Posted by Hank C. on Apr 11, 2018 in Blog, Web Security
If you read IT and web security news, then you know this is happening thousands of times each day, all over the world, but especially in the U.S. and Canada where our consumers are considered big, fat targets and our overall web security is notoriously weak. This article in ITworldCanada.com shows just another incident that few will hear about, but if you have a website, you really do need to pay attention to this one. Here’s why – This business created a...
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Posted by Hank C. on Mar 14, 2018 in Web Security
This is a wake-up call for anyone who still has a Joomla website. Despite the fact that Joomla.org is rating the severity of this latest vulnerability as “Low”, it is in fact an extremely severe issue. See Joomla.org announcement of this vulnerability here... See OWASP description of SQL Injection here.. SQL Injection allows hackers into your database. Like most CMS (content management systems), Joomla content is almost entirely in the database (exceptions are...
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Posted by Hank C. on Feb 27, 2018 in Web Security
Sounds like a cool idea – see what’s coming to your mailbox while you’re at work, or maybe on vacation. That’s what the U.S. Postal Service’s “Informed Delivery” lets you do. Just fire up an app on your phone and see what will be delivered to your mailbox today. Imagine sitting in front of the fireplace on a frigid February morning, absorbed by a fascinating article on CompuSolver.com. The only sounds are the...
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Posted by Hank C. on Jan 14, 2017 in Blog, Web Security
If you use a browser, you are susceptible to these two threats, but knowing one simple trick can save you from both and many more website scams. The Gmail phishing scam is the first scam we’ll cover. You’ll click a link thinking it’s taking you to Gmail. Then you get what looks like a legitimate Gmail login screen. But guess again! How can you tell? You look for the little green padlock, and as you can see in the 2nd image, it just ain’t there....
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