With Covid-19, many of us have found ourselves working remotely much more often, or even exclusively, and we can likely expect remote work to be commonplace. Unfortunately, this opens up a goldmine of opportunities for hackers and scammers to steal your files, money and identity, so you need to be more vigilant and careful now …
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Change is coming very soon, and it’s time to get your website ready. The big news is: SSL will no longer be optional. For the past several years, Google Chrome has been working toward a more secure web by advocating that sites adopt HTTPS encryption (instead of the default HTTP). For example, without an SSL …
Is your WordPress website secure? How can you tell? Look at the top of your website: do you see a green lock next to your website address? Does it say at the top of the browser window HTTP://www.yourwebsite.com or does it say HTTPS://www.yourwebsite.com? If you don’t see a green lock, HTTPS or any indication that …
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Have you reviewed the plugins you’re using lately? As you probably know, keeping your WordPress software up to date is the most important factor in securing your site. WordPress notifies you each time there is an update for a plugin in the WordPress directory. But what if you are using a plugin that had disappeared …
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Updated July 7, 2020 If your site has been hacked you want to take action as quickly as possible. The longer you wait, the more of a mess the hackers can make of your site, and your google ranking!!! If your site has not been hacked (great!), review this article on how to secure your …
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Updated: 3/25/2016 The #1 rule of WordPress security is to keep your WordPress core files, your plugins and your theme updated. The fine programmers at WordPress work tirelessly to update WordPress to bring you new functionality – and to close any security holes that are found. The WordPress core and your plugins need to be …
The best way to avoid spammers harvesting your email address from your website, is to not put your email address on your website. But sometimes that’s not very convenient for the people visiting your website. Use a Web Form Normally we recommend adding a form to your website, instead of posting your email address. With …
