Google published its State of Website Security in 2016 today, reporting that there was a 32 percent increase in the number of hacked sites in 2016 compared to 2015. Google added that it doesn’t expect the trend to slow down anytime soon. Google said that these hackers are getting even “more aggressive,” and at the…
PHP is the programming language used behind 82% of the sites on the web, but it hasn’t really had a major release in over a decade with PHP 5 being released in 2004. Even PHP 5.5 is 4 years old. PHP 6 was abandoned due to various issues and finally, PHP 7 was officially released…
Following on from our previous post about free SSL on WordPress websites. Google has now announced that from January 2017 any website using an unsecure HTTP connection that has any form of password login or credit card forms will now receive an “Not Secure” warning. ‘Studies show that users do not perceive the lack of…