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Sacramento Company Offers SSL Certificates

Sacramento Company Offers SSL Certificates

Sacramento Company Will Secure Your Website In the early days, the internet was used mainly to communicate information. As time went on, buying and selling on the web became more common. This meant that people were sending sensitive and confidential information across the web, which then gave criminals the opportunity to steal that information. Identity theft, stolen credit card numbers, stolen logins — these and other cyber crimes have become commonplace. See https://SSL-Sacramento.com If you want to stay in business,…

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A Serious Drupal Vulnerability

A Serious Drupal Vulnerability

This morning we are publishing a public service announcement about a severe Drupal core remote code execution vulnerability announced yesterday. If you use Drupal or know someone who does, I’d encourage you to read this post and spread the word. The vulnerability allows an attacker, leveraging multiple attack vectors, to take complete control of a website. The Drupal team estimates that at the time of the announcement over 1 million sites are affected, about 9% of Drupal sites. Our focus…

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Consider Your Wi-Fi Devices Unsafe

Consider Your Wi-Fi Devices Unsafe

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Wordfence just requested that we help spread the word! Severe Vulnerability in All Wi-Fi Devices This entry was posted in General Security on October 16, 2017 by Mark Maunder This is a public service announcement (PSA) from the Wordfence team regarding a security issue that has a wide impact. Today is being called “Black Monday” in many information security circles. We have had a major Wi-Fi vulnerability announced that affects absolutely every device that supports Wi-Fi. The vulnerability allows attackers…

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Over 50 Tools To Analyze Your Security

Over 50 Tools To Analyze Your Security

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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

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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

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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

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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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