Security threats and methods of protecting websites of paid educational services of educational institutions

¹ Don State Technical University, Rostov on Don, Russia
² Kazan state agrarian University, Kazan, Russia
³ Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia

^* Corresponding author: prof-ped.gpa@mail.ru

Abstract

With the increase in the number of paid educational services of educational institutions, the percentage of fraudulent actions committed, both in relation to web services and in relation to service purchasers, also increases. Therefore, all participants in the process of banking transactions, i.e. the totality of operations that accompany remote interaction between the user and the payment system, must be protected from such actions, which determines the introduction and development of anti-fraud technologies used in the virtual space of the global Internet. Errors in the protection of websites, including websites of paid educational services of educational institutions, continue to be one of the most common shortcomings in ensuring the protection of information. Such errors, i.e. vulnerabilities, are exploited by attackers who attack websites in order to steal valuable information. It also increases the likelihood of subsequent penetration into the corporate information systems of educational institutions. Therefore, there is a need to use specialized tools and methods to protect web applications.