Sucuri Academy: Free Website Security Courses
We are happy to announce that we have launched Sucuri Academy to offer free website security courses. Our main goal at Sucuri is to make the internet a safer place. One of our investments is creating the best educational content about website security to share our knowledge with the community ... Read More
Labs Notes Monthly Recap – May/2020
In 2020, we doubled up our research efforts to report on many new attacks and hacks that we see in the wild. We believe that being informed is a big part of having a good website security posture. Sucuri Labs provides website malware research updates directly from our teams on ... Read More
What is FTP? Why use it to clean hacked websites?
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a network protocol used to transfer files between a client server and a network. In other words, it is through FTP that we get text and images onto a website. Why is FTP used to clean up a website? Not only is FTP used ... Read More
Labs Notes Monthly Recap – April/2020
In 2020, we doubled up our research efforts to report on many new attacks and hacks that we see in the wild. We believe that being informed is a big part of having a good website security posture. Sucuri Labs provides website malware research updates directly from our teams on ... Read More
Tips for New Remote Workers
With the new pandemic hovering over our heads, the main piece of advice from most countries is stay home. Working remotely is a new reality for many people around the world, and Sucuri can help you make this new endeavor easier for you. We have been an entirely remote team ... Read More
6 Simple Steps for Hardening your WordPress Security
Having a secure WordPress site does not need to be a challenge. Hardening a website means adding security layers to reduce the risks of attacks and hacks. 6 ways to Harden WordPress Security You can harden your WordPress site by following these six simple steps: 1 – Keep WordPress updated ... Read More
What is Cross-Site Contamination?
How many websites do you currently have on your server? If the answer is something along the lines of, “One that I really care about, some older ones that I don’t really use, and maybe a dev site that could be live…” then you might want to familiarize yourself with ... Read More
How Many Types of Hackers Are There?
If you are a tech savvy person, you may have been called a “hacker” at some point by someone less technical. Maybe you’ve heard of growth hackers and life hacks. These are not the droids we’re looking for. The word “hack” in computer systems goes back to the 1950’s at ... Read More
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity, referred to as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The main objective of this framework is to offer organizations a list of items for assessing and enhancing their capacity for preventing, detecting and ... Read More
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Since 2003, October has been recognized as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It is an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and being a better digital citizen. October has just started and a majority of security companies are promoting internet security. With the holidays fast approaching, it ... Read More
