Welcome to our third post on WP-CLI for secure WordPress management over an SSH command line interface. In our previous two articles, we discussed how to connect to WordPress over SSH, and then how to back up & update WordPress securely. Like other open-source content management systems, WordPress lets you easily add code to makeRead […]
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WP-CLI Guide: Secure WordPress Backup and Update
Welcome to our second post in the series on WP-CLI for WordPress management over SSH. In our previous post, we discussed how to get your SSH credentials and use WP-CLI to connect to your website over the command line. Before we get into changing anything, we’ll show you how to back up your database and compressRead […]
WP-CLI Guide: Connect to WordPress via SSH Intro
Do you use the WordPress dashboard to update plugins and themes? How do you back up your database? If you have not used it yet, WP-CLI is an efficient way to manage your WordPress installation using a command line interface, meaning you type text commands like these two: wp core update wp plugin update-all YouRead […]
Common Website Security Terminology Defined
If you want to keep your website safe, it is important to understand the terminology used to describe the causes and effects of hacks. Software vulnerabilities and access control issues are two of the main causes of website infections, and in this post we will define some of the terminology used to describe them. WeRead […]
Analyzing a Facebook Clickbait Worm
Here at Sucuri we suspect everything, especially when your friends start to share content written in another language with clickbait headlines. If you are not familiar with the term, clickbait is when web content is created in a way that psychologically exploits the reader’s curiosity using compelling headlines. When someone clicks on the article toRead […]
Websites Hacked Via Website Backups
The past few months we’ve been spending a good deal of time talking about backups. This is for good reason, they are often your safety net when things go wrong; interestingly enough though, they are often the forgotten pillar of security. It’s why we spent some time thinking through what a good backup strategy mightRead […]
10 Tips to Improve Your Website Security
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!, Drupal and so many other allow business owners to quickly and efficiently build their online presences. Their highly extensible architectures, rich plugin, module, extension ecosystem have made it easier thanRead […]
Your Website Hacked but No Signs of Infection
Imagine for a moment, you have a suspicion that you have somehow been hacked. You see that something is off, but you feel as if you are missing something. This is the emotionally draining world that many live in, with a paranoia and concern that grips you once you see and recognize that something is not right.Read […]
Introducing Free Global Website Performance Tool
We are happy to launch a new free tool (aka Global Website Performance Tester) that allows anyone to quickly check how fast a website is loading from across the globe. We extract three key metrics that are critical to the performance of any website: connection time, time to first byte (TTFB) and total load time:Read […]
Website Security – How Do Websites Get Hacked?
In 2014 the total number of websites on the internet reached 1 billion, today it’s hovering somewhere in the neighborhood of 944 million due to websites going inactive and it is expected to normalize again at 1 billion sometime in 2015. Let’s take a minute to absorb that number for a moment. Another surprising statistic isRead […]
