Let’s face it: The Internet isn’t the golden playground it once was, where all could go and have their swing in peace. In fact, it’s now so overrun with bullies and miscreants that it’s a wonder we haven’t decided to swap school districts yet!...
If you’re running on a Unix or Linux server, then you likely access your files systems via SSH on a daily basis. However, this might be well and fine for an administrator like you, but should you also be offering the same access to your customers? SSH...
You’re cruising through your server’s inner network one fine day, when all of a sudden you notice an unfamiliar name accessing your files. This user may have come through SSH, or any other access method, but no matter the entry port, you certainly...
It’s a wild, wild world out there. There’s all kinds of culprits just waiting to hack your website, trash all those gorgeous lines of code, and then steal your information from here to Sunday. Thankfully, though, we as web hosters have had plenty...
Yes, you’ve made sure that you’ve chosen a password that you can remember, that no one else can guess, and that has in it at least one number and one punctuation mark. You know, though, that there is more to securing your web site than that,...
Security is something that nearly every webmaster has the need for, but not every webmaster knows how to pursue effectively the appropriate security measures. Given the craftiness of the hacker world, it can seem to the novice an unwinnable fight where...
As the number of eCommerce websites grows, the security software must improve to protect webmasters from hackers acquiring sensitive customer information. One such technology is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) which permits the site administrator to transfer...
Well-known Internet mayhem group LulzSec recently announced to its followers that it will cease its campaign of web-based attacks. The group implemented numerous DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on a variety of targets during its 50-day spree...
Although a website owner may feel secure upon registering a domain name, many don’t realize that domains are subject to hijacking. Domain hijacking, or domain theft, is a prevalent nuisance that is on the increase. Hackers need not to even access...
In the middle of April 2011, Sony faced an outage to the PlayStation network that revealed 100 million users private information. Approximately one month later the network is still down and raising plenty of questions regarding the security of cloud computing....
