by James Smythe | Feb 9, 2018 | News, Security
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...
by James Smythe | Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
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,...
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 | Sep 10, 2016 | Clients, Hosting, News
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....
