Nowadays, the term DDOS — or DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE — raises the heart rate of most webmasters. Though many don’t know exactly what DDoSing is, they might be familiar with the eff...
As a website administrator, keeping your site online during large traffic spikes is what you strive for. But how can you be sure traffic spikes are legitimate? And more importantly, how do you...
https://blog.sucuri.net/2024/01/how-to-stop-a-ddos-attack.html
Nowadays, the term DDoS raises the heart rate of most webmasters. Though many don’t know exactly what a DDoS attack is, they might be familiar with the effects of getting DDoSed: an extremel...
https://blog.sucuri.net/2023/03/how-to-know-if-your-site-is-under-ddos-attack.html
Imagine for a moment that you’re searching for a topic. You find what you’re looking for on the first page of the search results and click through to the website. But instead of the expect...
https://blog.sucuri.net/2022/10/what-is-the-503-service-unavailable-error-how-to-fix-it.html
Nowadays, the term DDoS raises the heart rate of most webmasters. Though many don’t know exactly what a DDoS attack is, they might be familiar with the effects of getting DDoSed: an extremel...
https://blog.sucuri.net/2021/04/how-to-know-if-youre-under-a-ddos-attack.html
Aside from providing significant protection from a wide range of threats, the Sucuri WAF also acts as a CDN due to its caching capabilities and regional PoPs — often performing even better t...
The threat landscape for website owners is constantly shifting on a regular basis — and it’s becoming increasingly more complex. As attackers continue to develop tools and find new vulnera...
https://blog.sucuri.net/2020/01/hacked-website-threat-report-2019.html
One of our analysts, Kaushal Bhavsar, found a malicious DoS file within a compromised website’s filesystem under the filename 403.PHP. Aptly named after 403 error which can occur when user...
As we settle into 2020, it’s a good time to look back at what was learned in the previous year. After all, the past provides valuable lessons for the future. With that thought in mind, we ...
https://blog.sucuri.net/2020/01/top-10-sucuri-research-articles-in-2019.html
A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is an attack that focuses on making the website unavailable to its legitimate users. DDoS attacks can produce service interruptions, introduce large res...
DDoS attacks are a growing threat for websites. But do you know how to stop them in their tracks? We’ll cover some essential fundamentals on stopping a DDoS attack and preventing them from h...
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/07/how-to-stop-a-ddos-attack-prevent-future-attacks.html