Posts in category: Security

Welcome to Web Dev May 2022 edition, featuring the latest web development technologies. This month features the latest release of WordPress 6.0. We have a look at a new tool available to create beautiful screenshots of your code. As usual, we will discuss all the latest and greatest resources in the coding and web design world.

Welcome to the April 2022 edition of the latest web development technologies. This month on hot new web dev features a security vulnerability with 7-Zip software. We will get a low down on what to expect from the latest version of Ubuntu. As usual, we have our recommended web design and development resources for April. Dare I say Twitter!

Considering that 95 percent of all security breaches are caused by human error, you may rethink your security strategy for a moment. If you want your credentials to stay protected, keep reading because we’re bringing you advice on how to build a solid security framework that’ll help to chase off any hacker out there.

Welcome to the July 2021 edition of web design and development. This month’s edition features all the latest news and going on in the web design and developer world. This month features a new kid on the SSG block. Schools are out for summer so there is a fresh load of learning resources.

Welcome to the June 2021 edition of web design and development. This month’s edition features all the latest news and going on in the web design and developer world. Furthermore, there has been a couple of major announcements from both Microsoft and Apple. On the security front, Western Digital are also in the news and a mysterious trojan is lurking.

A recent security exploit has rendered an entire range of My Book Live and My Book Live Duo useless. The Network Attached Storage hard drives, made by Western Digital, were affected by a vulnerability that was first discovered in 2018. Sadly the devices that were affected hadn’t been updated since 2015.

Welcome to the November 2020 roundup of Web Design and Development news. In this month’s edition, we feature the release of Mac’s latest OS. The 8th Version of the PHP programming language has been released. The changes appear to make it nicer to work with. Only time will tell!

Welcome to the October 2020 roundup of Web Design and Development news. This month we have seen the release of Ubuntu 20.10 which now has support to work with Raspberry Pi. Microsoft released the latest Windows 10, October update.

WordPress is the most popular used blogging/CMS software which is why I guess it is used by millions of websites around the world. Unfortunately, there are some very bad people out there that will try their hardest to exploit any weaknesses in your blog. If you look through your logs you can guarantee that someone, or something, like bots, for example, has tried to gain access to your site by attempting to access your login page, registration page or even your forgotten password page. Of course, you can never completely eradicate the bad boys but with a good knowledge of WordPress security can help you protect your site as much as possible.

Online security is a massive issue in the 21st century, and businesses around the world have to step up to ensure they’re protecting their customers’ sensitive data. Still, that hasn’t stopped some major security breaches at major companies in recent years, and businesses of all sizes must continue to take this matter seriously.

If you own an online retail store, you know just how much work is required to run a successful operation. While most of your effort will be focused on marketing and generating sales, there is one area you cannot overlook: security. You might believe that having anti-virus software in place is enough, but this is far from the case. Malicious attackers are becoming more sophisticated with each passing day, developing new and inventive ways to bypass security.

Recently, it has been discovered that the Appspector Extension for web browsers has been injecting JavaScript code into Search Engines. More alarmingly it has also been injecting code into WordPress Post/Page editor. The popular extension, which has since been removed from Google Chrome and Firefox, detects which technologies are being used on a website.