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We have discussed in the past how out-of-the-box security configurations tend to not be very secure. This is usually true for all software and WordPress is no exception.
While there are a plethora of different ways that site owners can lock down their… Continue reading An Overview of Basic WordPress Hardening
Today is World Backup Day. This date was created to remind people of the importance of having backups set up for everything that matters. I am pretty sure your website falls into the category of precious digital assets.
Why are website backups impor… Continue reading The Importance of Website Backups
Yesterday, the WordPress plugin File Manager was updated, fixing a critical vulnerability allowing any website visitor to gain complete access to the website.
Users of our WAF were never vulnerable to this exploit. The Sucuri firewall blocks malicious… Continue reading Critical Vulnerability in File Manager Plugin Affecting 700k WordPress Websites
Sucuri’s focus has always been on educating website owners about the latest threats and vulnerabilities — and much of that depends on our industry-leading research team.
As the holiday season approaches, we asked our researchers what recom… Continue reading Website Security Tips for Black Friday & Cyber Monday
Website hardening means adding layers of protection to reduce the risk of website attacks, a process known as “defense in depth.”
Here are our top 10 virtual hardening principles:
1 – Keep your website updated
Every single piece of s… Continue reading Top 10 Website Hardening Tips
Imagine waking up in the morning to see that a couple of calls were missed and your email is overloaded with messages saying that your website is down. You go to your computer to check your server and it’s working fine – but oh no, a… Continue reading The Importance of Website Backups
Day-to-day operations can present many challenges. Whether you’re wearing multiple hats within the same department or a project lead managing dozens, even hundreds of web applications – time is always the concern.
How late do I need t… Continue reading How APIs Can Streamline Your Operations
This is the third post in a series of articles on understanding the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard – PCI DSS. We want to show how PCI DSS affects small, medium, and large businesses that are going through the compliance process usi… Continue reading PCI for SMB: Requirement 3 & 4 – Secure Cardholder Data
This is the second post of a series about Steps to Keep Your Site Clean. In the first post, we talked about Access Points; here we are going to offer more insight on Updates.
Updates
Repeatedly we see websites being infected or reinfected when im… Continue reading Steps to Keep Your Site Clean: Updates
RubyGems patched an unsafe object deserialization vulnerability this week that could have allowed attackers to remotely execute code on vulnerable systems. Continue reading RubyGems Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability