We have already posted about Google Chrome starting to warn users when they are submitting data over a form that is not secured by HTTPS. Now Google is taking another step in ridding this internet of HTTP connections. Coming in July 2018, whenever a user navigates to an HTTP site in Chrome the Omnibox will…
Many organisations in Europe and the US have been crippled by a ransomware attack known as “Petya” or more accurately an altered version that has been labelled NonPetya or not-Petya. The malicious software has spread through large firms including the advertiser WPP, food company Mondelez, legal firm DLA Piper and Danish shipping and transport firm…
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 malware being released. The team that…
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…
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…
Following our blog post about the security issues related to WordPress we thought it would be good to list some of the backup options available to WordPress users. Taking backups of your site is probably the single most important thing you can do with a website, we have had to deal with countless situations where…
Cases of high profile hacks appear to have grown exponentially over recent years and even the largest companies have been victim to major hacks. The following are just some of the major hacks of 2014: ICANN Hacking – ICANN’s announcement of the incident. Sony Hacking – An excellent Analysis of the event from the beginning. Home Depot –…
WordPress SEO by Yoast is one of the most popular SEO plugins on the market with over 1 million active installs. Unfortunately yesterday WPScanVulnerability identified a security issue with it and issued the following statement The latest version at the time of writing (1.7.3.3) has been found to be affected by two authenticated (admin, editor or…