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 just started setup on a client web site hosted on iPower.com, and being a new site it’s on one of their new servers. None of my existing sites have been moved, so this was my first experience with it. If you aren’t an iPower customer and don’t know what I’m talking about, this post…
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 use Imunify360 for my web servers, and this article from their blog provides some important lessons. Those who work regularly with resources in the cloud will understand the key recommendations. For other users, I want to underline and add to one recommendation. Backups! I have worked with two small companies that suffered ransomware attacks…
I cannot think of anything that will spare computer users more annoyance and hardship than being careful of what they install on their computers. I’ve cleaned up several machines recently, and in every case there were multiple toolbars, numerous search providers, and a number of utilities. In each case the users could not tell me…
Some time ago I started switching all of my company’s (Energion Publications) web sites to use WordPress as a content management system. As I began to do that I intended to make those sites look as little like a blog as possible. The basic idea was that a blog is a sort of personal…
I think this article on MSNBC’s Red Tape Chronicles is good reading for the non-technically oriented. I have already encountered some of the programs mentioned on various computers. This should just be another warning to: Keep your anti-virus products up to date Keep your backups current Be very careful what you download from the internet…