Protect your WordPress from Mass Brute Force Attacks
April 17, 2013 - 10:55 am | No CommentLast week a sophisticated botnet that targets and launches brute force attacks against WordPress blogs and websites has been detected. Some WordPress hosting providers suffered downtime, security experts are exploiting this opportunity to sell their WordPress security services and thousands of WordPress sites have been hacked. The botnet is launching a mass brute force attack [...]
Improving WordPress Security
March 8, 2013 - 8:43 am | No CommentIt is well known that WordPress is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) on the World Wide Web. Developed with PHP, and powered by mySQL databases, WordPress is used by an astonishing 8.5% of all websites. Web delivered malware and website cracking are becoming increasingly common. With such a large percentage of web content [...]
There’s no Guarantee of Security
January 23, 2013 - 3:01 pm | No CommentWhen it comes to the web, there’s never a guarantee of complete security. In fact, a clean bill of health doesn’t mean you truly have a clean bill of health. Similar to how a blood test or MRI scan cannot possibly find all health-related problems in our bodies, there’s no true way to find every [...]
Protect Young Entrepreneur Start-up Business Websites with WebsiteDefender
January 16, 2013 - 2:28 pm | No CommentYoung entrepreneurs in England looking to finance a new business should investigate the UK government’s Start-Up Loans program. Previously available only to people between the ages of 18 and 24 living in Britain, the government recently increased the age limit for applicants to 30. Start-Up loans are available to anyone in the UK with a [...]