Every now and then I come across a Twitter user who puts a ✔ after their user name or uses the words Verified Account in their profile. They do this to add an air of legitimacy to the account, to make them more plausible. I have seen an increase in and reported spammers over the last [...]
Tag Archive for Security
Don’t get caught out by .com domain scams
If you have a .com domain for your hyperlocal site you may find that you get an E-mail like the one below around about the same time as the domain registration needs to be renewed, telling you that you need to submit a payment for you ‘search engine registration’ There is no need to submit [...]
Quick password security tip for your WordPress blog
A quick security related post for your wordpress blogs. I’m going to tell you about the importance of having a secure password *yawn* and also the benefits of having a different username. Passwords Always use strong passwords on your wordpress blog, this is a given, everyone tells you to have a strong password and wordrpress [...]
Twitter Spam
There seems to have been an increase in Twitter spam over the past week, with people sending out tweets like ‘Is this you in this photo [link]‘ or ‘I’m sure this is you in this video [link]‘ and ‘Want to make between $3000 & $8000 a month click here [link]‘. The first and most important [...]
WordPress.org Security Advisory
If you have migrated your site from the hosted wordpress.com to self hosted wordpress.org they there is a security warning that you need to be aware of if you use the following plugins [checklist] WPTouch AddThis W3 Total Cache [/checklist] See this post on wordpress.org for full details. [geolocation] Possibly Related Posts:Quick password security tip [...]