Let’s face it. When you have a website, there are those out there who will try to hack it. Why? Sometimes the purpose is malicious and sometimes, the purpose is ‘just because they can’. Whatever the reason, the outcome is always annoying and often detrimental to your business. One of the most ‘hacks’ we see are […]
Will Your Site Be Marked As Insecure?
Back in October 2016, Google announced that Chrome 56 would mark non-secure pages containing password and credit card input fields as Not Secure in the URL bar. This is a good thing – it means that pages where sensitive information is shared – usernames, passwords, credit card details that aren’t using an end to end encryption […]
Gamify Your Membership Site
In doing some work for a new website recently, I was asked about a way to award points for interacting with the site. My client had looked at the MyCred WordPress Plugin and, I have to say, it’s pretty damn good.
Ransom Ware: Protect Yourself
Ransom ware is dreadful stuff. Ransom wear is a virus (basically) that encrypts the contents of your computer. The hackers then request money to unlock it. When I say ‘the contents of your computer’, it is highly possible that it will operate across your computers harddrive, any attached drives (USBs, portable drives etc) and networked […]
Unsolicited Commercial Email And Your Business Obligations
With Canada introducing their new anti spam law (CASL), I thought it would be worthwhile reviewing what a business needs to be aware of when using Email Marketing. Spam Spam, whilst it is a lunch meat, tends to be used as a catch all phrase that means unwanted or junk email or messages that are unwanted (think […]
Images: Can I Use This Image
Images are an integral and very important part of any website. Images help set the look and feel of the site; as well as being a great way to deliver information to your readers. One of the questions I’m often asked is “can I use this image?” The answer is quite simple – you can […]
Chrome sends your passwords to Google?
On twitter the other day, I saw the status “WTF? #Chrome now *by default* sends all of your passwords to #Google so now I have to change all my pwds. FFS Google”. Being concerned about privacy and a Chrome user, I checked it out and the complaint was that Chrome shares passwords with Google by […]
Apple Accounts Held To Ransom – Securing your accounts
“Device hacked by Oleg Pliss. For unlock device, you need send voucher code by 100 usd/eur (Moneypack/Ukash/PaySafeCard) to [ email address withheld ] for unlock.” Many apple device users woke up to find their accounts held to ransom. I can only imagine how I would have felt if that was the case for me! The question […]
LinkedIn: Breaking The Code with Melonie Dodaro
LinkedIn is certainly a very powerful social network, or perhaps I should say professional network, when used correctly. Today, I have the great pleasure of being the host on DAY 3 of the Virtual Blog Tour for Melonie Dodaro, author of the brand new book, The LinkedIn Code: Unlock the Largest Online Business Social Network […]
