Go Daddy's outage of September 10. 2012 has been resolved. This was not a denial of service attack (DDoS). Issue was a series of internal network events. Rumors were flying on the Internet that GoDaddy.com was attacked by a denial of service attack (DDoS) attack and a so-called hacker was claiming … Read more about Go Daddy Site Outage Investigation Completed – Not a DDoS Attack!
Go Daddy is experiencing an outage today (September 10, 2012) on numerous sites, including their own. HostGator is giving 50% off on hosting and domain registrations. UPDATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2012: Go Daddy Site Outage Investigation Completed - Not a DDoS Attack! Previous Article and Updates below There … Read more about Godaddy Outage on Millions of Sites & HostGator Gives 50% Off
WordPress 3.4.2 Maintenance and Security Release to the public on September 6, 2012 This update is for all previous versions of WordPress (3.4.1 and prior). For security of your self-hosted WordPress website(s), please update to WordPress version 3.4.2 immediately to fix any security vulnerabilities … Read more about WordPress Security Alert: WordPress 3.4.2 Released – Update Now
A guest post submitted by Paul Taubman 3 Easy Things that You Can Do To Make Your Website Safer! If you check the Search Engines everyday, you will find at least a story or two about websites and hackers. Unfortunately, hackers like to break into websites, usually cause some damage, and then just … Read more about 3 Easy Things that You Can Do To Make Your Website Safer
Caution! Clicking on the wrong "download" button/link can install a virus on your computer, even from Google Advertisements! I have a rant that needs to get out! This morning I was greeted with an email from my friend, Nicole Dean about her new post "Sneaky Ad Got Me…. Good. (aka the Story of How I … Read more about Warning: Don’t Get Tricked by Download Links from Google Ads
Come to NAMS 8 and Grow Your Online Business in just 3 Days! There are only 6 days until the Niche Affiliate Marketing Workshop (August 3-5, 2012) held in Atlanta, GA. I'll be speaking there again and doing two hands-on training workshops to teach you how to protect your Wordpress site and how … Read more about Meet WP Security Lock in Atlanta for NAMS8
A True Story of a Hacked WordPress Blog A guest post submitted by Dan Morris I've got an extremely important message for you today. I need you to know this in your heart so it never happens to you. I got hacked this week making all my sites, including my clients' sites go down and appear as having … Read more about How I Got Hacked – A True Story by Dan Morris
Secure an online business: The things you absolutely need for your pre-purchase checklist for the best security by Debra Lloyd You've probably heard the old saying "there's plenty of ways to skin a cat"! Well there are also many ways to start an online business. You can start from scratch and build, … Read more about How To Secure An Online Business When You Buy