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Incident Response: What to Do After a Website Is Compromised
When a website is suspected of compromise, the first goal is to limit harm while preserving enough evidence to understand what happened. Avoid immediately deleting suspicious files before recording relevant details.Record the time discovered, observed symptoms, affected domains, recent deployments, and alerts. If active abuse is occurring, isolate the affected service or restrict access in a contr...
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1 week agoDesigning Secure Password Reset and Account Recovery
Account recovery is often a weaker path than login itself. A secure reset flow must prevent account enumeration, protect tokens, and limit automated abuse without locking out legitimate users unnecessarily.Generate unpredictable, single-use reset tokens using a cryptographically secure source. Store a hash of the token when practical, associate it with the intended account, and enforce an expiry....
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1 week agoA Website Security Baseline for Small Businesses
Small businesses can improve website security with a manageable baseline: supported software, unique credentials, least privilege, tested backups, and monitoring. Security is a process, not a single plugin or scanner.Keep the operating system, runtime, CMS, themes, plugins, and dependencies supported and patched. Remove abandoned extensions and accounts that no longer need access. Require multi-fa...
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