In daily work, most employees need to use browsers to browse web pages, access website content, send and receive emails, and so on. There are various browsers in the market, but no matter which browser you use, can you confirm that your commonly used browser is really safe? And are these everyday browsers really suitable for corporate offices?
NO.1
Security risks in browsers
1. Malicious plug-ins
When employees browse some websites or use a certain website to work, they need to install many plug-ins to increase the functions of the browser and enhance the user experience. However, there are also some security risks. For example, some malicious plug-ins disguised as legitimate ones. Once users install such malicious plug-ins, they will face the risk of data theft or downloading malicious software.
2. DNS poisoning
DNS is an Internet address, which can convert the entered domain name into an IP address so that the browser can display the site we want to visit. However, an attack on a computer's stored DNS entries or on the DNS server itself could allow an attacker to redirect a browser to a malicious domain such as a phishing site. Ordinary employees generally do not take the initiative to pay attention to the IP address of the website. At the same time, these phishing websites look very similar to ordinary websites, and employees are very easy to fall into the trap of phishing websites. The attack thus obtains corporate access or sensitive data through employees.
3. Browser vulnerabilities
Attacks exploit vulnerabilities in browsers or installed plug-ins/extensions, which can be used to steal sensitive data or download malware. Attacks usually start with phishing emails/messages, or by visiting compromised or attacker-controlled websites (drive-by downloads).
4. Privacy Risk
Some Internet providers, websites, and advertisers also collect large amounts of data every day when users browse their websites. A cookie is a small amount of code generated by a web server and stored by the browser for a certain period of time. Cookies store information that helps make your browsing experience more personal, such as showing relevant advertisements or making sure you don't have to log into the same site more than once. However, they also pose privacy concerns and potential security risks if criminals use them to gain access to user sessions.
5. Session hijacking
User logins to websites and application servers issue session IDs, but if an attacker manages to brute force them using these IDs or intercept
They (if the ID is not encrypted) then they can log into the same site/app impersonating the user, stealing sensitive data and potentially financial details.
6. Man-in-the-Middle/Browser Attacks
An attacker could manage to insert himself between the user's browser and the website being viewed, modifying traffic. For example, redirecting user browsers to phishing pages, sending ransomware, or stealing login information. Especially when some telecommuters use public Wi-Fi.
NO.2
How to Secure Your Browser
In order for employees to work safely using browsers, in addition to training employees on how to safely use browsers and enhancing employees' awareness of network security, companies also need to take some measures to reduce security and privacy risks, such as using secure browsers for browsing.
1. Let employees pay more attention to the IP address of the website when they open the website, and only visit HTTPS sites to prevent attackers from spying on the traffic between the browser and the web server;
2. Allow employees to update browsers and plug-ins in a timely manner to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities. At the same time, uninstall outdated and excessive plug-ins to avoid being attacked by criminals;
3. Let employees not click on unsolicited emails or enter any sensitive information at will, so as to reduce the risk of browser threats spreading through emails and online messages;
4. Turn off the browser's automatic password saving, use private browsing options (such as Chrome incognito mode), and prevent cookie tracking;
5. Update browser settings to prevent tracking and block third-party cookies and pop-up windows;
6. Let employees use browser plug-ins with caution, and do not browse or download from unknown websites at will;
7. Protect personal privacy, and do not easily enter information such as bank card account number and ID card account number on the website;
8. Do not browse bad websites, or download things from unknown websites;
9. If you download a file from a general website, you must first disinfect the file after the download is complete, and the unclear file will not run unless it can be run.
NO.3
Share an office-specific, secure browser
In the face of unpredictable network security threats, enterprises want their employees to use browsers safely, so they should choose a browser with high security performance and dedicated to office work. When users open high-risk websites, they will prompt users that the website has security risks, and users are advised not to use it. access. At present, there are also some browsers specially designed for enterprise security office in the market, for example, the digital office browser that can take into account both office efficiency and security.
When the browser has become the actual entrance of the enterprise office, the digital shadow office browser is guarding the first door of enterprise office security. Shuying Office Browser is a special browser for enterprise office. It has security capabilities such as digital watermark, access authority, plug-in management, and behavior auditing, which can protect the security of enterprise office.
Digital watermark: automatically add watermark to the business system, prevent taking pictures, and play a warning and traceability security effect.
Access rights: System access rights are allocated according to account and page granularity, and internal systems do not need to wait for R&D resources to be scheduled for permission isolation.
Plug-in management: administrators define and uniformly manage legitimate browser plug-ins for enterprises, and automatically distribute them to employees.
Behavior audit: fully restore user operations, complement the log defects of the system itself, and privileged accounts can support real-time screen recording for behavior audit.
Furthermore, it is understood that 19% of data breaches are caused by phishing. External criminals use various social engineering methods to carry out various phishing attacks on internal employees, and when the effect of security awareness and skill training for employees is not satisfactory, the enterprise can automatically classify the website through Data Shadow and force prompts For employees, it can effectively help identify phishing websites and reduce data leakage incidents caused by phishing.
At the same time, based on the digital office space built by the digital office browser, enterprises can manage networks, accounts, applications and data in one stop, and take back office application management rights from the platform, service providers and employees, allowing enterprises to Management is more efficient.
The above are the 6 common security risks of browsers. In your work and life, you can learn more about security measures for using browsers to browse web pages. At the same time, it is recommended that enterprises use office-specific and secure browsers as much as possible, which can greatly reduce security risks.