SSH Brute Force Compromises Leading to DDoS
Daniel Cid A few weeks ago we ran an experiment to see how long it would take for some IPv4-only and IPv6-only servers to be compromised via…
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What is the Status of IPv6 Adoption?
The internet is a complex ecosystem of interconnected devices, and at its core is the Internet Protocol (IP). This protocol is currently in its second…
Hacked Website Report – 2016/Q2
Today we’re releasing our quarterly Hacked Website Report for 2016/Q2. The data in this report is based on compromised websites we worked on, with insights…
Hacking WordPress Sites on Shared Servers
Denis Sinegubko A website is only as safe as the weakest link on its shared server. Once a hacker gains access to one site on the server,…
New Guide on How to Fix Hacked WordPress Sites
Alycia Mitchell Our involvement in WordPress security has always been a core part of our mission here at Sucuri. We have teams who actively lend advice on…
IoT Home Router Botnet Leveraged in Large DDoS Attack
We have been monitoring a large-scale Layer 7 HTTPS flood attack (i.e., application level DDoS) against a customer over the past few weeks. It is…
Ask Sucuri: How Modern Web Phishing Works
Peter Gramantik Most of us have experienced some kind of phishing attempt in our online lives, and we have seen phishing grow in complexity. Usually, we notice…
IPv4 vs IPv6 Performance Comparison
IPv6 usage has been growing very slowly through the last 10 to 15 years. Since mid-2015 it started to pick up and increase adoption at…
Browser/OS Statistics From Half Billion Blocked Attacks
The need to make better sense of markets is paramount to the way businesses are run and decisions are made. We see this with the…
PCI for SMB – Requirement 2- Do Not Use Defaults
Update: Read our new PCI Compliance guide. If you have an ecommerce website and you accept credit cards from your clients, you probably already heard…
Large CCTV Botnet Leveraged in DDoS Attacks
Our security operations team investigate and mitigate multiple denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks every single day. One recent case caught our attention because of the intensity and duration of…