As a follow up to my post on SSL certificates, I recently decided to implement SSL with a new WordPress website I created. It’s definitely less of a headache starting out with SSL on your site as opposed to adding it to an existing website that’s been around for a number of years. For new […]
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The combined threat of website attacks along with Google’s stance of giving secure sites a boost in search engine rankings has generated a lot of interest in obtaining an SSL certificate and converting to https. In the past, SSL has primarily been used for ecommerce and for websites containing sensitive information. However, many website owners
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So I open up my email the other day and I get a big surprise. One of my web hosting companies basically told me I was hogging resources and that it might lead to my account being suspended. Now, I know the traffic on my websites has been steadily increasing (thankfully), but I couldn’t believe
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With the recent revelations that eBay was hacked and that customer’s data may have been compromised, we’re all reminded how important it is to do as much as we can to make sure our websites are as secure as possible. While no one can guarantee that your site will never get attacked, there are some
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InMotion Hosting recently published an excellent blog post on Digital Security and Keeping Your Website Safe. I’ve listed below what I consider the most important tips from the list along with some comments based on my own experiences. Make Sure All the Software on your Server is Up to Date Experts agree that the biggest
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Are you looking for some extra protection for your website? If you have a cPanel web hosting plan, there are a number of tools available to you for securing your site and online presence. If your web hosting company does not use cPanel, you probably still have these types of tools available; you’ll just need
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Late Friday evening on April 12, 2013, iPage sent out an email to their customers informing and updating them on a recent “brute force attack” on WordPress sites across the internet. According to the email from iPage, this particular attack has over a hundred thousand computers in a botnet that is attempting to locate and
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If you’re running an ecommerce website or have sensitive information being sent to your site, then you definitely need to have SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to encrypt the data for added protection. A lot of web hosting companies now provide Shared SSL free with you hosting plan. However, in order to utilize Shared SSL you
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Most web hosting companies do a pretty good job of securing your website these days. However, that certainly doesn’t mean your site can’t or won’t be hacked or attacked. Fortunately, more and more web hosts are now providing an extra level of security with their web hosting plans. Here’s a look at a few. At
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One of the educational sessions held at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas last week (NMX 2013) was a presentation by Dre Armeda on how anyone can hack into a WordPress site in five minutes. During the session, Dre showed how automated programs can be used to discover your login ID. Then using a
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