Link: Why You Need a WordPress Security Plugin
An answer to the question: Do You Need a WordPress Security Plugin? The explanation is also useful in helping those who aren’t experts understand why computer security must be regularly updated.
An answer to the question: Do You Need a WordPress Security Plugin? The explanation is also useful in helping those who aren’t experts understand why computer security must be regularly updated.
I’m frequently asked how to do this, and the simple answer is that if an e-mail isn’t from someone you know or someone you do business with, don’t open it. Further, if the e-mail doesn’t seem in character for that person or business, don’t open it. If you’d be suspicious of the content if your…
I got this via e-mail alert from Barkly and thence to Bleeping Computer. Here’s the takeaway: What everyone should take away from this is that if you see a popup on a page stating that you need to download a Chrome Font Pack, you should immediately close the browser and not visit the site again….
Since I started working with tags I’ve been looking for a good tag cloud that works well with my sidebars. I’ve found that with New Tag Cloud. It’s easy to install, works with the WordPress 2.3 tags, and is configurable. I’m using it along with Miniposts which will be good for me to provide quick…
This is another quick fix. I added a new Sectigo security certificate to my ecommerce set, https://energiondirect.com. The certificate provides a seal which provided information to users. There’s a bit of Javascript Code to put into the header, and then some to be put in the body. My actual seal kept appearing at the bottom…
I just got notice of a vulnerability in Firefox from Wordfence. I have no original information, but I have generallly found that the Wordfence people provie good information. I will post a comment here (an a note at the top of this post) when this vulnerability has been fixed. The one way to avoid the…
Here’s an evaluation of Spybot Search and Destroy. I’ve also found the tool useful, but not as one’s sole protection.