Rianna MacLeod

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Rianna MacLeod is Sucuri’s Marketing Manager who joined the company in 2017. Her main responsibilities include ghost-writing technical content, SEO, email, and experimentation. Rianna’s professional experience spans over 10 years of technical writing and marketing. When Rianna isn’t drafting content or building templates, you might encounter her hiking in the forest or enjoying the beach. You can find her on Twitter and LinkedIn.

WP-CLI: How to Connect to WordPress via SSH

How to Update, Install & Remove WordPress Plugins & Themes With WP-CLI

Rianna MacLeod
June 1, 2023

WordPress, like other open-source content management systems, allows you to enhance your website’s appearance and functionality through custom code and third-party components like plugins and…

What Is a Keylogger?

Rianna MacLeod
May 23, 2023

Welcome to the world of keyloggers, where every keystroke you make may be watched, recorded, and potentially used against you! Now that we’ve got your…

What is XML-RPC? Security Risks & How to Disable

Rianna MacLeod
May 4, 2023

XML-RPC is a protocol designed for WordPress to standardize communication between different systems, allowing external applications (such as other blogging platforms and desktop clients) to…

What is Steganography? How Hackers Hide Malware On Websites

What is Steganography? (Or, How Hackers Hide Malware On Websites)

Rianna MacLeod
May 2, 2023

As a child, I loved sending secret messages to my friends using invisible ink. A quick squeeze of lemon juice was all I needed to…

WP-CLI: How to Connect to WordPress via SSH

Rianna MacLeod
April 25, 2023

The WordPress admin dashboard, though intuitive and feature-rich, can be time-consuming to explore. If you’re looking for a more direct approach to website management, consider…

What are SSH brute force login attacks and how to protect your server from them

How to Prevent SSH Brute Force Login Attacks

Rianna MacLeod
April 20, 2023

What is an SSH brute force attack? An SSH brute force attack is a common form of attack that targets remote services, particularly unix-based servers…

How to Set Up a Content Security Policy (CSP) in 3 Steps

Rianna MacLeod
April 13, 2023

What is a Content Security Policy (CSP)? A Content Security Policy (CSP) is a security feature used to help protect websites and web apps from…

Hacked Website Threat Report – 2022

Rianna MacLeod
April 5, 2023

Education is crucial in defending your website against emerging threats. That’s why we are thrilled to share our 2022 Website Threat Research Report. Disseminating this…

Web Pros

What is a Headless CMS?

Rianna MacLeod
March 16, 2023

Running a website isn’t easy, but modern content management systems (CMS) like WordPress have revolutionized the way you can manage your website. Headless CMS solutions…

How to find & Fix the WordPress Pharma Hack

How to Find & Fix: WordPress Pharma Hack

Rianna MacLeod
March 14, 2023

Finding bogus content and unexpected links for prescription drugs on your WordPress website can be a frustrating experience. But don’t blame your site: it just…

What is a Website Defacement?

Rianna MacLeod
March 7, 2023

Defacement is easily one the most obvious signs of a hacked website. In these attacks, bad actors gain unauthorized access to an environment and leave…