Category: Security
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Fake Emails – Beware
Unfortunately, fake emails are increasing in popularity and are now more and more sophisticated. We will show you the top 2 types of emails you must be aware of to protect yourself against fraud. Type 1: The email message with a file attached This is the most dangerous type because if you download this file,…
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Godaddy Also Experienced DDOS Attack
On its system alert page, GoDaddy apologized for the “brief delay in service.” “We are fixing an issue impacting one or more services,” GoDaddy said. On Sunday (April 12th), GoDaddy’s security team identified a spike in traffic that “could be malicious in nature.” The company claimed to have resolved the issue, however it seems that…
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What To Do If WordPress Gets Hacked
WordPress is an extremely popular web platform, and because of its popularity, it is often the target of hackers looking to “take over” pieces of your site for their own benefit. Hackers like to maximize the effectiveness of their work, so they’ll often target widely installed plugins or themes with known security vulnerabilities. In most…
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Tips for our VPS Clients with cPanel
Please note that these tips are suggestions only and cPanel takes no responsibility for modifications to individual servers, or the security practices of individual servers. Server security is a collection of compromises, as any server that allows connections could be insecure. These tips are to be followed at your own risk. 1) Use secure passwords!…
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Online Security: Web Hosting Top Priority
To host thousands of websites is no easy task. We, Internet Solutions HK, keep all servers updated with the latest technology on online security in order to maintain your website safe. However, you as client also need to help protect your website. Please follow these recommendations: 1. Always use STRONG passwords. 2. Update your passwords…
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Problems Installing a SSL Certificate?
If you are having issues installing a SSL cerfificate for your website dont worry! You are not the only one. Even the biggest in the industry like Google and Yahoo! will experience some kind of misconfigurations. Internet Solutions HK will offer free SSL certificate installations for your website. Just contact us for more information.
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WordPress: Limit Login Attempts
WordPress security is becoming a more demanding issue with time. Hackers are aware that many people, specially does without coding knowledge, choose WordPress as their CMS and because it is open source is easy to find backdoors and exploit them to inject malware, trojans or viruses. One plugin that helps increasing your WordPress site’s security…
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How to Scan Website for Virus
Cyber Security is very important and an extremely High Threat these years. That is why we have to scan regularly your website’s files for viruses and malware. Our CPANEL offers a tool for this purpose. It is called ClamAV. Login to your CPANEL and find the following icon under Advanced: Click on Virus Scanner. Then…