Hackers are the main cause of tension for any website owner. If you not took strong steps to secure your website then you can not stop hackers to hack or infect your website. In this article we will teach you how to secure your cPanel in simple tricks or tips. Just follow our instructions and say good bye to hackers forever.
Tip:-1 Choose a strong Password
First of all you have to choose a strong and random key password for you cPanel like ^88h0sF12a$% so no one can track your password easily. Secondly never use the same password for your cPanel Accounts, FTP Accounts and Web mails accounts. Avoid to type simple and common words in your Passwords like your own name, your country name etc.
Note:- Best option is to use Password Suggestion on cPanel (auto generated passwords) because these are strong passwords
Tip:-2 Put Firewall Protection, Anti-Virus and Anti-Rootkit in Place
Some hackers infect your website by injecting virus on you cPanel which cause many bad effects on your website. So if you put your Firewall Protection, Anti-Virus and Anti-Rootkit in Place. For anti virus we will prefer you ClamAV. In additional you can use many Rootkit Hunter software to protect your cPanel from malicious)
Tip:-3 Secure your SSH
By using Secure Shell (SSH) you can easily access your cPanel or server. It helps you to configure your updates and allow you to fix bugs in your servers. By default everyone assign 22 for their SSH port we recommend you to choose another port number for your SSH which is hide from others.
Tip:-4 Stay Up to date with your cPanel
You have to update your old cPanel version to latest cPanel versions. Main benefits to update your cPanel is to get latest features with more security instructions and functions. In additional you have to keep your server updated by configure updates on daily basis or twice in a week.