Heads up on several email scams that have been going on for a long time. We have seen these for years, but there have been many times a new client has received one of these messages and been caught off guard. We have decided to keep a running log of some of the more...
It's crazy the number of emails we have received in the past few days from clients who received a terrifying sounding email from Google. The email went out to millions of G Suite users that contained the following line: "You are receiving this email because users...
We are living in an interesting time right now, to say the least, are we not? After a particularly hectic week last week, where we were furiously updating the websites of clients who reached out to us to get COVID-19 notices up, it occurred to me that many of our...
Each week I try to bring you relevant news and articles covering the digital marketing space. Here are some of the best articles you may have missed last week. Online Strategy: 10 Most Effective Marketing Strategies For Small Business It's hard to...
WordPress 4.9.3 was released earlier this week and many sites auto-updated, just as they normally do. But in a sad turn of events, the release of 4.9.3 included a bug which broke the WordPress auto-update feature for future versions, unless manual action is taken on...
From time to time I like to share with my readers and clients items that I run across that they might find interesting. As many who have worked with me know, I love the WordFence security plugin for WordPress. I recently ran across the "Cyber Security Survival Guide"...
As 2016 has come to an end, and we are now one month into 2017, I'm sure everyone is wondering that what’s going to happen next in the world of the internet and digital marketing. The only thing constant in the world of online marketing is change, it seems. In 2016,...
Last Wednesday, WordPress released version 4.7.1 of their software. Most WordPress websites were auto-updated since this is a security fix that targeted eight security bugs, including a fix for the PHP mailer issue that they announced last month. The PHP mailer issue...
Over the past year, a new and effective phishing method has been used to target Gmail and other mail services, and within the past couple of weeks there have been reports of experienced technical users even being hit by it. The way the attack works is that an email is...
If you had problems with the internet today, you are not alone. A large DNS provider, DynDNS, also known as Dyn.com, has been hit with a series of DDoS attacks today. Initially, the attacks started on the East Coast of the United States in the morning, but most were...
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