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Black hat hackers can be found online offering their services for as little as $20 per day to launch DDOS attacks at any target, repeatedly.

This is a frequent ploy used to nullify a competitor by destroying their search engine ranking and thus increasing the prominence of the competitor’s online presence.

A severe hack could wipe out the entire database of an online store or brochure website, many small businesses have not even allowed for backups of their online assets. A destroyed online presence is as bad as no online presence, the overriding result - lost business.

There are some common sense, affordable tactics that small businesses may deploy in order to ward off the most common threats:

Put firewalls in place on your website and your company systems

Use IP restrictions and “black IP blockers” to ward off the most common attacks

Anti-virus and anti-phishing solutions integrated into mail and company servers


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