My almost ci site hack

Good point about encrypted connections @skunkbad.

There is also a risk in using Filezilla (perhaps the most used ftp client?). The sitemanager of Filezilla stores all your FTP credentials in an xml file in plain text or in base_64 encoding. Malware exists that retrieves those login details and sends it to the attacker. Therefor, always ensure your operating system is up to date and have a virus scanner active.

I work one day a week from my home. I have setup a vlan in my home network just to isolate my workstation from all other devices in the network. You can never be to paranoid