Category Archives: security
The unexpected benefit of VaultPress
When the great folks at Automattic, the home of popular blogging platform WordPress came up with VaultPress, I was doubly pleased. First of all it addressed a real need to have constant off-server backups of WP sites and someone to … Continue reading
What to do if your Hotmail account got hacked – the recent spate of attacks on Hotmail accounts
Get SEO Certified and get ahead in your career! Awesome FREE SEO training on Sierra Echo Oscar If your friends and contacts have received an email or IM message from your Hotmail account with wording along the lines of “I … Continue reading
WordPress blog security top tips – Some things you MUST do!
WordPress is an excellent blogging platform, but as it is so popular it’s also a constant target for those wanting to find and exploit its vulnerabilities. You should note that as with other web platforms, keeping WordPress secure is a … Continue reading
Firefox Users – Read this Now to Protect Your Passwords!
Following my piece about Google Chrome making password information visible to users (Oh Sh*t – Google Chrome Doesn’t Really do THAT?!) – I got several messages from people who were more worried about my observation that Firefox does the same. … Continue reading
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What do I do if I have a Virus? (Virus Removal and Virus Protection)
What do I do if I have a Virus? (Virus Removal and Protection) This article covers what to do if you have a virus, or suspect you have a virus on your computer. THE CAUSE You are usually vulnerable to … Continue reading
Yahoo virus / malware report – what to do if you get this (June 08)
Yahoo virus / malware report is a false positive (Avast) Yahoo virus and malware reports from around the globe were found to be a false positive, captured by anti-virus program “Avast!”. Concerned users were reporting the following message when they … Continue reading
Photobucket Hacked – Latest Updates
MOST CURRENT – 20 June 08 14.15 GMT: Things seem to have stabilised as the corrected dns settings filtered out across the web. There are still a small number of users accessing the instructions on what to do to get … Continue reading
Photobucket hacked – and how not to handle your customers when you get hacked!
Above: Photobucket down – site as seen by some users yesterday. Photobucket was hacked yesterday, using what seems like a dns hack* *see “what is a DNS hack?” at the bottom of this post. Because the Photobucket outage was dns … Continue reading
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