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Nowadays most websites use a SSL certificate for a secure connection. You can recognize this by the padlock at the top of the search bar also there will be https:// before the link. However it may be that your website is not fully secure for example because there are images loaded over http instead of https. This is also called mixed content you will get a message about this in the top of your browser. Google Chrome already blocks some of this content for example scripts and fonts. However they

Many people use Google Chrome as it is currently the most popular browser that is. However the last time researchers found a leak in Google Chrome that showed pop-ups. Users were redirected to a website containing malware. If you use an adblocker you will not be bothered by this. The malware exploited a security flaw that allowed the pop-up blocker to be bypassed. This is a vulnerability that was reported on April 11 and was resolved when Google Chrome 75 was released. Should I switch? Now that

If you are using hosting then you obviously want your website to be secure. You will probably also use a database which generally contains the most important information of your website. Think of email addresses login information or sometimes even payment information from your customers. It is not the intention that this data is exposed to the street. In this blog post we will give you some tips on how to make your database more secure. Passwords The fact that you need to set a strong password

WordPress is widely used therefore it is also a sought-after target for malicious people. Most recently security vulnerabilities were found in several well-known WordPress plug-ins. These plug-ins have a combined total of more than 1.5 million installations. The vulnerabilities are found in Photo Gallery Popup Builder and NextGEN among others. The developers of the plug-ins have been further informed and they have released updates for this. The piece of code to exploit this plug-in was in 8 out

WordPress is the most widely used Content Management system and that makes it a target for malicious users. These people mainly target outdated WordPress sites because they have more security leaks. For example malware that performs brute force attacks was recently discovered by Avast researchers. It also installs a cryptominer that "picks up" various crypto currencies. In addition copied crypto addresses are replaced with one of their own. Of course you don't want this to end up on your hosting.

It is increasingly important to have a strong password set. If you don't have this malicious users can easily get into your hosting. Of course you don't want people to be able to do this easily and therefore it is advisable to set a strong password. However it has recently been found that the password '123456' is the most commonly used password for leaked email addresses. In this list there were also other passwords such as 'welcome' 'welcome01' 'qwerty' and 'password'. This research was conducted

Not only the security of your hosting is important but also that of your mail accounts. When malicious users enter your mail account they can spread malware more easily. Of course you don't want this to happen these people can also send spam mail from your account. The chance that you will be blocked is pretty big. Spoofing It can happen that you receive e-mails from your own e-mail address. Often these emails tell you that they have hacked your email address. Here they further claim to have access

WordPress sites are often the target of attacks by malicious users. This often involves exploiting leaks in plug-ins that add malicious pieces of code to your website. Thanks to this piece of code website visitors are redirected to malicious apps help desk fraud or drug ads. The plug-ins in question are Maintenance Mode Yellow Pencil and Blog designer. However this vulnerability has already been fixed for all three plug-ins. If you are using any of these plugins it is recommended that you update

You hear more and more lately about victims of phising attacks. Last Tuesday a suspect was reportedly arrested who had made dozens of victims through phising attacks. You may now be wondering what exactly phising is and how you can protect yourself from it. What is phising? The good news is that phising will not affect your hosting. However it is possible that you will be bothered by phishing mails. Phising is a form of criminality in which criminals send e-mails to your address in order to get