Web passwords are often the weakest link
February 1, 2012 - 4:01 pm | No CommentOf the highly-visible hacks and data breaches over the past year, a large number of them were related to criminal hackers cracking weak Web passwords. This is arguably the most common Web flaw and something that anyone can exploit at any time. The bad guys don’t want you know this, but “mad hacker skillz”are not [...]
Web security is like the layers of an onion
January 26, 2012 - 4:28 pm | No CommentIf you’ve ever peeled an onion, you’ve seen the multiple layers that make up its existence all the way to the core. Securing your Web presence requires the same approach and it’s called “layered security”. Also referred to as “defense-in-depth”, the layered web security approach serves as a set of hoops an attacker must jump [...]
WebsiteDefender Improves Malware Detection
January 16, 2012 - 2:38 pm | 2 CommentsThe WebsiteDefender team has released a new series of security checks and enhancements which allows the crawler to scan bigger websites, provides additional protection against malware and prevents scanning interruptions in case of any connectivity issue. Enhanced Crawler Module The new crawler module is more efficient and now capable of crawling larger websites. In case [...]
What Does Having a Hacked Website Mean?
January 5, 2012 - 2:59 pm | One CommentWhen someone hacks a website, what are they trying to accomplish? Some just do it for fun while others have more dangerous things in mind and even worse, financial interests. Some hackers like to show off and will maybe replace your home page with a huge announcement that says your site has been defaced. Not [...]
WordPress Version 3.3.1 released
January 4, 2012 - 9:02 am | 4 CommentsA new version of WordPress is available for download. WordPress version 3.3.1 includes a fix for a disclosed reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability reported by Joshua H., Hoang T., Stefan Zimmerman, Chris K and the GoDaddy team. It also includes 15 other fixes for several other bugs. Even though the reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability is hard [...]