New Email Course: Common Website Threats & Malware
Rianna MacLeod The digital world isn’t all rainbows, unicorns, and cat gifs; it also has a dark side. As threats become increasingly sophisticated, website owners and administrators…
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How to Harden & Secure a Website (12 Steps)
Sucuri Originally published: November 11, 2023 by Rianna MacLeod Attackers don’t care what platform you use. WordPress, Magento, Joomla, Drupal – every site is a potential…
Black Friday & Cyber Monday Ecommerce Security Threats
Consumers spent a whopping $35.3 billion during last year’s cyber week shopping season. With Cyber Monday accounting for $11.3 billion in revenue alone, this period remains…
New Hacked Database Guide
Your website’s database is a treasure trove of valuable information. However, this also makes it a prime target for hackers looking to steal sensitive data…
FakeUpdateRU Chrome Update Infection Spreads Trojan Malware
Ben Martin Fake Google chrome update malware, often associated with the notorious SocGholish infection, is something that we have been tracking for a number of years. It…
Shifting Malware Tactics & Use of Non-Executable .txt & .log Files
Krasimir Konov The malware landscape is constantly evolving — and bad actors are always devising new techniques to evade detection. Our analysts most commonly find website malware…
What is HSTS: HTTP Strict Transport Security
Kaushal Bhavsar HSTS or HTTP Strict Transport Security is a protocol that can make it more difficult for attackers to modify or intercept traffic between a user…
Password Security & Password Managers
In the spirit of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), let’s talk about a security basic that many people overlook: passwords. These are one of…
How to Find & Fix Japanese SEO Spam
Puja Srivastava Japanese SEO Spam, also known as “Japanese keyword hack” or “Japanese SEO poisoning,” is a spammy search engine optimization technique used by black hat SEO…
Bogus URL Shorteners Go Mobile-Only in AdSense Fraud Campaign
Denis Sinegubko Since September 2022, our team has been tracking a bogus URL shortener redirect campaign that started with just a single domain: ois[.]is. By the beginning…
How to Quickly Find & Fix Mixed Content Issues (SSL/HTTPS)
Originally published: August 23, 2023 by Rianna MacLeod With the web’s increased emphasis on security, all sites should operate on HTTPS. Installing an SSL certificate…