Tag Archives: security

Start at home to secure your website

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Brian

If someone steals the keys to your house, did they just get the keys to your car too? Are the keys to your website sitting on your laptop? This morning I received a great article from BlueHost about securing your … Continue reading →

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Perform a security scan to determine vulnerabilities

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Brian

New website vulnerabilities are being found all the time. Use one of the readily available scanning services to keep up to date. I use a great scanning service from Sucuri to check my website whenever I do maintenance. This article … Continue reading →

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Getting your email when you can’t get your email

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brian

This week some preparation has paid off and although my email server is impacted by a DDOS attack I can still read anything sent to me. You can read more about DDoS in my recent article, including how to prepare … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.3 will be released in November

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Brian

Here is a date for the diary if you are using WordPress for your site – November 15th, 2011. The schedule for the next major release of WordPress has been announced. There will still be a series of minor releases … Continue reading →

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Don’t use one of the most common passwords

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Brian

It’s human nature, we are all human and we all have a similar way of thinking and acting. A downside of this on the security front is that we tend to pick the same passwords as everyone else. At worst … Continue reading →

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How to give access to Google Analytics data

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Brian

You may want to give other people access to your Google Analytics data for a number of reasons. To share with a consultant, to let others in your company run reports, to have a Geek like me set up reports … Continue reading →

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Now we get spam on Skype too

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Brian

Spam, and people trying to do the wrong thing are everywhere! I was at a client’s this week when she received an incoming Skype call from “Urgent Update”. It was a recorded message starting to tell her that there was … Continue reading →

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GMail and Sony hacked – passwords exposed

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Brian

How much trouble would you be in if your email password was stolen? You have probably heard already that Sony and GMail have been the target of attacks designed to break into accounts and steal passwords and other information. In … Continue reading →

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Are you publishing your email password without knowing!

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Brian

Depending on the settings of your email program you could be telling the world your email password every time you check your email! Sadly the default setting of many email clients is not to use a secure connection. This means … Continue reading →

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Why is the ‘S’ in https important

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Brian

If you have read some of my other posts you will know that I have a bee in my bonnet about security, privacy and backups. Make sure you have these and you are building a solid foundation to enjoy your … Continue reading →

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