Website Security News
It is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and in order to bring awareness to what threatens the integrity of websites, we have started a series of posts on the OWASP top 10 security risks. The OWASP Top 10 list consists of the 10 most seen…
It is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and in order to bring awareness to what threatens the integrity of websites, we would like to start a series of post on…
Having a website today is way easier than it was 10 or 15 years ago. Tools like content management systems (CMS), website builders, static site generators and alike remove a…
In order to clean a malware infection, the first thing we need to know is which files have been compromised. At Sucuri, we use several techniques including whitelists, blacklists, and…
As a website owner, it’s a good idea to be aware of the security issues that might affect your site. For example, Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks consist of injecting malicious…
Last week, we explained what zero-day vulnerabilities and attacks are. Essentially, zero-day vulnerabilities exist in the wild, with no patch available to prevent hackers from exploiting it. Today, we would…
In computer science, a vulnerability is considered to be a zero-day vulnerability if it’s unknown to all parties interested in patching it, such as: The team maintaining the project The…
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Earlier this week we wrote about how to use command line tools to back up your website. Check out our previous article for details on how we create these backups….
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Creating website backups should be one of the most important recurring tasks for a website administrator, and yet backups are often forgotten when thinking about website security. Creating backups using…
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If you own a website and collaborate with others, the principle of least privilege should never be questioned. It is a computer science principle which has applications and benefits to…
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