Anytime I hear a customer say, “I went online and read that your hosting servers are hacked” and I think a little misinformation on any subject matter can be very dangerous in the wrong hands, especially when found online. In actuality the percentage of websites, compared to total customer base, is less than 7%. There are several reasons website hacking happens and very rarely is it because a server itself is “hacked” or compromised. This post is about educating yourself and taking simple and easy steps to prevent and protect your website(s) from being compromised. Benjamin Franklin said it best, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Here is a list of action items and why:
1. Do your own site-backups regularly!
This doesn’t prevent your site from actually being compromised, but it does prevent that hack from causing massive damage. If you can simply re-upload your site pre-hack, with all of your current files, then you probably will not experience the downtime and annoyance associated with restoring a compromised site. +Continue Reading
Have you seen Foursquare for Businesses? The easiest things to do first is to offer deals on twitter for foursquare checkins. Another thing you can do is if you have retail space to make sure you get a sticker/cling for each store front.
Here is a quick list (courtesy of good friend Cheryl Harrison that I have expanded on) of things you can do to promote foursquare checkins:
+ Loyalty card. “Free x for every x number of checkins.” (printing, business cards, brochures, etc.) Daily, Weekly, Monthly Be unique and get people’s attention by offering more than 10% or 20% for a “one time” offer. Brand loyalty comes when the customer service experience turns into word of mouth marketing not spending more money on traditional marketing techniques. Make them feel special and unique. +Continue Reading
Over the past weekend it was discovered that e107, had a major security vulnerability.
e107 is a CMS (content management system) that allows users to to build websites using templates and use a administration section to change content on their site.
The security vulnerability was located in a contact.php file that allowed a hacker to access your account and upload malicious files such as phishing sites, shell scripts, and or viruses. You can read more about it here.
If you have an installation of e107 we are asking that everyone to update to the latest version. We are here if you have any questions.
Unfortunately, it looks like e107′s documentation wiki is down at the moment, but we found a great forum post on the topic with instructions for upgrading e107 to the latest version:
Contrary to the common belief, domains are actually not stuck in the same place for life. Domains can be moved quite easily as long as you understand the process behind it and have a little patience.
The first thing to understand before starting a domain transfer is that it will not affect your site or DNS settings in any way. This means when transferring the domain, your site will not go down, but also, that the name servers will not change. +Continue Reading
Anytime I hear a customer say, “I went online and read that your hosting servers are hacked” and I think a little misinformation on any subject matter can be very dangerous in the wrong hands, especially when found online. In actuality the percentage of websites, compared to total customer base, is less than 7%. There are several reasons website hacking happens and very rarely is it because a server itself is “hacked” or compromised. This post is about educating yourself and taking simple and easy steps to prevent and protect your website(s) from being compromised. Benjamin Franklin said it best, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
