Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Are you banned by Akismet for spaming?

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You must have experienced that you try to post comments on your friends blog but  your comment never appears. This happens because you are banned by Akismet. Akismet system has been protecting WordPress bloggers for a while now from comment and trackback spammers.
Akismet system relies heavily upon blog owners marking your comments/trackbacks as spam and [...]

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Strong passwords-realistic or burdensome?

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Hackers and information thieves grow more sophisticated everyday. That forces you, your company’s main line of defense, to be more diligent. Passwords are a good example of this constant drive to protect your small company’s data. Large organizations have the benefit of more sophisticated security measures and policies, but small businesses have to rely on [...]

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10 common security mistakes that should never be made

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The following is a list of ten security mistakes I see all the time. They’re not just common, though — they’re also extremely basic, elementary mistakes, that anyone with a modicum of security knowledge should know better than to make.

Sending sensitive data in unencrypted email: Stop sending me passwords, PINs, and account data via unencrypted [...]

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