The word cybercrime is no longer just a word you hear coming from Fortune 500 CEOs anymore. This word has being flashed on every good morning news show and radio channel. Cybercrime can target any business or website owner. Even…
It’s common for malware to be encoded to hide itself—or its true intentions—but have you ever given thought to what lengths attackers will go to hide their malicious code? In our first post in this series, we’ll describe how bad…
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…
We’re dedicated to creating the best website security guides and professional services. One way we get our message out is by partnering with open-source CMS communities, web devs, and industry professionals. Small businesses and bloggers don’t often think about website…
At Sucuri, we’re often asked how website owners and webmasters can secure their websites. However, most advice can often be too broad; different content management systems (CMS) exist in this ecosystem, and each requires a unique security configuration. This is…
Single sign-on (SSO) allows users to sign into a single account (e.g Google) and access other services like YouTube or Gmail without authenticating with a separate username and password. This feature also extends to third party services such as the…
In an interview with Smashing Magazine our CoFounder (now Head of Security Products at GoDaddy) Tony Perez was asked the following question. What Makes WordPress Vulnerable? “Here’s the simple answer. Old versions of WordPress, along with theme and plugin vulnerabilities,…
Before we get into the details of “Cryptocurrency Mining Malware”, we need to understand first what cryptocurrency is and what miners are. What is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is best thought of as digital currency and it only exists on computers. It…