Understanding 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…

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Why Backups are Your Business’s Superhero Before Updating WordPress

Dear Busy Business Owners, Let’s face it, in the bustling world of business, updating your WordPress site feels a lot like that awkward family reunion. It’s necessary, but you’d rather be doing… literally anything else. However, before you click ‘update’ faster than a kid hitting snooze on a Monday morning, let’s talk about the unsung…

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Has Your Website Slowed Down?

Does it seem as if your website has slowed down in the past couple of weeks? Many people in various forums are reporting that they sense a speed reduction recently, and are asking for advice. Could a virus cause the internet to slow down? The Effects Of COVID-19 On The Internet While it is true…

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WordPress 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…

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New Responsive E-Commerce Website

One of the things we are really proud of here at The Ian Scott Group is that over the years, our client retention rate is extremely high – perhaps one of the highest in the web development business. When we started back in 1997, many of our associates through other businesses at the time became…

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WordPress & Minimum PHP Version

For some website owners, they will have a surprise waiting for them if they try to update their version of WordPress to the scheduled new release of V. 5.2. WordPress has announced that version 5.2 will be released and along with that, the minimum version of PHP required will 5.6.20. If you are using anything…

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WooCommerce Payment Link When Not Logged In

All E-commerce platforms can be complicated and often, with security and other updates, functionality can unexpectedly change. Of course, store owners just want things to work as expected and often are not aware of reasons why something might change. Some of the reasons that functionality of an e-commerce platform can change include: Security issues that…

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Should You Buy A WordPress Theme?

Recently, with lots of marketing being done by theme creators and sellers, there’s been some questions about the idea of purchasing a WordPress theme to either create a new website or revamp an existing one. The idea of being able to purchase a “theme” and have a brand new website with just a few clicks…

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