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.
I have made the point before that security and convenience tend to conflict. Having a secure password is harder than having one that’s easy to remember. Generally, if it’s easy to remember it’s easy to crack. Two-Factor Authentication is similarly inconvenient. I was reminded of that today when I was logging into a site and…
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…
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…
There’s a story on MSNBC.com about a security vulnerability discovered in DNS servers. Those are the machines that take the name you type into your address bar and convert it into numbers your computer can comprehend. If it converts it into the wrong set of numbers, you go to the wrong place. It would be…
Wordfence has an excellent post on this subject. While their post is aimed at WordPress users, the ideas are good for any password. My own comment is this: Use MFA – multi-factor authentication. This is accomplished in various ways, such as an app on your phone, a texted code, emailed code, and so forth. It takes…
I’m writing this article so that I can refer callers to it. It’s going to be very, very basic. I’ve been getting calls from people who have been referred by my clients, generally with serious malware issues on their computers. When I look at the machine I invariably find that there is a fairly simple…