According to CNN.com, hospitals, major companies, and government offices around the world were trying to recover from what experts are calling one of the biggest cyber attacks ever. The victims, found in more than 150 countries all over the world, were hit by a virus that seeks to seize control of computers until a ransom […]
Eight Things You Can Do to Protect Yourself from a DDoS Attack
Every day of our lives now there are twice as many websites that are hacked than babies that are born. According to an article from Rival Host, if your website goes down due to an overload of website traffic, you’re probably a victim of the notorious distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. DDoS attacks have […]
Security Expert Brian Krebs Says: Buy Quality Hardware
Security expert Brian Krebs says people using the internet are safer if they purchase quality hardware. The 43-year-old Alabama native writes Krebs on Security. It’s a one-man operation focused on digital crime. His encyclopedic knowledge of the subject and his network of contacts has made his blog essential reading for anyone interested in cyber crime and […]
Better Stacked Than Hacked!
Are you like most business owners? Most business owners say that they would rather have stacks of cash than to have their websites hacked. They say it, but they usually don’t do anything about it. It’s like saying you want to lose 15 pounds and then eating a box of Twinkies. It just doesn’t make […]
Your Website Needs a Lifeguard!
Sometimes, a lifeguard is someone who risks his or her life to save people who have wandered too far out, or who never really learned how to swim. They learn CPR, rescue swimming techniques, and other lifesaving strategies to save people that are at risk of drowning. But lifeguards are also there to prevent accidents from […]
Common Traits of Trolls and Hackers
Trolls and hackers are similar to each other in several ways. Both species are annoying and enjoy causing problems. I’m not talking about the trolls that try to upset everyone in online forums with rude and obnoxious posts. Although, who’s to say that that’s not how hackers spend their free time. Here are five ways […]
Google to Warn Consumers of Unsafe Websites
Chrome will explicitly mark web pages as unsafe if they use HTTP for transmitting sensitive data starting January 2017. Google has a goal to make the internet a safer place for everyone. It will soon start publicly shaming unsafe websites. Beware if you fail to use the HTTPS protocol for transmitting passwords and other sensitive data. […]