by Gerald Watanabe | Feb 26, 2020 | CMS, Malware, PHP, Security, Videos, Web Design, Web Development, Wordpress
Security Tools To Help Fix or Tighten Down Your Website When checking my list of web security tools, I noticed that some of the websites that were referenced no longer exist. In other words, there were broken links. So I decided to update this list and add new...
by Gerald Watanabe | Dec 14, 2019 | CMS, Malware, Security, Videos, Web Design, Web Development, Wordpress
The process I used to clean and restore a hacked WordPress website “Half of all Cyber attacks are targeted at small businesses. Small business owners often do not pay attention to cybersecurity, thinking they’re not even worth being attacked, and this is...
by Gerald Watanabe | Oct 28, 2019 | htaccess, Malware, Security, Videos, Web Design, Web Development, Wordpress
CMS Security: .htaccess File Protection Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla and most, if not all Content Mangement Systems use the .htaccess file. It is a configuration file that is used on servers using Apache software. A few uses for this configuration file Allow or...
by Gerald Watanabe | Oct 23, 2018 | Learning, Malware, Security, SSL, Testing, Web Design, Web Development, Wordpress
How to fix your mixed content SSL Certificate This issue applies to WordPress sites they were previously not secured with an SSL Certificate. After installing an SSL Certificate, you are excited because you have improved the security for your visitors and know...
by Gerald Watanabe | Aug 9, 2018 | business, Clients, CMS, Malware, Security, Wordpress
A Simple Security Measure that is Overlooked “My message for companies that think they haven’t been attacked is: “You’re not looking hard enough”. [Deputy Director, UK Office for Cyber Security] This is something I discovered while restoring a hacked...
by Gerald Watanabe | Aug 1, 2018 | htaccess, Malware, Web Design, Web Development, Wordpress
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of WordPress Plugins The Ugly Looking at my calendar, it is July 2018 and I have already received requests to clean out four WordPress websites that were infected with malware since January. The common cause for all four...
