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HostDime Offers New Enterprise DDoS Protection Service

06/05/2014 by Jared Smith

HostDime now offers premium hardware-based DDoS monitoring and mitigation, backed by the market leader in network security, Arbor Networks.

Filed Under: Dedicated Servers, Security, Support

Are You Affected by the Heartbleed Bug?

04/09/2014 by Jared Smith

The Heartbleed vulnerability affects CentOS 6 servers with an OpenSSL version less than 1.0.1e-16.el6_5.7.

Filed Under: Security

What is a DDoS Attack and Can it be Prevented?

04/02/2014 by Jared Smith

You have probably heard reports, or even experienced firsthand, a Distributed Denial of Service attack. But what exactly is a DDoS attack, and can it be prevented?

Filed Under: Security

The 15 Best Encryption Programs to Protect Your Internet Privacy

06/07/2013 by Jared Smith

Don’t ask your government for less surveillance, take control of your internet privacy with these best encryption programs.

Filed Under: Security

Protect Your WordPress Login Against Attack

04/12/2013 by Jared Smith

As you are hopefully aware, a brute force attack affected global WordPress installations. Here is an informative tutorial to quickly protect your WordPress login page via cPanel.

Filed Under: Security, Support

Ultimate Password Security Guidelines

08/23/2012 by Jared Smith

Ah, passwords, the keys to modern living. It seems you can’t go anywhere or do anything these days without a password. You workstation needs a password, your gym needs a password, even your trusty buddy the cell phone may need a password. With so many passwords it’s tempting to make life easy and just have one master key, or password to make life simple. While this may be easy, it’s definitely not secure and you risk putting in danger every access point where you use that “master key.”

It brings to mind the old castle housekeeper with gigantic ring of keys to every room in the castle. What a burdensome load to carry. Wouldn’t a master key be better? Yes it would, but one stolen key and the whole castle is breached.

Filed Under: Security

Google’s Updated Privacy Policy Faces Opposition

02/02/2012 by Jared Smith

Google Updates Privacy Policy

In an effort to streamline and simplify its services, Google has recently announced its plans to combine the privacy policies from over 60 products into one unified and surprisingly short privacy policy. The new policy, taking effect March 1st, clearly outlines what kind of information the company collects from its users, how they obtain it, and what they use it for. Google also announced that the new policy will allow them to seamlessly share this information across their wide array of services, creating a smarter and more efficient browsing experience. Many seem to think that the search giant is being too careless with their personal information, however, and are subsequently facing strong opposition from not only users, but Congress as well.

Filed Under: Security

It’s a trap! Phishing Scams and Malware

11/01/2010 by Jared Smith

Guest post by: Jonathan S.

Abuse & Security Analyst

Phishing scams and malware infected sites are some of the many problems that the Abuse & Security Department is in assigned to handle here at HostDime. It’s also one of the most common issues that we will find when clients inform us of warning labels placed on their sites.

Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers are featured with “Phishing and Malware Protection” which will alert the visitor that the page they are about to view may try to steal their information. The alert message is spawned from a published list of known attack sites which is maintained by Google and StopBadware.org.

The primary reason this message will appear is either a phishing scam attempting to lure the visitor into updating their personal information on fake (but very real looking) website, or malicious scripts that have been injected into the source of the website which cause your browser to download malware.

Filed Under: Security

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