Category - Security

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) in the world. It is used by millions of people to create everything from small personal blogs to large corporate websites. One of the reasons WordPress is so popular is because it...

No one wants their website to be infected with malware. It can damage your reputation, cause lost traffic and revenue, and even get your site blacklisted from search engines. But how do you know if your WordPress website is infected, and what can...

For anyone who is not familiar with the term, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and its successor, TLS (Transport Layer Security), these are protocols that provide communication security over the Internet. They do this by encrypting data that is...

CloudFlare is a website security company that provides content delivery network and DDoS mitigation services with a mission to “build a better internet” That is a great reason to use them, right out of the gate.  The internet is a big, ever...

WordPress is the most popular website platform in the world, by far. That popularity also makes it a prime target for hackers everywhere. All things considered, WordPress is actually a very secure platform, which is why we aren’t constantly hearing...

If you have ever completed two-factor authentication when you log into your email, bank account, or even social media account, then you know that this is becoming a more and more popular website security feature. There are plenty of sites out there...

With hackers constantly innovating new types of malware to target servers with, website owners (and their hosting providers) need to stay on top of the latest anti-malware tools. cPanel offers a few basic protection options, but for many websites...

Website security is always changing. It’s an attack and counterattack industry, where security is always getting better, hackers find a way around it, and then these gaps are patched, ideally resulting in ever-improved security. Here are some...

If you’re a business, you by definition know sensitive information about your customers. At the very least, you know physical and email addresses. But if you process payments through your site, and particularly if you handle subscription-type...

A Web Application Firewall (WAF) helps protect web applications on your site by monitoring the traffic between each application and the external world. In order to interact with your website, the visitors have to pass through the WAF, which runs...