by James Smythe | Feb 7, 2018 | Security
For a lot of our clients we use the free SSL supplied by Cloudflare, but in some cases that is not possible and we need to buy a certificate. One of the issues we have encountered when using Virtualmin is that it doesn’t appear to install the SSL correctly and the... by James Smythe | Sep 5, 2017 | Hosting, Security
The internet traditionally ran over HTTP for everything that was not needed to be secure, the data between your computer and the server is passed over in a none encrypted format. Unfortunately, over the years data breaches, security exploits and hacking, in general,... by James Smythe | May 18, 2017 | Security
WannaCry has been one of the most disruptive cases of malware in history and it could have been a lot worse if it was coded better and didn’t allow a researcher to activate its killswitch so quickly. This also could represent the start of a much larger wave of... by James Smythe | Mar 25, 2017 | Hosting, Security
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... by James Smythe | Feb 9, 2017 | Security
Please note, none of our clients are vulnerable to the following security issue In the past few days WordPress has bene suffering from a serious security breach. Securi, a specialist website security company identified a severe content injection (privilege escalation)... by James Smythe | Nov 9, 2016 | Security
Google has announced that it is to boost its Safe Browsing programme by flagging sites which have been repeatedly listed as serving malicious code, unwanted programs, or hosting social engineering content. Launched in 2005, Google’s Safe Browsing system checks...