Website Security News
Nowadays, the term DDoS raises the heart rate of most webmasters. Though many don’t know exactly what a DDoS attack is, they might be familiar with the effects of getting DDoSed: an extremely sluggish, shut down, or dysfunctional website. In this article, we’ll focus on…
The Sucuri Firewall functions as a reverse proxy. A simple change to your DNS settings is all it takes to thoroughly filter incoming traffic to sniff and parse out bad…
Read More about Help! My Email Server Got B0rked & I Have Problems After Malware Infection!
To ensure that your web files and pages are accessible to a wide range of users with various different devices and operating systems, it’s important to use valid URL characters….
Read More about Bad Paths & The Importance of Using Valid URL Characters
At Sucuri, we’re often asked how website owners and webmasters can secure their websites. However, advice can often be too broad; different content management systems (CMS) exist in this ecosystem…
Read More about How to Secure & Harden Your Joomla! Website in 12 Steps
Most people would agree — living in a house full of accumulated debris and unnecessary objects can create a chaotic environment, and even cause health problems. This scenario is easily…
What is a Realtime Blackhole List (RBL)? A Realtime Blackhole List (RBL) contains lists of email servers, domain names, and IP addresses that are associated with hosting, producing, forwarding or…
Aside from providing significant protection from a wide range of threats, the Sucuri WAF also acts as a CDN due to its caching capabilities and regional PoPs — often performing…
Read More about Optimizing Performance and Behavior with WordPress and the Sucuri WAF
The responsibility of ensuring that a website is protected falls on the website owner, but the security expectation may fall on the web service provider too. As a professional, you…
Read More about Opening the Conversation about Website Security
The Firewall service deploys various heuristic checks and methods to protect your site. One of our most popular security settings, and questions, utilizes geolocation in order to protect and filter…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is concern about health systems worldwide. Many people in isolation or self-quarantine are looking for accurate medical information online on a daily basis. As a…
Read More about Free Sucuri WAF for Medical & Social Services
Our support team is often asked, “Can we test our site through the Sucuri Web Application Firewall?” The answer is always yes, with a caveat. Tests that are intended to…
Read More about PCI Compliance, Penetration Testing, and the Sucuri WAF
