As we’ve all witnessed, 2017 has been the year of cyberthreats. Not many people and businesses can boast about not having fallen victim to cyber attackers as well as various forms of malicious software. To better prepare ourselves for such dangers, we have come up with a list of basic differences between a pair of them – ransomware and scareware.
Aside from the fact that comments left by spammy users on your website or blog are annoying, they can also hurt the image of a brand or credibility of a blogger. However, there are ways to prevent spam in your comment section.
If you are running a website, you have probably faced surges of notifications of spammy user accounts that are being created on your site. Not only are such situations frustrating, but they can also be quite damaging to both your website’s structure and reputation. If you don’t know which of your analytics can be trusted, which of your data is correct and which of your clients are real, then your business is in jeopardy. We will share with you 7 ways to stop user registration spam by adjusting a few things in WordPress Admin Board as well as downloading and installing many of the available plugins to do the work for you.
WordPress is the most famous CMS powering 66+ million websites in the world. But how did it become so popular? Let’s take a look.
WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world not only because it’s free, but also because it’s an open source platform. Anyone with a little bit of skill is welcome to make improvements to the code, as well as tinker with available themes and plugins, and thus adjust them to their own needs and preferences. This is exactly what makes WordPress a great resource for building a website after your own heart. However, it’s also what makes it a security risk if not protected properly.
As the biggest CMS platform in the world, WordPress has become the largest target for those who are determined to do damage. This doesn’t immediately translate into it being unsecure, although there are those who will go for the kill with that argument. What it means is that while there are risks, as with doing anything really, most of the potential security issues are definitely avoidable on users’ side of things or ultimately show to be unpredictable. Here are 5 biggest myths as far as WordPress security is concerned.
If you are present in the web world, then there is absolutely no chance you haven’t used or even heard of WordPress. It is the largest Content Management System (CMS) out there with myriad of themes and plugins used by both individuals and businesses alike. So, let’s take a look at what makes it so special with our 10 amazing facts about it.
Another action movie involving hackers has occurred within the past ten days. And it hasn’t finished yet. The stage – the whole world.
Do you use Google Docs? Well, who doesn’t? A few days ago you may have unsuspectingly clicked an invitation to edit a doc, sent to you by a trustful contact from your list.
If you’re a user of Chrome, Firefox or Opera browsers, you may fall victim to a pernicious phishing scam that’s lurking the web these days.
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