Updates urgently required for the following WordPress plugin vulnerabilities These vulnerabilities were identified in the third week in March 2021. Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce User Profile Picture Database Backups The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder (Premium Version) Super Interactive Maps SuperStoreFinder Five Star Restaurant Menu JH 404 Logger WP File Manager VM Backups…
Passwords that have been reused are weak passwords According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, over 70% of employees reuse passwords at work. But the most important statistic from the report is that “81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen or weak passwords.” Even though 91% of people know reusing passwords is poor practice,…
Implementing Two-factor Authentication for WordPress In a previous articles we discussed: Your weakest link is your password, learn about password security Make sure your website is hosted with SSL. All of these are important layers, but there are additional, more in-depth steps you can take that will make it much more difficult for bad actors…
There has never been a better time to review your passwords. This article has been written by DoodleIT to give you a better understanding of exactly what goes into creating strong passwords and some of the methods used by hackers to compromise them. What to consider first when creating strong passwords Please take the time…
Your Password is Your Weakest Link Creating a strong password has never been more important. Hackers are sophisticated in their methods and a simple lowercase password of 7 or 8 characters with 2 numbers at the end will take less than a second to break. Their sophistication has improved significantly over the last 6 months…
Google has announced a deadline of July 2018 as the date for when Chrome will begin explicitly warning users if a site is insecure. By insecure we mean using http instead of https. You can check this by looking for a little green padlock in the address bar of your browser. After July 2018 More…
Why it’s important to use PDFs for Downloads instead of Word or Excel documents and even worse Powerpoint documents. Antivirus Software Security Alerts for Downloads Antivirus software is starting to display warnings when visitors try to download Word, Excel or even Powerpoint documents from websites. This is not what you want your visitors to experience…
Beginning January 2017, Google Chrome 56 started showing a warning for unencrypted sites that collect passwords or credit card information, labelling them as “not secure”. By unencrypted we mean using http:// instead of https:// And from October 2017, Chrome 62 will show a not secure warning when users enter text in a form on an…
The purpose of this post is to make you aware of the recent changes regarding HTTPS encryption and offer some background information. Some time ago Google started considering HTTPS as a factor when deciding the pagerank of a website or blog. Essentially that implied that Google favoured websites using https and listed them higher…
To keep your logins secure it is vital that you create a secure password. Hackers have become very sophisticated and the algorithms they use to gain access are very advanced. Now more than at any time before the importance of using a proper secure password cannot be underestimated. Don’t forget your emails too and if…