Hidden advertising in functions.php and footer.php Researched by: Goshko Stanislav If you noticed that your website has been displaying unauthorized text ads anywhere within its pages such as in the header sections or the area where your social icons are…
If your WordPress blog has been hacked, there are chances of you getting frustrated and even going insane. In such scenarios, you will have to employ a pragmatic approach and learn how to be sure that you have definitely been…
Unless you have been living under a rock, you might have heard people talking about HTTPS while using the internet. So, what exactly is HTTPS and why it is important? Well, as we store and share vast amounts of private…
DDoS Attack Definition A DDoS Attack is the short form of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. In DDoS attacks, multiple compromised computers target a website, server or other network resources through a flood of message requests or connection requests or malformed packets. DDoS attacks lead…
Web applications play a critical role in half of all breaches that happen around the world. With all this going around for a while now, a meager of 10% of companies secure all their critical applications and have the applications…
Phishing scams have brought in serious concerns as hackers use it to steal information by diverting users to malicious websites. Phishing scams use attractive advertisements as a bait which is too good to believe, while the users get tricked into clicking…
A cookie is a small file that a website places on your computer in order to store information. The entire process is harmless, and can also be helpful because cookies do useful things by saving you from the trouble of…
The list of apps to chose from for software developers seem to be increasing in number. Native apps, web apps and now it seems progressive web apps are the next in the list. In this blog, let’s take a brief look at…
Web Security also known as Cyber Security relates to the securing of websites and servers from online risks. It is aimed at safeguarding the sensitive data by restricting, discovering and responding to attacks. The website security check involves scanning for potential vulnerabilities…
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are malicious efforts to disrupt normal traffic of a specific server, network or service by overloading the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic. The goal of any DDoS attack is to attain efficiency…