DNS, one of the oldest technologies running the Internet, keeps evolving. There is a constant stream of new developments, from DNSSEC, through DNS-over-TLS, to a plentiful supply of fresh EDNS extensions. CC BY-ND 2.0 image by Antarctica Bound New DNS Resource Records types are being added all the time. As the Internet evolves, new RR’s […]
Why A Free Obfuscator Is Not Always Free.
We all love our code but some of us love it so much that we don’t want anyone else to read or understand it. When you think about it, that’s understandable – hours and hours of hard dev work, days of testing and weeks (months?, years?) of fixing bugs and after all of this, someone […]
Build Your Own Online Marketplace Using WordPress
The article that we’re sharing today tackles how you can use WordPress for your Marketplace. You’ll learn the difference between eCommerce store and a Marketplace, it’s benefits, necessary tools to build it etc. See below: Build Your Own Online Marketplace Using WordPress Posted on March 5 by Nathan B. Weller The seemingly endless possibilities for […]
How to Easily Create a Multilingual WordPress Site
Do you want to reach more people or customers? Why not make your website multilingual? The article that we’re sharing today will guide you how to do that. How to Easily Create a Multilingual WordPress Site Do you want to translate your WordPress site in multiple languages? Wondering where to start? In this article, we […]
The 11 Best Code Editors Available in 2015
This is for all the Web Developers out there! Both free and paid code editors are discussed in the article. Some of them are: Atom UltraEdit Sublime Text Notepad++ CoffeeCup For the full list, click here.
Malware Cleanup to Arbitrary File Upload in Gravity Forms
During our regular cleanup process we came across a reinfection case that caught our attention. This particular environment didn’t have anything special or fancy, it was an updated WordPress installation and had 3 out-of-date plugins; that’s pretty reasonable. After running through our processes and cleaning the environment we kept coming back to a reinfection; the […]
Why Websites Get Hacked
I spend a good amount of time engaging with website owners across a broad spectrum of businesses. Interestingly enough, unless I’m talking large enterprise, there is a common question that often comes up: Why would anyone ever hack my website? Depending on who you are, the answer to this can vary. Nonetheless, it often revolves […]
Enforce Web Policy with Hypertext Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
Hypertext Strict Transport Security (HSTS, RFC 6797) is a web security policy technology designed to help secure HTTPS web servers against downgrade attacks. HSTS is a powerful technology which is not yet widely adopted. CloudFlare aims to change this. Downgrade attacks (also known as SSL stripping attacks) are a serious threat to web applications. This […]
Fixing the “Password Field is Empty” WordPress Error in Chrome
Some users trying to access their WordPress admin panel have found that Google Chrome seemingly auto-fills their password. Hooray for technology! But once they click submit, they get a message along these lines: ERROR: The password field is empty. It’s annoying but fixable. Several months ago, StackExchange user Robbert offered three different ways to put […]
Security Advisory – WP-Slimstat 3.9.5 and lower
Advisory for: WP-Slimstat Security Risk: Very high Exploitation level: Remote DREAD Score: 8/10 Vulnerability: Weak Cryptographic keys leading to SQL injections Patched Version: 3.9.6 WP-Slimstat’s users should update as soon as possible! During a routine audit for our WAF, we discovered a security bug that an attacker could, by breaking the plugin’s weak “secret” key, use to perform a SQL […]
