Cyber criminals target both small and large legitimate websites with malware. Poorly protected websites are their preferred target, as it is easier to infect such websites. There are numerous methods used to infect websites. They upload malware through phishing, visiting…
How do I Secure My WordPress Site in 5 Simple Steps? The WordPress company is doing its best to secure their users. After all, they’re a business benefiting from their own customers. They’ll do their best from assisting to protecting…
Content Management System (CMS) is popularly used by many online businesses to create their own official websites. A popular CMS platform is WordPress. WordPress is proven to be one of the founding platforms in terms of the content management system…
Digital security certificates ensure that the websites are genuine and authorized and are malware free. Users find it as a trust factor that the website they visit is safe and secure. However, consider the digital security certificates are compromised, how…
Recently, more than 700 WordPress and Joomla websites were found to be infected with IonCube Malware. A total of more than 7000 files were infected. These websites were infected with legitimate IonCube encoded files. Key directories of a WordPress site,…
Most Common Web Security Mistakes to Avoid When Developing a Web Application Web application development is a long process as it involves creating a user-friendly app from scratch and one that is capable of simultaneously maintaining high performance and web…
What is SQL Injection (SQLI) Attack? SQL Injection (SQLI) is a backend database method used by hackers to take control of a web application by injecting malicious SQL codes. SQLI attacks are becoming very widespread, because they are easy to…
Vulnerability assessment enables recognizing, categorizing and characterizing the security holes, known as vulnerabilities, among computers, network infrastructure, software, and hardware systems. If vulnerabilities are detected as part of any vulnerability assessment then this points out the need for vulnerability disclosure.…
Many people believe that their websites are safe and that they will not be attacked by hackers. They live with the assumption that their business is too small to be hacked. The time has come to do away with such…
Bitcoin… Blockchain… Cryptocurrency… and Now Cryptojacking! I know what you’re thinking… I have nothing to do with these technologies, why should I care? As of March 2018, the market cap for cryptocurrencies surpassed $264 billion and has become the new…