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If you have a website you want the data on it to be secure. This is not only nice for you but if your users know this it will also give them a safe feeling. One of the ways to show this to your users is by using a SSL certificate on your hosting. With a SSL certificate you have the ability to connect through https and then you also get a green lock at your domain. If your users see this lock they know that their data is safely stored on your website. This not only gives your users a secure feeling

Last week a new type of malware was discovered that targets Linux servers the virus then focuses on spreading a cryptominer. The virus has been named SpeakUp and is new Trojan horse and is now operating mainly on Linux servers in China. How it is spread Of course when it comes to things like this it's always useful to know how such a virus spreads and what any risks are. The malware is spread by the PHP framework called ThinkPHP here they exploit vulnerabilities in the framework to get onto the

Many plug-ins turn off TLS validation Many websites today use a Content Management System. Think of WordPress Hosting Joomla or Drupal. If you are using a Content Management System yourself then chances are you are using plug-ins. However many of these plug-ins restrict the use of SSL and TLS validation on websites. This can result in customers' sensitive information being intercepted. The research that was done on this also showed that a lot of plug-ins have the cURL settings set to false instead

Watch out for domain name fraud with Tikkie Tikkie is familiar to everyone it is an easy way to pay with your mobile for a refund or a meal. As with all popular payment methods such as PayPal and internet banking criminals are also capitalizing on this. The more people use them the more chance they have of success with their scams. Therefore Kassa conducted an investigation to find out exactly how this works. The excerpt from Tikkie can be viewed at the following link: https://kassa.bnnvara.nl/media/426271

Eighteen thousand data breaches reported since new privacy law Earlier this year the AVG law came into force this is a law that applies throughout the European Union. This law replaces the Wbp law and is therefore no longer valid. Since the law went into effect there have been eighteen thousand reports of security breaches. Under this law organizations and companies that have a data breach are required to report it to the national privacy authority. In the Netherlands there was already an obligation

Secure your phone Everyone has it in their pocket these days a cell phone. Whether you use it for business or for personal use you have to deal with it every day. That is why the security of your phone is very important almost as important as the security of your Hosting. But how do you make sure your phone is properly secured? That's what we are going to discuss in this blog post. Malware on your phone Just like your computer your phone can also be attacked through your phone it is usually less

Domain fraud and scams how do you recognize it? If you have a website or use Hosting you must of course ensure that the data of your domain is well protected. Of course there are people who would like to take your domain name into their own hands or want your money. They do this by means of scams fraud and other ways to lure you into a trap. For this there are several techniques used what techniques are used we will discuss in this blog post. Different techniques One of the most well-known techniques

Phising what is it and how do you recognize it? If you do online banking of course you don't want them to find out about your login details. Malicious people have different ways of finding out those details. One of these ways is also known as Phising. What they actually do is send an email pretending to be a bank. The content of these mails is often different sometimes they ask for verification which requires you to log in with your bank details. If you log in with these credentials the Phisers

Two-thirds of all email are insecure Sending emails we all do it almost daily. Because so many emails are sent every day you can probably imagine how much spam is sent. A study by the security company called FireEye found that about two out of three emails are insecure. The company analyzed over a billion email messages. This is quite a lot of messages and it was even found that only 32 percent of these emails did not have harmful content. This study also examined email attacks. It turned out that