There are clear differences between Trust Guard and Trustwave. Are you checking online labels as carefully as you are checking them offline? Last week I came home from a really long shopping trip. I opened the freezer and reached for a pizza to throw into the oven. I was starving and couldn’t wait to sink […]
Business Owners: Protect Your Site from Hackers
With more and more business owners constantly growing their online presence, the problem of website hacking has also been on the rise. Some people don’t take the issue of website hacking seriously because they assume that their websites are not worth hacking. However, not all hackers do what they do to steal information. Websites are […]
Hackers Accessed 143 Million Equifax Accounts
The big news this week regarding cyber security is the massive breach to the private information of 143 million people connected with Equifax. The people affected by the data breach live in the United States, Canada and the UK. Their names, social security numbers, birth dates, and addresses were compromised sometime between May and July […]
What Potatoes Can Teach Us About Security
I love hash browns and roasted potato hash. And although hashing your stored password data doesn’t require a little salt, pepper, and ketchup, doing so can be delicious to your clients – and keep them coming back for more of what you’re offering them year-after-year. Doesn’t that sound s-mashing! Do you have a website that […]
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 […]
President Trump Says No Computer is Safe
Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private. He expressed growing skepticism about the overall security of online communications. His administration is likely to use the un-safe internet often for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations. Trump rarely uses email or computers, despite his […]
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 […]
Who Is Protecting Your Website?
We pay quite a bit of money for insurances and warranties that are protecting our cars, homes, your offline business assets, and our health. These protective measures are important to us. They give us peace of mind knowing that if there are any problems that the responsible parties will help us resolve any problems quickly […]
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 […]