Following up on my earlier article about deployment of LET’S ENCRYPT within Linux Plesk and cPanel, and with an angle towards Encryption Everywhere or at the very least by default… did you know there were free S/MIME certificates out there for non business use? Well there are! Major brands (such as COMODO) provide these to… Keep Reading
For those users using cPanel on their VPS or dedicated servers – there has been an advisory released regarding EasyApache3 and PHP – specifically the GD module. If you are using EasyApache4 then the RPM’s will have happily downloaded and upgraded without your intervention (unless you have set it to otherwise). This is a live… Keep Reading
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
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
We’re often asked why we create awkward to remember passwords when customers accounts are set up, or why we sometimes point out to customers that simple passwords are a bad idea. Here’s a video where Edward Snowdon has a (light hearted) discussion on the subject. We hope you’ll enjoy it – but take it seriously!