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19 Feb

Are Cyber Threats Real in the Construction Industry?

Are you still wondering if cyber threats can affect your business? If you are, then you couldn’t possibly be ready for them… Such a mistake on your part!

Construction company owners may be misguided in their thinking that by largely running the business by pen and paper, they are safe from black hat hackers from all over the world, but that is not quite the case. As the industry is being digitised, so does the type of threats endangering it change. (To learn more about security threats everyone may fall victim to, read one of our previous articles.)

13 Feb

7 Devastating Effects Cyber Attacks Can Have On Your Business (Infographic)

Cyber attacks have become a daily occurrence, or worse yet, a daily threat for every business owner. The first step towards being safe is identifying threats, so we’ve compiled a list of ways cyber attacks can and will damage your company. So, let’s count them down!

05 Feb

Ransomware vs Scareware (Infographic)

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.

09 Jan

Which Cyber Threats Should We Fear in 2018?

As you must be aware, 2017 has been a cyber security nightmare. With constant and diverging cyber attacks, rare are those who can claim to have not fallen victim to black hat hackers this past year. Ransomware attacks such as WannaCry, NotPetya and Locky had the greatest effect on those who live and work in the cyberspace, but things are not so abstract as you might think. Aside from targeting vast amounts of money, cyber attacks have also come so far as to endanger people’s lives by targeting hospitals and medical equipment that keep countless people alive.

Having that kind of reach over our lives is anything but innocent, so we have come up with a comprehensive list of cyber threats to prepare for in 2018.

21 Aug

How to Stop User Registration Spam

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.

10 Aug

Why Your Website Needs Security

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.

17 Jul

5 Biggest WordPress Security Myths

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.

Archives: internet security

Are Cyber Threats Real in the Construction Industry?

7 Devastating Effects Cyber Attacks Can Have On Your Business (Infographic)

Ransomware vs Scareware (Infographic)

Which Cyber Threats Should We Fear in 2018?

How to Stop User Registration Spam

Why Your Website Needs Security

5 Biggest WordPress Security Myths