{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"4GoodHosting Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog","author_name":"4GHadmin","author_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/author\/4goodhosting\/","title":"Phishing Attacks Against Website Owners: What They Target and How to Stop Them - 4GoodHosting Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZUVCOWsfJK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/why-the-rise-phishing-attacks-against-macs\/\">Phishing Attacks Against Website Owners: What They Target and How to Stop Them<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/why-the-rise-phishing-attacks-against-macs\/embed\/#?secret=ZUVCOWsfJK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Phishing Attacks Against Website Owners: What They Target and How to Stop Them&#8221; &#8212; 4GoodHosting Blog\" data-secret=\"ZUVCOWsfJK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Most phishing advice is written for employees being tricked into paying a fake invoice. Very little is written for the specific person reading this: someone who owns or runs a website, and who therefore holds a set of credentials that attackers value far more than a single fraudulent payment. The distinction matters because the attacks are different. Nobody phishes a small business owner&#8217;s hosting login hoping for a wire transfer. They do it because a hosting control panel, a domain registrar account or a WordPress administrator login is a durable asset. It can be used to inject spam links into your pages, host phishing content under your domain, redirect your traffic, read your email, or simply hold your business hostage. There is also a consequence specific to website owners that ordinary phishing guidance never covers: if your site is compromised and used to serve malicious content, search engines can flag it, browsers can show visitors a warning before they reach you, and you can lose the organic visibility it took years to build. Recovery is a process rather than a switch. This guide covers the phishing attacks aimed specifically at people who run websites, including a mail-based scam that has [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ChatGPT-30.webp","thumbnail_width":1672,"thumbnail_height":941}