How You Know Your Business Website Has Been Hacked?
A hacking attack could happen to any website that not paying attention or uploading security fixes on a regular basis. Hacking private and small or medium-sized businesses has
become a profitable environment for many persons with significant IT skills. Unfortunately, many businesses and even contemporary website managers only detect a problem
when it is too late, resulting in the loss of vital data or money even a company reputation and privacy.
How to Tell if Your Website Has Been Hacked
1. A warning sign from browser
If you notice an alert from Google Chrome indicating that your website has been hacked, they have most likely been hacked. When Google Safe Browsing blacklists your website,
this warning appears. Google's blacklist is used by popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Opera to display warning messages to visitors. Examine
the Google notifications that appear when your website is attacked.
2. Website loads slower than usual
If you think your website is taking an unusually long time to load, it could be due to a lot of activity across your website or server. Malware may be using server resources. Therefore,
if your website takes twice or more than normal to load, these are warning signals and double-check your server for unusual, or malicious activities.
3. Your email has been sent to spam
Was the number of replies to the previous newsletter unusually low? This may be due to an email being placed in the customer's spam folder. If a hacker sends a list of spam emails
through your website, keep an eye on your marketing activities as your website may be blacklisted by your email provider.
4. The file has recently change
If you find that your core system files have changed recently, compare the files to previous versions to see what has changed. The attacker could have modified the file to execute
malicious code, send spam emails, or create a backdoor on your website. If a file with a suspicious filename, a server-side script file (.php, .aspx, .py, etc.) exists in the upload directory,
this is a strong indication that the website has been hacked.
5. Ads or pop-ups when you visit the website
If your website visitors are seeing spam ads or pop-ups, your website may have been compromised by cross-site scripting (XSS) or malicious code injection. Hackers make money from
the number of times an ad is viewed. The Google Safe Browsing team will send you an email notifying you that they have detected socially engineered content on your website.
What to Do If You Suspect Your Website Is Hacked
1. Check the status of the blacklist on the status page of the Google Safe Browsing site
Simply replace "achivement.com" at the end of the URL with your website's URL to see the status of your website's blacklist on Google. It also provides details on the hack and the steps
you need to take to resolve the issue.
2. Disable access to website:
Puts the website in maintenance mode and restricts access to authorized users only before the customer learns about the hack due to serious damage. To do this, place .htpasswd.
3. Get Professional Website Malware Cleaning:
You can hire a security expert to clean hacked websites.
At ACM, we or offered website maintenance services and helped many companies developed cybersecurity strategies to protect their websites from hackers. We also continuously monitor
your website and IT infrastructure to see what's happening. If you would like to know more about security products on our website, please contact a solution specialist on our hotline
6295 5962 or email us at info@achievement.com.sg. We will discuss
your situation and help you develop a custom security strategy for your website that will reassure you in this important area of your business.
