You Are Not Being Blackmailed.

Website Security

Did My EMail Get Hacked? NO. Did you get an email from yourself saying you were hacked you need need to pay $1000 in Bitcoins or else info about you watching porn will be released to all of your contacts? Don’t fall for it. It’s fake and you were not...

New Security Offerings?

Website Security

Godaddy is now offering a suite of security tools focused on fixing your site once it’s been hacked. After reading the details, my reaction was: Their new offerings range from $4.99/month to $25.00/month. They promise to fix any hacks that happen to your site in...

There Be No Shelter Here

Web Hosting Services, Website Security

There be no shelter here. The front lines are everywhere. -Rage Against The Machine If you’re hosting your website on your own with a cheap host, I hope you know how to remediate a hacked website. Once your site is hacked, one or both of the following will...

Hackers Are Like Needy Ex-Girlfriends.

Web Hosting Services, Website Security

… They Just Can’t Let Go. Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in. – Michael Corleone Usually when I encounter a client who is on a cheap website host, I download their website, clean it of all malicious files, secure it, and set it...

Major Cyber Attack, And I Feel Fine

Web Hosting Services, Website Security

A major cyber-attack Friday, October 21, 2016 affected major brands and websites including Amazon, Twitter, Paypal and Spotify. The Baltimore Business Journal interviewed Gary Merry, CEO of Baltimore-based cybersecurity company Deep Run Security, who had this quote:...

How to Prevent Website Hacking: 4 Steps to Success

Web Hosting Services, Website Security

This is the final post in a four-post series about how to prevent website hacking. “The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.” —Sun Tzu, The Art of...