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Credit Card Stolen

October 24, 2012 By Miriam Miller 8 Comments

Hackers Attack Barnes & Noble in 63 Stores – Credit Card Data Breached!

Some customers at Barnes & Noble are victims of stolen credit card information! Today, October 24, 2012, it was announced that Hackers attacked Barnes & Noble in 63 stores across the country. The stores hit included Barnes & Noble in New York City, San Diego, Miami and Chicago, according … Read more about Hackers Attack Barnes & Noble in 63 Stores – Credit Card Data Breached!

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: barnes & noble, barnes and noble, identify theft

October 12, 2012 By Michael Schultz 6 Comments

Skype Scam Alert – Dangerous Link Shared from Your EXISTING Contacts

Skype™ Users Please Read! Caution dangerous virus spreading through Skype messages. How to Fix Skype Virus - lol is this your new profile pic? Do you love Skype as much as we do? Here at WPSecurityLock, our entire staff uses Skype on a regular basis to communicate not only with each other, but also … Read more about Skype Scam Alert – Dangerous Link Shared from Your EXISTING Contacts

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: botnet, dorkbot, lol is this your new profile pic, ransomware, skype protection, skype virus, skype virus scam

Godaddy Account

September 11, 2012 By Regina Smola 2 Comments

Go Daddy Site Outage Investigation Completed – Not a DDoS Attack!

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!

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: godaddy hacked

Godaddy Account

September 10, 2012 By Regina Smola 34 Comments

Godaddy Outage on Millions of Sites & HostGator Gives 50% Off

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

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: godaddy hacked, hostgator coupon code

#OnlineSafety Twitter Chat

June 21, 2012 By Regina Smola 5 Comments

Internet Security: STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Twitter Chat – June 21, 2012

Join the @WPSecurityLock team at the Online Safety and Security Twitter Chat! June is National Internet Safety Month. Let's help protect each other Online! This Twitter chat is about Internet security and online safety with @Verizon, @VzHome and @StaySafeOnline. Learn to be safe online and win … Read more about Internet Security: STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Twitter Chat – June 21, 2012

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: events, Internet security, tweetchat

June 6, 2012 By Regina Smola 12 Comments

Security Announcement: Change Your LinkedIn Password ASAP

Rumor has it that 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords have been leaked to a Russian hacker forum. (CONFIRMED) On June 6, 2012 at 8:06am CST, LinkedIn posted a tweet that they are investigating these reports. [tweet https://twitter.com/LinkedIn/status/210356987576324096] Be sure to follow … Read more about Security Announcement: Change Your LinkedIn Password ASAP

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: linkedin

lol... OMG!

January 27, 2012 By Regina Smola 4 Comments

In honor of Data Privacy Day, the full ebook of lol…OMG!

In honor of Data Privacy Day, the full ebook of lol...OMG! What every student needs to know about online reputation management, digital citizenship and cyberbullying, by Matt Ivester (regularly $9.99) is being made available for FREE from January 27 through January 30! Limited Offer! Hurry and Grab … Read more about In honor of Data Privacy Day, the full ebook of lol…OMG!

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: data privacy day, DPD

Facebook Scam

January 22, 2012 By Regina Smola 4 Comments

Facebook Scam: Chat Warning – Reconfirm Your Information

Just received an email on January 22, 2012 from Carla McNeil about a new Facebook scam that she was hit with today. While chatting with a friend on Facebook, she received this information in her chat window: WARNING: Your account is reported to have violated the policies that are considered … Read more about Facebook Scam: Chat Warning – Reconfirm Your Information

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: facebook scam

DreamHost One-Click WordPress Installer

January 22, 2012 By Regina Smola 10 Comments

DreamHost One-Click WordPress Installed Timthumb Vulnerability and Security Risks

In the past few months, we've fixed numerous hacked WordPress blogs that were installed prior to the fall of 2011 with one thing in common: one-click installs with outdated Timthumb scripts. If you've had your WordPress site up for a while you need to check it for any timthumb backdoor … Read more about DreamHost One-Click WordPress Installed Timthumb Vulnerability and Security Risks

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: auto installers, Dreamhost hacked, one-click install, timthumb vulnerability

January 20, 2012 By Regina Smola 4 Comments

DreamHost Security Issue: Change Shell/FTP Passwords Now

DreamHost has issued a security warning to all customers as of January 20, 2012 at 9:25am Pacific Time. Last night we detected some unauthorized activity within one of our databases. While we don’t have evidence that customer passwords were taken at this time, we’re forcing a change out of caution. … Read more about DreamHost Security Issue: Change Shell/FTP Passwords Now

Filed Under: Security News Tagged With: dreamhost, Dreamhost hacked

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