If you have file transfer access to your WordPress site, use a simple text editor and create a file called “.htaccess” that consists of the following lines. These are the most often exploited folders (wp-includes and plugins) within WordPress. The syntax differs between Apache 2.2 and Apache 2.4 Apache 2.2: Order Deny,Allow <Files *.php> deny […]
Internet Security
Security & Ambient Light Sensors
A couple of months ago I was reading a write-up about video camera drones that can fly outside a window and take pictures of a target’s blinking hard drive activity LED. Not that you can gain any useful information from that; but it can be used by hostile entities to see if a hack on […]
Browser Changes & SSL Certificate Errors
Many secure, SSL webistes today now appear “insecure”, and give security warnings, Google’s Chrome browser, starting with version 57, released in January 2017, was the first browser to go to these extremes. Apparently in an effort not to be undone, Firefox followed suit, although it offers much more pertinent information. What has happened is that […]
WordPress and the Hacks Thereof
On Thursday, 2/23/2017 a client’s WordPress got hacked. It wasn’t even noticed until a significant amount of spam was observed to be spewing forth from the server at the end of March. Suffice to say, that one little hack resulted in another, then another, until there was the corruption of a whole lot of data. […]