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#27553 Recently Hacked, looking for Best Practice advice

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Latest post by on Sunday, 21 May 2017 17:17 CDT

Thursday, 20 April 2017 04:22 CDT

nigelmaine

Hi

I had recently been hacked, but because of Akeeba I was able to get back up and running really quickly. However, I'm not sure what my best next course of action should be.

Do I opt for an SSL Certificate?

Do I use www.sucuri.net for protection

Is there another firewall protection solution?

Could anyone point me in the right direction to get a 'steer' on a "Best Practice" approach.

Many thanks

Nigel

Thursday, 20 April 2017 05:58 CDT

tampe125

Hello Nigel,

when you get hacked, we strongly suggest to take a look at our guide Unhacking your site.
Adding a SSL certificate will only give you protection vs main in the middle attacks or attackers trying to spoof your site.
As a rule of thumb, the best thing is to keep your website updated, install only extensions you trust and remove the unused ones.
Moreover, Admin Tools Quickstart wizard will give you several weapons on how to protect your site.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Friday, 21 April 2017 03:54 CDT

nigelmaine

Hi

Many thanks Davide, I'm looking at it now and have already check the Joomla Live VED.

Many thanks for your advice.

Regards

Nigel

Friday, 21 April 2017 04:01 CDT

tampe125

You're welcome!

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Sunday, 21 May 2017 17:17 CDT

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Edited by on 2017-05-21 17:17 CDT

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