Hosting & Security
• 5 min read
• June 15, 2026
The 5 Security Mistakes Costing Small Business Websites Thousands
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Stephen Moorhouse
Founder & Principal Engineer at Smoortech
Every day, over 30,000 websites are hacked worldwide. Most attacks are automated bots scanning for known vulnerabilities in abandoned plugins and misconfigured server permissions.
Essential Security Checklist
- Automated daily offsite cloud snapshots.
- Strict Content Security Policies (CSP) and HSTS headers.
- Cloudflare edge firewall and brute-force login protection.
- Zero unmaintained third-party plugins.
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