What do you call it when an unauthorized user injects code into every page on your website? I call it hacking. Well, that's exactly what GoDaddy did to two of my client sites yesterday. Hacked them. Injected code without our knowledge or approval. Here's how it played out… I woke up to this email from [...]
I had an interesting dialog with Michael B. of ThemeFusion support. (ThemeFusion is the developer of our much-loved Avada theme for WordPress.) It was centered around whether or not it was OK (i.e. secure) to send administrator passwords via email. I contended it wasn't and he contended it was. It turns out we were both right, [...]
The Story for Site Visitors Here's how the story of a malware infection plays out for visitors. Webmasters, I have a special section for you, below. The Problem Recently, a client reported that a number of visitors to their site were seeing all sorts of scary popups with messages such as: "This page says: PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" [...]
USE CAUTION: Don't let this happen to you! You heard it right, there have been recent reports of Spam Bot attacks! Spam Bots have been registering to DNN websites, creating accounts, and flooding their profiles with links to boost their SEO. Spam Bot victims estimate between 20 to 50 spam accounts being created on a [...]
Imagine a world where all you needed to remember was one password. One password to login and pay your bills online, one password to shop online to any of your favorite stores, one password to login to your bank's website and manage your finances... and it's safe. Yes, safe! I want to introduce you to [...]