Analyzing Popular Layer 7 Application DDoS Attacks
Daniel Cid Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have been a major concern for website owners for a while. All types of sites, from small to big,…
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Understanding File and Folder Permissions for Better Website Security
Sucuri Website security begins on the server, not with a plugin. Every page and configuration file is stored on disk, and the operating system controls who…
FunWebProducts UserAgent Bloating Traffic
Alycia Mitchell Every once in a while we get a case that makes us dig deep to find answers. We have spoken before about the trouble with…
BIND9 – Denial of Service Exploit in the Wild
BIND is one of the most popular DNS servers in the world. It comes bundled with almost every cPanel, VPS and dedicated server installation and…
Prestige Conference Means Business
Michael Dickens II A great career in business could be likened to a well penned novel. It will be wrought with twists, sharp turns and will feature dull…
Malicious Google Analytics Referral Spam
Robots (bots) have outnumbered people on the Internet for almost two years, and they browse much faster than your average visitor. Aside from spamming your comment…
Webutation Distributing Malware Through Safety Badge
Krasimir Konov If you are using the Webutation badge on your site, remove it now. It appears they got hacked and are distributing malware to mobile devices…
Common Website Security Terminology Defined
If you want to keep your website safe, it is important to understand the website security terminology used to describe the causes and effects of…
Websites Hacked Via Website Backups
For the past few months, we’ve spent a good deal of time talking about backups. This is for good reason: backups are your safety net…
10 Tips to Improve Your Website Security
Keir Desailly In recent years there has been a proliferation of great tools and services in the web development space. Content management systems (CMS) like WordPress, Joomla!,…
SweetCAPTCHA Service Used to Distribute Adware
Denis Sinegubko SweetCaptcha is a free CAPTCHA service that offers to match “sweet” images instead of making you recognize distorted digits and characters. It has integrations with…