Every growing website needs to be aware of DDoS attacks, and other common threats that can quickly take down an unprotected server. They can be devastating if you don’t know what’s going on or how to deal with it. In this day and age, anyone who knows where to look can purchase DDoS services. As you become more prominent in your field, someone may use them to damage your sales or reputation. However, with the right precautions, DDoS attacks can be prevented — or stopped in their tracks. What are DDoS Attacks? A DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attack is a sudden […]
Assessing Your Approach to Website Security: A Simple How-To Guide
Security concerns don’t have an off-season. Now is always the right time to perform an audit of the way you approach security on your clients’ websites. It’s worth noting that this is a battle you’ll often have to fight on two fronts. On one side, you’ll need to contend directly against those who wish harm to your clients’ sites. However, you may also experience some roadblocks put in place by the clients themselves. The good news is that the requirements for a safe and secure site are both minimal and achievable. In this post, we’ll look at how to determine […]
WordPress Core is Secure: Stop Telling People Otherwise
Updated: October 1, 2016 It’s time to clear up the WordPress security debate once and for all. Despite all the skepticism, WordPress core is without a doubt one of the most secure platforms you can choose to put a site on. Period. Since Jan. 24, 2013 no major vulnerabilities have been discovered inside WordPress core. That means that across every, up-to-date, WordPress install on every hosting company across the internet, no vulnerabilities in WordPress core have been discovered. That’s unprecedented in open-source software. If you’re skeptical, that’s reasonable. Sometimes it’s hard to ignore rumors. But I’m going to do my […]
How to Add HTTP Security Headers in WordPress (5 Types)
WordPress is one of the world’s most popular Content Management Systems (CMS). However, it’s also a favorite target among hackers, with 4.3 billion attempts to exploit vulnerabilities recorded in a single year. As a site owner, you may find this figure very worrying. Thankfully, there are ways to make your site less susceptible to attacks. By becoming an expert in HTTP security headers, you can restrict the actions that servers and browsers can perform – even if your site contains a known vulnerability. In this post, we’ll discuss what HTTP headers are, and why they’re an important tool in any […]
The Non-Techie’s Guide to Common Security Threats
Security is ongoing discussion for WordPress site owners of all levels of technical expertise, but it can be an especially hard area for newbies to get to grips with. While security insiders are fluent in the differences between common attack vectors, it can often appear as little more than a bewildering sea of hard to grasp threats for the average Joe. In this piece, we’ll be looking to fill in some of those knowledge blanks by briefly breaking down what some of the more common threats out there are actually all about. Rather than blind you with acronyms and white papers, we’ll concentrate on […]
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