I was sent this article over today by a colleague – and thought it was well worth sharing here. So – you use two factor authentication, you use long passwords, high entropy you … well you know what think again – social engineering is very much alive and well – someone to let them in… Keep Reading
If there are two things that are going to make life a process of jumping through hoops it is incorrect contact details on an account, or incorrect contact details on a domain name. We all change our email addresses from time to time – especially ones that are out of band and are, to a… Keep Reading
Ever wondered how you deal with long DKIM records? Because if you think you can just stick that bad boy in a text field, chances are that is going to fail. Horribly. There is an RFC (Request for Comments – or internet adopted standard) that says that TXT fields within a DNS zone need to… Keep Reading
Today a short piece on the importance of patching – mainly as we are seeing an increase in compromise activity. From this side of the fence it is a very different view from yours on the whole. You have one website maybe five, we have thousands. Statistically speaking – compromise – its not if but… Keep Reading
The mythical Wall of Fire : “How could this have happened, I am behind a firewall?” A firewall is often assumed to be some kind of magic bullet. This short article covers the essence of what a firewall is – and more importantly what it is not. The word Firewall is borrowed from another application…. Keep Reading
Spam – you know what it is, you expect it, you don’t like it, and it really annoys you when you get any. It is almost an accepted if irritating inconvenience. Reminded of the Monty Python “Spam with Spam, spam with eggs…” sketch – there is junk spam, advertising spam, well meaning mail that just… Keep Reading
Ever wondered what the most popular CMS was from a hosting companies point of view? A by-product of a security audit that we are working our way through at the moment on the shared hosting machines… we get an oversight into the commonly used third party applications for content management (Content Management Systems or CMS)…. Keep Reading
“What should my SPF record be if I have services with Hosting UK, either shared hosting or standard email such as Silver and I am not having email delivered by any third parties?” Well I am very glad you asked you have come to the right place. Assuming that you are happy with the broad… Keep Reading