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Over 50 Tools To Analyze Your Security

Over 50 Tools To Analyze Your Security

Here’s another great article from the security pros at Wordfence. This is both scary and informative. From the moment I read this article on security tools, I’ve been trying them all and I can’t believe what I’m finding. 51 Tools for Security Analysts This entry was posted in General Security, Research, WordPress Security on April 20, 2017 by Mark Maunder Yesterday at Wordfence we had an “all welcome” technology sharing meeting with the entire company – or at least everyone that…

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Don’t Host With The Domain Name Provider

Don’t Host With The Domain Name Provider

Here’s another great eye-opening article from the awesome people at WordFence. The Offer 10 Reasons to Buy Your Domain Name and Hosting From Different Companies. It makes sense to house your site in the same place where you got your domain, especially since many providers offer seamless user interfaces for managing them both and some also offer free domains when you purchase hosting. On the other hand, there are many caveats that could make this seemingly natural pairing turn sour…

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Your Home Router May Be Vulnerable

Your Home Router May Be Vulnerable

I follow the WordFence.com/blog, and recently they published a report the scared the heck out of me. I’m also in the WordPress design and hosting business so the was very important to me. Tens of thousands of hacked home routers are attacking WordPress websites. When these home routers are compromised the attacker has full access to the home network behind each router and can work at hacking into workstations, mobile devices, home cameras, temperature control units and anything else connected…

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Revoked SSL Certificates on Malicious Phishing Sites

Revoked SSL Certificates on Malicious Phishing Sites

Warning! SSL Certificates on Malicious Phishing Sites Did you know that even though your Chrome browser tells you a website is secure, in reality the sites certificate may already have been revoked? Chrome will still show the site as ‘Secure’. The fact that the certificate is revoked is buried so deep in Chrome developer tools that most people will never find it. I feel this is something every online user should know about and I’ll explain how to protect yourself…

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Cool Tools For Techs – Updated

Cool Tools For Techs – Updated

Cool tools for you techies Make a universal installer CD for any 32 bit disk or a 64 bit disk Just run this: http://code.kliu.org/misc/winisoutils/ and then burn the ISO to a disk… OR Combine the 32 and 64 bit disks into one combo universal installer: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/85813-windows-7-universal-installation-disc-create.html and burn the ISO to a Disk! Or put it on a thumbdrive with this: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html But alas my favorite source for Windows7 images is gone. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/14-windows-7-direct-download-links This had direct links to the digitalriver repository…

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WordPress Maintenance in Sacramento – A SNAP!

WordPress Maintenance in Sacramento – A SNAP!

Updated Protecting Against WordPress Security Issues WordPress is becoming the big target in terms of security issues, with so many websites running on WP everyone tries to hack it. As a result, site owners have to constantly update WordPress versions, themes, and plugins. It is becoming a maintenance nightmare, plus there is absolutely no guarantee that these components work together – you are at mercy of theme and plugin authors. I just had to upgrade 3 plugins that I use…

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El Dorado Hills, Serrano Open House Sunday

El Dorado Hills, Serrano Open House Sunday

El Dorado Hills, Serrano Home For Sale Wonderful Italian inspired home with large .35 private corner yard. Walk to the Country Club! 3,648 sq ft. plus a detached casita’. Live indoors and out – outdoor Serrano room w/fireplace, spacious wraparound yard w/pond, water feature & separate hot tub. Formal living & dining, downstairs den w 1/2 bath, gourmet kitchen w/granite island that opens to large family room. Beautiful wood & tile floors, large master suite w a private sitting room…

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DDoS Attack Takes Down Big Internet Sites

DDoS Attack Takes Down Big Internet Sites

DNS provider Dyn.com is currently under heavy DDoS attack which has affected many well known brands across the Internet including Amazon, Netflix, Reddit, Twitter, NetFlix, CABizHost, Paypal and many others. This may affect your site if you use them for DNS or if you use any service, like Paypal, that uses DynDNS. The larger providers seem to have worked quite quickly to mitigate this attack, but it is ongoing so it’s important that you’re aware of it and carefully monitor…

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Two Sacramento Web Hosting Companies – REVIEWED

Two Sacramento Web Hosting Companies – REVIEWED

Here Are 2 Top-Quality Website Hosting Companies In Sacramento In my humble and yet incredibly awesome opinion CABizHost.com and IMarkHosting.com are first-class web host companies in the Sacramento area. These are well suited for small businesses that need to market online and they are also very newbie friendly. CABizHost.com has been providing quality Sacramento Web Hosting since 1987. Yup, since the BBS days. They Have no long-term contracts.  Their multi-site facilities include redundant Internet connections, battery powered backup and standby power generation….

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Windows 7 Installation Problems on the Skylake Platform Part 1

Windows 7 Installation Problems on the Skylake Platform Part 1

I was totally unaware of this issue until I had a customer talking about this issue today, so I then went to the ASUS website and checked the ASUS motherboard B150M-A a popular model. It had listed Windows 7 as a supported O/S and also had this note: “Please refer to ASUS website and download “Windows® 7 installation guide” and “ASUS EZ installer” to install Windows® 7”. I found this information on their FAQ page: “Based on the chipset specification,…

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