http://sporkmarketing.com/blog/500/website-security-basics-business/ The Official Blog of Spork Marketing Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://sporkmarketing.com/blog/500/website-security-basics-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6059 admin Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:20:40 +0000 http://sporkmarketing.com/blog/?p=500#comment-6059 Mark - Thanks! Excellent info - one of the tools that I *should* have included in this little break down is Google's safe browsing tool. Here's a description - http://searchengineland.com/googles-safe-browsing-diagnostic-tool-14064 Mark – Thanks! Excellent info – one of the tools that I *should* have included in this little break down is Google’s safe browsing tool. Here’s a description – http://searchengineland.com/googles-safe-browsing-diagnostic-tool-14064

]]> http://sporkmarketing.com/blog/500/website-security-basics-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6040 Mark Cesareo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:39:06 +0000 http://sporkmarketing.com/blog/?p=500#comment-6040 Great article Jason! Would like to add something. Sometimes one of the reasons sites get hacked is to gain access to the web server's resources. For example, gaining access to a server and its disk space will allow the server to become a repository for files (e.g. pirated movies or music, pornography etc.). Clever hackers will try to do this unobtrusively so unless someone is watching closely they could go unnoticed. However as more people connect to the compromised server to download the files, server performance will degrade, so sometimes if you notice your site is slow or you have an unusual change in available disk space, do a file list / directory size check to see if you see anything odd on there. Its a good idea to check disk quota regularly for unusual spikes, and also for unusual increases in traffic via your web stats tools. Great article Jason! Would like to add something. Sometimes one of the reasons sites get hacked is to gain access to the web server’s resources. For example, gaining access to a server and its disk space will allow the server to become a repository for files (e.g. pirated movies or music, pornography etc.). Clever hackers will try to do this unobtrusively so unless someone is watching closely they could go unnoticed. However as more people connect to the compromised server to download the files, server performance will degrade, so sometimes if you notice your site is slow or you have an unusual change in available disk space, do a file list / directory size check to see if you see anything odd on there. Its a good idea to check disk quota regularly for unusual spikes, and also for unusual increases in traffic via your web stats tools.

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