We’ve written about WordPress security quite a bit, but there’s a new threat gaining a lot of traction. While it’s easy to avoid, WordFance reports a higher rate of new infections from this new malware operation than any other WordPress malware since...
One of the basic truths of our world is that no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes, and this includes programmers. Every computer program or complex piece of web-based software is vulnerable to problems, but thankfully most of those issues are resolved without...
If you own a computer, you’ve likely heard about the importance of antivirus software to prevent your computer from being hacked. You may not have heard as much about issues arising from website attacks, but the threat is just as real — and sometimes even more...
Netscape created the HTTPS protocol in 1994 for its Netscape Navigator browser. Since then, websites across the Internet have slowly integrated SSL or TLS certificates to use the HTTPS protocol. More recently, though, HTTPS encryption has become increasingly...
Ever since WordPress 3.7, WordPress has provided the option to update certain files automatically. By default, only some updates install automatically, but others can be automatically installed if you change a few settings. If you’d rather not have to hassle...
