What’s a Universal Tag?

Web pages can include a plethora of 3rd party content ranging from ads & tracking beacons to all manner of web content including chat bots, forums, status badges & social buttons. To make this happen,third party code is seamlessly imported into web pages behind the scenes.

Cryptomining, XSS & Clickjacking Content Risks

All this additional functionality brings with it some risks thanks to that pesky third party code. Occasionally bad actors manage to inject into sites malware that can do anything from mining bitcoin to stealing login details.

How to protect your site from these attacks

Installing a browser based firewall such as Ensighten Privacy will help ameliorate these risks. Understanding what code is being injected into your site by these third parties is another. This page lists some of the most used 3rd party scripts and tracks code changes so you can keep an eye on exactly what is being injected into your site.

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