As we enter the final quarter of 2023, it is becoming increasingly clear that this is a particularly challenging year for cybersecurity.
Organizations and individuals, including GreenGeeks, are grappling with an unprecedented number of threats as cyberattacks, data breaches, and vulnerabilities proliferate.
Threat – Ransomware
The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving. While attackers are continually adapting their tactics to newly discovered vulnerabilities, one of the most significant cybersecurity challenges of 2023 will be the relentless pace of ransomware attacks.
These attacks, where malicious attackers encrypt victims’ data and demand a ransom to release it, are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Current targets include a wide range of organizations, from small businesses to large corporations and even critical infrastructure such as oil and gas pipelines.
Apart from regular cyber security measures, having a complete set of offsite backups can help you recover from a ransomware attack.
Threats – Supply Chain Software Vulnerabilities
In 2023, numerous vulnerabilities will be exposed within the supply chain, making it easier for cybercriminals to penetrate systems and compromise sensitive data.
Cyberattacks targeting software providers and suppliers can have far-reaching effects, impacting countless downstream organizations.
As the SolarWinds and Kaseya incidents demonstrated, cyberattacks targeting software providers and suppliers can have far-reaching effects, impacting countless downstream organizations.
It is almost impossible to proactively mitigate these attacks. However, one approach is to delay non-security-related updates until they have been thoroughly tested.
Threat – Insider
External threats often make headlines, but insider threats will become even more prevalent in 2023.
Disgruntled employees or individuals with privileged access can pose a significant risk to your organization. Preventing insider threats requires a delicate balance between trust and vigilance. This includes emphasizing the importance of regular accountability audits.
To help alleviate some of these obstacles, the GreenGeeks security team has implemented a variety of enhancements across the platform, including the addition of new and exciting features.
GreenGeeks New Features and Features
Improvement – Enhanced 2FA support
GreenGeeks is pleased to announce that two-factor authentication (2FA) is now optionally available across our hosting network. This is to further strengthen the security of direct login.
This new advanced 2FA support is in addition to the existing options provided within the GreenGeeks dashboard. It is also configurable within GreenGeeks cPanel.
For more information on configuring 2FA, see the cPanel website. https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/security/two-factor-authentication-for-cpanel/
Improvement – Blocking fraudulent bots
By default, GreenGeeks blocks “bad bots” that harvest website content or probe software for vulnerabilities.
Last year, with the sudden rise in popularity of generative AI, GreenGeeks implemented additional security rules at the server level to block AI scraping bots like ChatGPT.
Unlike regular indexing, content scraping bots exist solely to siphon content from websites and use it. This typically does not include royalties or credits.
Additionally, the large number of requests from content scraping bots can consume large amounts of resources. This may impact legitimate visitors and result in a poor experience.
Improvement – GreenGeeks MailHero
Spam is a never-ending problem for anyone with a website or email address. When spammers find a way to send ads or scams, they don’t hesitate to exploit that method.
GreenGeeks is taking more aggressive measures against spam with the latest release of MailHero. It is a comprehensive, all-in-one proactive email monitoring tool, currently implemented across EcoSite and our reseller network.
MailHero actively monitors your server email logs for common errors, spam occurrences, and rejections, and alerts your team when action is required. This allows the GreenGeeks security team to mitigate potential spam issues that could damage your email reputation before they get worse.
MailHero also helps you identify and control forwarded spam that can inadvertently cause problems for your business.
What’s even better is that MailHero is currently active on all servers. No additional action is required to take advantage of these benefits.
Improvement – Password generator
GreenGeeks is pleased to announce our new password generator. This tool allows customers to create secure passwords to use on her websites and other services that require passwords.
Aside from outdated website software, compromised passwords are one of the most common forms of abuse within the web hosting industry. Once a password is compromised, it remains at risk indefinitely.
The GreenGeeks Security Team strongly recommends that customers take the time to audit and update all passwords within the GreenGeeks Service. This includes cPanel, FTP, email, and website-level passwords (such as your WordPress admin password).
Passwords must be updated regularly (at least once every three months). For more information about secure passwords, see the following blog post: https://www.greengeeks.com/blog/protect-yourself-with-secure-passwords/
conclusion
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, so GreenGeeks wants to make sure all of our customers are protected and safe.
With the implementation of 2FA in cPanel, MailHero, Bot Block, and other exciting features, your website, data, and email reputation are more secure than ever.
Protecting your data is of paramount importance today. Please take steps to keep yourself, your customers, and your business safe at all times. Never underestimate the criminal element. Even the smallest websites are targeted.
