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Why an SSL certificate? Everyone is familiar with the well-known green lock in the browser bar when you go to your bank or to MijnHostingPartner.nl. This is a security method that ensures that any data you enter over the Internet can not just be intercepted by other users on the same network. This is why we always advise against using public WIFI when sharing personal data. An SSL certificate is now coming more and more to the fore because browsers like Firefox and Chrome show a message when your

Quarter of the Dutch webshops unsecured With a webshop there is a lot to think about such as the domain name and what you are going to make the webshop with. In addition you have to register the shop at the Chamber of Commerce and many other regulations. There is a large percentage of online shops that do not do this. An SSL certificate is a part of this. The SSL certificate ensures that data entered by your customers cannot be intercepted on public or home networks. HTTPS hosting ensures that the

WordPress SQL leak in version 4.8.2 A leak has been found in the WordPress version 4.8.2 in this leak a SQL injection is possible which allows hackers to take over your entire site. It is therefore important that you immediately update your hosting to the latest WordPress version 4.8.3. Updating WordPress can be done within a few clicks via the admin panel when write permissions are enabled. For more information you can click on the link on the right. On Tuesday 31 October a security release was

What is an SPF record for my mail?An SPF record is a protocol that is used to recognize the domain in a mail message. This ensures that it is known from which domain mail is sent. SPF stands for Sender Policy Framework and is easy to set up in the control panel of MijnHostingPartner.nl. You do this under the DNS records of the domain. When a domain is created at MijnHostingPartner.nl then immediately an SPF record is created under your hosting of the website. This SPF record is constructed in the

CCleaner malware found The popular tool CCleaner which is used on many PCs and Macs has been infected with Malware. If you have been keeping an eye on the news websites then you have probably already seen this passing by. MijnHostingPartner.nl still wants to dedicate a blog post to make sure that our customers do not accidentally miss it. The program CCleaner is used to clean up your PC by for example emptying all cookies and the recycle garbage can. This is how people have come to rely on it to

WordPress plugin Display Widgets hackedAbackdoor has been discovered with the Display Widgets plugin that grants access to hackers so they can modify content on the website and spread malware. This is not the first time a WordPress plugin has had some issues. In fact there are plugins that are not updated and are no longer suitable for use with the later versions of WordPress hosting. If you have Display Widgets installed within your WordPress website it is advisable to uninstall them as soon as

Google Chrome Not Secure notification without SSLIthas long been known that browsers such as Google Chrome and Firefox show a notification when data such as passwords and credit card details are entered. This is only for pages and websites where no SSL certificate is active. Now from October this notification will also be shown on forms login fields and other input fields. They do this to also show users who do not know about this matter the possible dangers of entering data over an unsecured line.

New control panel securityWiththe new control panel came a lot of changes and improvements. What we are going to focus on in this blog post are the login methods and peer accounts within your hosting. If you have seen the mail from the control panel you have read that you need to change your password first. This is because the password encryption has been improved and the passwords are not visible anymore. This has of course a lot of advantages for the security.2 factor authenticationWhatelse is

Phishing and security At MijnHostingPartner.nl we are vigilant for incoming reports. We do everything to keep our web application firewall up to date and and make sure that websites that have been hacked are solved almost immediately. The Internet has a code of conduct for this namely the Notice and Take Down Decision. This is a code of conduct in the Internet industry that isthere for unlawful or criminal content on websites. The code of conduct sets out what the person concerned can do When a