Dre Armeda

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Dre Armeda was Sucuri’s founding CEO and Co-Founder who helped start up the company in 2010. Today, Dre is Sr. Director of Technical Program Management and serves as Head of Technical Program Management (TPM) for GoDaddy's Partners Business. As head of TPM, Dre leads the PMO and Program Delivery Teams, ultimately driving all the program management functions and supporting our partners. When Dre isn't executing strategic initiatives at GoDaddy, you can find him on the mat training in Jiu Jitsu as a Carlson Gracie brown belt. Connect with Dre on Twitter.

Website Cross-contamination: Blackhat SEO Spam Malware

Dre Armeda
March 30, 2012

We recently posted about Website Cross-Contamination which we see quite a bit of in shared hosting environments. This post is a follow up with a…

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Conditional Redirect Malware Decoded – Eval base64_decode Example

Dre Armeda
March 14, 2012

I have this beautiful website and now there’s all this garbled code across all of my PHP files. What’s it do, and how did it…

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Web Hosting Provider ServerPro Hacked, Defaced, & Blacklisted by Google

Dre Armeda
March 12, 2012

Even the pro’s are susceptible to attack. Web hosting provider ServerPro has been compromised and completely defaced. This has been ongoing for more than a…

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DreamHost Security Issue Prompts FTP Password Resets

Dre Armeda
January 21, 2012

Yesterday on the DreamHost Status Blog, it was announced that all shell/FTP passwords would be reset due to what looks to be a security breach…

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Remove Unused/Testing/Debug Software From Your Site

Dre Armeda
October 20, 2011

We constantly see sites hacked due to vulnerabilities in various tools. In most cases, site owners don’t even realize they are there, or don’t even…

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Keeping Your WordPress Themes Updated

Dre Armeda
August 2, 2011

We talk a lot about keeping WordPress and the plugins you use updated. That’s great and all, but you also have to remember that it…

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Yet Another WordPress Security Post – Part Two

Dre Armeda
March 1, 2011

We deal with hacked sites on a daily basis and one of the most common questions we get is how to avoid getting hacked again.…

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ASIS International Website Blacklisted by Google

Dre Armeda
September 10, 2010

The official website (asisonline.org) of ASIS International, a major physical security association was hacked and blacklisted yesterday. Add another case to the list of sites…

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