Amorican Express??

More American Express Shenanigans by Scammers   I have written previously about efforts by scammers to get American Express information from me.  I’d like to tell you about another one. The email went into Spam, which was, of course, a clue. But it also went to the wrong address, which is another big one.  Another clue, […]

Don’t Get Hacked – Protecting Your Data

Protecting Your Data – What You Need to Know to Avoid Being Hacked   I wrote a blog post for my law firm on ways you can protect your data so you can avoid being hacked like Jennifer Lawrence.  Read the full post here. To summarize: Have strong passwords. 12-14 characters with a mixture of […]

How a Strong Password Stopped a Password Attack

Strong Passwords Block Password Attacks A website I run experienced a password attack. This means that someone, either by hand or computer, was repeatedly trying to break into the administrative panel of the site by guessing the password. Why? Who knows. It may be someone who doesn’t like the company. It may be someone who […]

More About Sucuri – CloudProxy

Sucuri CloudProxy   While I am discussing security and Sucuri, I’d like to talk to you about CloudProxy.  CloudProxy is a firewall for your website. You are no doubt familiar with denial of service attacks.  These attacks are used to take even the most robust of websites down. There are other kinds of attacks that […]

Sucuri & Protecting Your Website

Keep Your Website Safe With Sucuri   I realized today that I am more inclined to give negative reviews than positive. Isn’t that the way? So when someone asked me in response to my post on Sitelock if there are any good companies for keeping your website safe, I realized, this is the time to […]

My Experience With SiteLock

I Had An Experience With SiteLock – Hint, It Wasn’t Good You might have heard of SiteLock. This is a service that protects your site from malware.  I got it as a $14.99 add on per year with my web host.  I have had it for about 8 months now and got my first malware […]

Got a Fake LinkedIn Email – Watch for Phishing

Someone is Phishing LinkedIn Today I had an email from LinkedIn sitting in my junk folder.  It had the exclamation point that posts have when they are marked as important.  Of course, both items caused suspicion for me.  I moved the email from my junk folder so I could look more closely at it, but […]

Malware Prevention on WordPress Websites and Blogs

The Greater the Numbers the Greater the Risk of Malware Do you know why Microsoft is prone to more viruses than Mac or Linux? It is because there are a lot more Windows based computers and so if someone wants to cause damage he gets more bang for his buck by creating malware for a […]