Is Your Website Hosting Protecting You?

This popularity, however, makes it a very appealing target for hacking. This is particularly true if you or your hosting provider is not diligent in keeping up with updates. Even with all security updates in place your WordPress site still might be compromised. What happens then?

Once a site has been compromised then all data on it should be considered suspect. Any information accessible from the site may have been copied or modified including the creation of new backdoors allowing the hackers or others to gain control over the compromised website even if the original point of entry is closed. The best defense is having a good backup system in place and restoring the website to a point prior to the hacking. This isn’t always an option. For example, if the hack was not immediately detected then the backups themselves can become compromised. It may be necessary to try to clean the site, which is a rather involved process.

At Digital 55 our expert team of developers and support staff are able to examine hacked websites, clean compromised website files, help change system passwords, apply updates, and assist in policy changes to make future hacks less likely to be successful. Additionally, we offer website hosting and management packages where we keep your site updated with the latest security patches and new feature releases.