Info on Rootkits

ByHenry Neufeld November 18, 2008

TechRepublic’s 10 Things blog has a pretty good rundown. I’ve recently had to explain the very basics of rootkits to an occasional curious customer.

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Smishing
ByHenry Neufeld November 7, 2019

Smishing is sending a faked text to your phone in an attempt to gain personal information. This personal information can be used to gain access to other accounts. Here’s a link with more information. It’s targeted at me, as a service provider, but it provides you with information you need as well.

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Summary of WordPress Security Practices
ByHenry Neufeld September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

I found this article on the Imunify360 blog well worth the time.

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An E-mail Trick to Watch For
ByHenry Neufeld February 8, 2008

The full description is at Red Tape Chronicles. Spammers are using Google search links in e-mails to get people to their sites. As usual the solution is not clicking on things if you don’t know what they are. Consider it first. Also, as usual, look at the bottom bar of your browser with the mouse…

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Securing Your WordPress Site
ByHenry Neufeld December 17, 2019December 17, 2019

A recent post on the Wordfence blog discusses a major set of attacks against WordPress sites, title WP-VCD. Most of my readers will not be interested in the technical details (which are, in fact, very interesting!), but the basic actions to keep your site secure listed near the end are worth your time. If you…

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Spybot Evalutation
ByHenry Neufeld November 28, 2007

Here’s an evaluation of Spybot Search and Destroy. I’ve also found the tool useful, but not as one’s sole protection.

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Beware Russians Bearing Outdated Ukrainian Software
ByHenry Neufeld December 30, 2016

I have been testing Wordfence as my primary security for WordPress sites, and I have been getting more positive about it as I go along. I will almost certainly use the free version on my more minor sites and probably the Pro version on a couple of major ones. In any case, what they do…

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