Comments on: Your Website Just Get Hacked? – 3 Tips To Minimize The Downtime

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By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:47:03 +0000

@Marios
That’s an interesting solution. It reminds me of how my friend backups his desktop at home to his NAS.

@dave99
I never thought of buying insurance. What do the premiums look like and what sort of coverage do you het?

By: voucher code dave99

voucher code dave99 — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:31:18 +0000

“Even if you are up to date with all of the security patches and you think your code is robust, someone someday will break into your website if they want to. “

Dam this made me think of just how important it is that people take website security very seriously, along with all the great points raised on this post , I would like to mention that recently I took out website insurance. Part of the policy is to cover against this type of situation. http://www.websiteinsurance.co.uk

I own a few small websites in the UK however I now sleep a lot easier knowing I am covered

By: Marios Alexandrou

Marios Alexandrou — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:52:15 +0000

One other thing I do is a one-way sync of files from my desktop to my site via a program like SyncBack. Basically, if any file gets on to my web server that isn’t on my desktop, it is deleted. This is more resource intensive than a checksum calculation, so I certainly don’t do it hourly.

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:22:34 +0000

Great stuff! So far I’m lucky enough to not have anything happen but I know people who have.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:03:55 +0000

@Mitchell
Yep. I wasn’t as vigilant either until it happened to me for the first time. Hopefully, your site will never get hacked

@Jared
Backups and discovery time are the key. Glad to know that you recovered your site quickly

@Mark
I make sure that I don’t store any sensitive information on my database at all (ie no credit card numbers etc…) Then I have a cron job which backs everything up and emails me. In addition, I have an automated sftp job that grabs the latest snapshot as well.

@Jonathan
Thanks! I hope everyone takes some basic measures to ensure that their site stays up. It’s not going to stop everything but probably the majority of attacks that a person is likely to face.

By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills

Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:27:12 +0000

Hey Steve,

I once thought that getting hacked only happened to the other guy. Well, two hacking experiences later I realize that it is only a matter of time. Sooner or later it happens to everyone, so this article concerns everyone. Thanks!

By: Mark Lewis

Mark Lewis — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:06:24 +0000

Great tips! I’m interested in knowing how you automate your database backupsnot just on the server, but to your computer.

By: Jared O'Toole

Jared O'Toole — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:23:27 +0000

Great stuff! Always have the backups of your site. My site was hacked once and it wasn’t a big deal. I was made aware of it maybe 12hrs later and simply uploaded the backup. All back to normal!

By: Mitchell Allen

Mitchell Allen — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:57:55 +0000

These are some excellent tips. I am not as vigilant as I should be and this should give me some concrete steps.

Kristi points out the length to which hackers will go. Kevin D. Mitnick also makes this point frightfully clear in “Art of Intrusion”, which I recommend to everyone.

Cheers,

Mitch