The internet has undoubtedly simplified our lives, of course, the reason we use things like Facebook Login is the convenience, both for the site developer and the end user.
The internet has undoubtedly simplified our lives, of course, the reason we use things like Facebook Login is the convenience, both for the site developer and the end user.

Last week, an arbitrary file upload vulnerability has been found in popular WordPress plugin WooCommerce Checkout Manager which extends the functionality of well known WooCommerce plugin. So if you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of this new, unpatched vulnerability that has been made public and could...

What is Social Engineering? Social engineering is a non-technical strategy cyber attackers use that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking standard security practices. The success of social engineering techniques depends on attackers’ ability to manipulate victims into performing certain actions or providing confidential information. Today, social engineering is recognized...
Facebook is grappling with another embarrassing data leak with 540 million records found in plain sight on a public Amazon server. Security researchers from UpGuard found Mexico-based digital media company Cultura Colectiva left more than 540 million records — including comments, likes, reactions, account names and more — stored on the Amazon S3 storage server...

New Insights report sponsored by Genesys found that ‘customer–centric’ brands using advanced AI benefit from increased efficiency, greater brand loyalty, and notable gains in revenue. A global survey of nearly 600 executives across 18 countries found that companies adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technology across the customer journey have seen a positive impact on customer satisfaction,...

Iranian-backed hackers ransacked Citrix, and store 6TB+ of emails, docs, secrets, says cyber-biz Remote-desktop giant ‘among more than 200 govt agencies, oil, gas, tech corps’ hit by cyber criminals. Citrix today warned its customers that foreign hackers romped through its internal company network and stole corporate secrets. The enterprise software giant – which services businesses,...

Permissions, permissions, permissions, uploading anything more complicated than basic HTML often requires some playing with permission settings to make things work properly. Whether you’re engaged in a seemingly battle to the edge of sanity with an error or simply following the instructions to install a new script on your server, knowing how to set permissions is...

When creating a website, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is what type of hosting you need for your site. One of the most popular choices for first-time website owners is “shared hosting”. Shared hosting is a type of low-cost option where you share space on a server with other sites. Shared hosting...

Redundancy is generally viewed as superfluous repetition or overlapping, excessive, and unnecessary. In web hosting it has a totally different meaning, where in layman’s terms, it means backup. So when it comes to databases, networking, website maintenance, and other technical endeavours, redundancy is not optional or even necessary — it is essential! All organisations, sooner or...

Last year Google added “mobile-friendliness” as one of the many ranking signals in their search algorithm. It was very rare for Google to give official prior warning of an upcoming algorithm update, so this was clearly going to have a significant impact on their search results, yet despite all this, many websites are still not...