Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 Microsoft, scammers, scams, security, WordPress
I work from home which has the very unfortunate result of me being home to receive a multitude of scam phone-calls. I regularly assist people to recover their WordPress Websites when they have been hacked so like to understand how scammers and hackers gain access to computers, software and Online services (as this often helps [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 HTTP, plugins, security, themes, website, WordPress, wordpress.org
I was absolutely amazed recently when I checked my various WordPress Website log files and discovered just how many random hack attempts there are on a daily basis. I wrote yesterday about various WordPress security measures. How to discover Hacking Attempts In this case all I have done is check my error 404 ‘not found’ [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 hacks, passwords, plugins, security, update, websites, WordPress
A small proportion of my work is spent helping people recover from hacked WordPress Websites. Generally hacked Websites fall into one of two categories; targeted attacks or random/chance attacks. A client I assisted recently to recover from a hacked Site was the recipient of a targeted attack as he is a well known professor specializing [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 1 free tool, passwords, security, WordPress
We (should) all know how very important it is to have secure passwords. I always recommend to my clients that they change their WordPress passwords occasionally. Below is a free tool that will generate passwords for you. You may select to include or exclude symbols from your password as well as choose your new password length. [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 addthis, security, WordPress, wordpress plugins, wordpress.org
Please be aware that WordPress.org has released a security announcement. If you have the AddThis, WPtouch, or W3 Total Cache WordPress Plugins installed please update them to the latest version. The Message below is from WordPress.org: Earlier today the WordPress team noticed suspicious commits to several popular plugins (AddThis, WPtouch, and W3 Total Cache) containing [...]
