Security Education Archives

How do I Know if a Website is Safe to Use my Credit Card?

Ben Martin
December 29, 2021

With regular news stories about companies being hacked, database breaches, internet-breaking vulnerabilities and online credit card theft, web users are justifiably anxious about making online…

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Most Interesting Vulnerabilities of 2021

Ashley Sand
December 27, 2021

As with most years, there’s been a wide array of critical vulnerabilities found within content management systems, plugins, API keys, etc. We’ll be recapping our…

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How to Add SSL & Move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS

Ashley Sand
December 23, 2021

Making sure your website uses HTTPS should be a top priority for any webmaster In fact, recent statistics show that over 42% of site administrators…

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How to Find and Fix a WordPress Pharma Hack

Allison Bondi
December 16, 2021

Did you know that one quarter of all spam emails are accredited to pharmaceutical ads? Pharma hacks go beyond the inbox and spam websites by…

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How Malware Gets On Your Website

Ashley Sand
December 13, 2021

Almost since the Internet’s inception malware infections have kept pace to be the biggest nuisance a site owner experiences. With an ever growing amount of…

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E-commerce Website Security Strategy for Holiday Shopping Season

Ashley Sand
December 10, 2021

As shopping season approaches once again, we’d like to give you some helpful advice when it comes to managing an e-commerce site, and how to…

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PHP Re-Infectors: How To Stop PHP Malware That Keeps Coming Back

Matt Morrow
December 8, 2021

We all know why bad actors infect sites: monetary gain, boosts in SEO ratings for their malware or spam campaigns and a number of other…

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Is My Site Hacked? 4 Gut Checks

Allison Bondi
December 3, 2021

The consequences of a hacked site have wide-ranging financial repercussions that extend beyond the cost of cleaning the site. Drop-offs can be anticipated for new…

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What We’ve Learned About SSH Brute Force Attacks

Ashley Sand
November 29, 2021

The first time I encountered brute force attacks I was a hosting specialist who received calls from frustrated site owners that wanted to know who’d…

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Why You Shouldn’t Use SMS For 2FA

Ashley Sand
November 24, 2021

Two factor authentication (2FA) provides an extra layer of security that passwords alone can’t provide. Requiring an extra step for users to verify their identity…

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An Overview of Website Reinfection Vectors

Ben Martin
November 19, 2021

The website security landscape is as complicated as it is treacherous. We often deal with clients who become reinfected over and over again. Once the…

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