attackers-try-over-100-000-times-before-they-breach-a-system

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