Googlebot or a DDoS Attack?
Northon Torga A bot is a software application that uses automation to run scripts on the internet. Also called crawlers or spiders, these guys take on the…
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The Anatomy of Website Malware: An Introduction
Peter Gramantik We see a lot of files infected by website malware on a daily basis here at Sucuri Labs. What we don’t see is very many…
Safer Internet Day: Security vs. Convenience
Alycia Mitchell It isn’t easy to be secure all the time — this is especially true if you are new to cybersecurity. A well-formed security plan takes…
How to Prevent Cross-Site Contamination for Beginners
Josh Hammer What is Cross-Site Contamination? Cross-site contamination happens when a hacked site infects other sites on a shared server. Think of it as your kid in…
Optimize Setup to Improve Your Website Resilience for DDoS Attacks
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can disrupt website traffic and impact any business. To help website owners and webmasters improve their website resilience to DDoS attacks,…
Improvements to SiteCheck Website Scanner
Jonas Andrijauskas SiteCheck is Sucuri’s free website malware and security scanner offered to anyone who wants to scan their websites for malware and blacklist status. Last year,…
OWASP Top 10 Security Risks – Part V
Gerson Ruiz To bring awareness to what threatens the integrity of websites, we are continuing a series of posts on the OWASP top 10 security risks. The…
How to Improve Your Website Resilience for DDoS Attacks – Part III – WAF
In the first post of this series, we talked about the practices that will optimize your site and increase its resilience to DDoS attacks. In…
OWASP Top 10 Security Risks – Part IV
To bring awareness to what threatens the integrity of websites, we are continuing a series of posts on the OWASP top 10 security risks. The OWASP…
New Year Tips from Security Professionals
Juliana Lewis Have you included website security as a part of your new year’s resolutions for 2019? Here is a quick retrospective on tips some of our…
My Website Was Hacked on Christmas Eve
Val Vesa Christmas is a wonderful time to spend with family and friends. A lot of kids look forward to opening their presents under the Christmas tree,…