Pilar Garcia

About Pilar Garcia

Pilar Garcia is Sucuri's Paid Acquisition Specialist who joined the company in 2017. Pilar's main responsibilities include managing social, paid social, and paid ads. Pilar's professional experience covers 17 years of learning, leadership, and development, five years of digital marketing experience, and two years of quality assurance. When Pilar isn't looking into ads or social, you can find her reading, cooking, or spending time with her family. Connect with Pilar on Twitter.

September 20, 2021Pilar Garcia

5 Types of Hackers & Why They Hack

When considering why hackers are attacking websites, you might think that there’s a specific reason they target you as a website owner—your business, your reputation, or your information. The truth is, while it feels personal to the victim, hackers rarely single out specific targets. Most…

September 9, 2019Pilar Garcia

How to Audit & Cleanup WordPress Plugins & Themes

In an interview with Smashing Magazine our CoFounder (now Head of Security Products at GoDaddy) Tony Perez was asked the following question. What Makes WordPress Vulnerable? “Here’s the simple answer….

August 21, 2019Pilar Garcia

The Largest DDoS Attacks & What You Can Learn From Them

A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is an attack that focuses on making the website unavailable to its legitimate users. DDoS attacks can produce service interruptions, introduce large response delays, and…

August 15, 2019Pilar Garcia

What Hackers Do after Gaining Access to a Website

A hack or cyber attack is the act of maliciously entering, taking control over, or manipulating by force a web application, server, or file that belongs to someone else. Cyber…

July 24, 2019Pilar Garcia

How to Perform a Website Security Audit ( with Checklist)

Why Should You Audit Your Website for Security? Most hacks and cyber attacks happen because of poor security practices. The first step you can take to improve your online security…

July 15, 2019Pilar Garcia

The Cost of a Hacked Website – Survey

As part of our commitment to the website security community, we want to know the true impacts of a website compromise from the owner’s perspective. If you are a business…

June 14, 2019Pilar Garcia

Why Do Hackers Hack? – 3 Reasons Explained

November 22, 2017Pilar Garcia

Risks For E-commerce Site Owners Through the Holidays

Shopping season is here, and with that, so is the opportunity for ecommerce site owners to grow their revenue and reputation. However, hackers are also busy infecting ecommerce websites with…

November 8, 2017Pilar Garcia

Why Attackers Hack Small Sites

You would never leave the front door to your house wide open when you’re not home would you? Doing so would allow criminals to seize the opportunity of stealing your…