Securing your site, fixing a hack, and "not secure" warnings.
Most small business sites aren't hacked by someone targeting them. They're caught by automated attacks on old software and weak logins. This checklist covers the measures that stop those attacks, and how to recover fast if something gets through.
A "Not secure" warning tells visitors your site isn't protecting the connection, and many will leave before reading a word. The cause is usually one of four things, and most are quick to fix. Here's how to find which one, and what to do.
If your website has been hacked, the order you do things in matters. Contain it first, then restore or clean it, close the hole that let the attacker in, and ask Google to remove any warning. Here's the step-by-step.