Summary of WordPress Security Practices
I found this article on the Imunify360 blog well worth the time.
I found this article on the Imunify360 blog well worth the time.
If you’re not subscribed to various useful blogs on TechRepublic, you should be. I get a great deal of information from that source. For those who may not be subscribed, or who haven’t seen it yet, let me recommend Video: Three ways you might be breaking the law with your computer (there’s also a text…
You will find more infographics at Statista I would recommend reading the article for more information. Users should note that the primary vector for infection is an infected email. Do not follow a link from an email or download an attachment unless you know who sent it, trust them completely, and are confident of the…
A number of people have wound up calling me to help them recover their computers when the problem was simply that some website had been given permission to send notifications. When browsing, be very careful. The more popular the category in which you’re searching, the more likely there are bad websites pretending to serve your…
… along with other annoying things. But today I was reminded of these emails when Jody showed me one she got that purported to be from Amazon. The folks who do this stuff know that a whole bunch of people shop on Amazon, so they create a fake email and choose a price that many…
I’m just calling attention to this again, because I so frequently find all kinds of utilities on people’s machines. They don’t know what they are and don’t use them. They come from add-ons to installations. I wrote about this just under a year ago, in a post titled Security and Performance Tip: Installing Software. The…
Wordfence is providing another excellent public service announcement, this time regarding hijacked extensions. While the method of attack is interesting, there are a number of important actions recommended in the post. I’d like to call your attention to a few: Don’t trust links in e-mails. As we become used to search bars being combined with…
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