Security
Credit Card Testing – Do You Need Help?
Introduction In the digital age, businesses increasingly rely on online transactions, making payment security a top priority. One of the less-discussed yet critical issues businesses face is credit card testing. This malicious practice can lead to significant financial losses and damage a company’s reputation. This article delves into the problem of credit card testing, its…
Read MoreUnderstanding Clickjacking: Why Most Website Owners Need Not Worry
The other day, a client reached out concerned about an email they had received that appeared to address a security concern with their website. The email was sent from someone who claimed to be an “Ethical Hacker” and who was involved in “security research.” The subject of the email was VULNERABILITY REPORT : CLICK JACKING…
Read MoreProtecting & Securing Our Clients’ Sensitive Information
One of the things that has always been very important to us is the privacy and security of information and the transmission of information including emails. Back in the early 2000’s, we were strong proponents of the use of PGP/GPG (Pretty Good Privacy) in email encryption and signing and as much as possible, promoted and…
Read MoreWordPress Plugin – WPCentral Major Vulnerability
We’ve just heard news of a major security vulnerability in a popular WordPress Plugin called wpCentral. This plugin allows owners of multiple WordPress plugins to manage all of their websites through a single control panel. This is partly what makes this plugin vulnerability such a serious and potentially dangerous security issue. The vulnerability that was…
Read MoreSocial Warfare WordPress Vulnerability
Earlier today, it was announced that the popular social media sharing plugin, “Social Warfare” has been found to have a serious security vulnerability. This is a “Zero-Day” vulnerability in that the proof of concept has been released before the plugin code writers have released a secured version. The full proof of concept may be found…
Read MoreNew Website Ransomware Seen
There has been an interesting report about a website ransomware malware installed on a website, that resulted in the total loss of the website. Details are a bit sketchy, but apparently a hosting company that runs Linux Ubuntu servers had a customer that reported their website files were totally encrypted and a demand for 20…
Read MoreBad Bots! Why Your Website Should Have Protection Against Them
Bad Bots! But Not The Russian Sort If you’ve paid attention to the media and politics recently, you’ve probably heard about allegations of bots – Russian bots specifically, that apparently exist to influence US (and now the upcoming Canadian) elections. We here have no opinion on these types of bots, that may affect Twitter and…
Read MoreHow Often Do You Back Up Your Data? Try This If You Don’t
How often do you back up your data from your PC or laptop? If you’re like most people, probably hardly ever. You probably mean to do it, but every day, something else comes up and that full backup just does not happen. Hey – it’s happened long ago, to us as well. Long hours working…
Read MoreTime To Get That SSL Certificate And Move To HTTPS
If you’re serious about your business, you’re probably serious about your website (or you should be). And that means you really need to be thinking about migrating your website to the SSL protocol instead of the “regular” http. Google has been hinting for some time now that in their opinion, SSL is extremely important for…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome & SSL Security
About a year ago, we told you about we told you about Google’s addition to their Web Master Guidelines, recommending that all websites move to the SSL (https) protocol for the sake of security and privacy of internet users. One of the questions back then was whether this would affect search engine rankings negatively or…
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