We were just alerted, by a message from the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, that on January 19th, 2023, they received reports of an extortion campaign targeting personal blogs. The campaign, which began on or around January 18th, involves hackers sending emails to...
According to a top Ukrainian cybersecurity official, a cyberattack against Ukraine's defense ministry and army last week, along with attacks on two of the country's biggest banks, was the largest attack of its kind in the country's history. While we can see the...
While reviewing some of our SEO clients' Google Analytics, I noticed a weird page showing up in them that read "/[the first for letters of their domain] Better than reCAPTCHA：vaptcha.net" recently. So, I am guessing if you are on this page, it's because you saw the...
The scammers are at it again. I recently had a client report an email they received through their website's contact form. It said that my client's website was the source of DDoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks on their company servers. The emails read like this: Hello,...
Your website is the most crucial element of your online marketing efforts. This is why it is imperative that you maintain it regularly to ensure that it is accessible to your target audience, 24/7. Many people believe that once their website is up and running they...
SiteLock is a service that I have come across many times as a website developer. People have unwittingly fallen for the "need" to have SiteLock to "secure" their websites from their hosting companies. Many hosting companies even have some licensing deals with...
Most business owners understand the importance of owning a website, but neglect to think about the need for regular website maintenance once the site goes live. If you fail to account for regular website maintenance, you risk losing valuable customers or clients,...
Let us be clear about one thing – there is no concept of ‘do once and then you are done’ as far as websites are concerned. In fact, you need to continue taking care of your website and conduct ongoing website maintenance procedures to ensure that it continues to...
The number of WordPress based websites crosses 10 million. Around 500 websites are added daily making WordPress the fastest growing CMS currently. Major updates are released after 152 days, on average, and since the platform’s launch, 32 main updates have been...
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...
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