WordPress is a tool that bloggers initially used, but it has become a popular website builder and is used by many website owners and companies over the years. It has proven itself to be an excellent content managing platform. Its popularity is attributed to the ease with which it can be used to create different […]
Category: WordPress Security
A category dedicated to security threats about WordPress and tips on how to combat these. Learn how to recover your hacked blog and protect it from future threats.
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Most Common SSL Connection Errors And Methods To Fix Them
The irritating SSL connection errors may suddenly appear from nowhere, or maybe the result of lousy SSL certificate setup. No matter what the reason is, you surely don’t want your visitors to see any kind of dangerous warnings when surfing your website. These browser notifications can be: “Your connection is not private“, “Your connection is […]
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Inside the Gmail XSS Vulnerability, and How to Protect Against Attacks
Web pages are composed of a variety of different types of content. HTML is the skeleton of the webpage, defining the text and the page’s overall structure. CSS acts as the skin, allowing the web developer to control how the web page looks. Finally, a web page can include scripts, which enable animation and user […]
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All you need to know about ethical hacking
Today one worldwide phenomenon which has proved to be a revolutionary in the IT sector is Hacking. People who have the technical know-how to manipulate the data and control the networks with the intention of stealing and breaching sensitive data are known as hackers. Shehnaz who offers assignments to help Australia with TFTH says that […]
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Cybersecurity tips to protect your business from online security threats
Small business owners think that cybercriminal attacks are only a thing for the multi-billion dollar companies to worry about. However, criminals also love to prey on small and medium-sized businesses. Implementing a robust cybersecurity plan to help in reducing the levels of criminality is a need that small business owners must also meet. There are […]
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Data Security Tips when Building a Website
Development of a personal or business website has become easier than ever before due to the availability of easy to use web development tools and website builders. But most of the webmasters and small business owners don’t think that their website could be a target for cybercriminals or hackers. Website security is something most important […]
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7 Tips to Beat the Hackers Who Want to Destroy Your WordPress Site
Hackers are the vandals of the Internet. They get their kicks by defacing and wreaking carnage on your property, in this case, your website. That they ruin your hard work is bad enough, but when that results in a loss of income, it can be soul-destroying. Just as a burglar will take advantage of an […]
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How to Check WordPress Version Easily in Different Ways
How do you find out what WordPress Version a site is running on if you don’t access the CMS Backend? Of course, the most reliable way of finding a WordPress version is to log in to the “wp-admin” area and look under the ‘Updates‘! But we don’t always have that access available. There are plenty […]
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Incapsula Analysis: Beyond content delivery, this platform also optimizes your website for trust
While the primary goal of a CDN is to improve website access speed, there are also several surprising secondary benefits. Speed kills. Speed matters. For any blog, website, or application, content delivery speed is one of the things that can make it or break it for users. Studies show that around 50 percent of users […]
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Guide for Using Password Free WordPress Login Using Clef
You might have heard strong passwords are necessary to keep your account safe and secure. But now you don’t need to remember complicated passwords. In fact, you can easily login your WordPress website. Improve your website’s security by allowing two-factor verification for your WordPress site. In this blog, we will highlight on how to use […]
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WordPress Plugins Affected by XSS Vulnerability
The two functions add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() are used extensively in WordPress development in modifying and adding query strings to URLs. These functions make a plugin vulnerable to hacking particularly by cross-site scripting which is also known as XSS. The documentation on WordPress codex was vague which led the developers to use these functions and became […]