Archive: Knowledge Base

Restoring DB Backups

Once a backup has been successfully completed, you are able to restore your database from your Sucuri Backups Dashboard. From anywhere within your Sucuri dashboard, click on "Website Backups" towards the top middle of your screen, then...

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Restoring Files

Once a backup has been successfully completed, you are able to download a copy of your files from your Sucuri Backups Dashboard. From anywhere within your Sucuri dashboard, click on "Website Backups" towards the top middle of your screen...

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Change Backups Settings

If you need to adjust your Backup settings or Notifications, click on the site in your backups dashboard, then go to Settings in the upper right. Choose the appropriate options you need to update (Website Details, Database Options, or Other Options)...

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Backups Setup

To configure your backups: After you purchase the service, just go to Website Backups in the Sucuri dashboard. Click Add Site Adding FTP information: Here, you will add the FTP login information. Once entered, click “Next“. Database...

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Database Backups

Let\’s choose how to set up your database backups! At this time, Sucuri Backups only supports MySQL databases. Auto Detect This option will have our platform try to detect the database configurations automatically as long as you are using a...

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Disable Directory Listing

Most web servers allow any user to browse the directories (folders) when no index file is available. This can lead to information leakage and help an attacker when trying to compromise your site. In order to improve your security, you should disable...

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Security Headers – X-Frame-Options

In order to improve the security of your site against ClickJacking, it is recommended that you add the following header to your site: X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN It is supported by all browsers and prevents an attacker from iframing the content of...

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Security Headers – X-Content-Type: nosniff

In order to improve the security of your site (and your users) against some types of drive-by-downloads, it is recommended that you add the following header to your site: X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff It is supported by IE (Internet Explorer) and...

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Disable Server Banners

Most web servers display its version and modules in use by default. Best security practices recommend that you disable this option, since it can be used to find vulnerabilities of your site. The NIST Guide for Securing Web Servers also recommends it...

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HTTP Trace Method

In order to improve the security of your site (and your users), you should disable the TRACE method from your web server. This method has no real-life usage and can be misused for XST (cross-site tracing) attacks. That is how you can disable it on...

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