How 3D-Secure 2.0 Reduces Cart Abandonment
3D-Secure 2.0 helps reduce cart abandonment by using contextual transaction information for low-cost transactions and biometric security to avoid pop-ups.
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WordPress Privacy Tools – WPQuickies
In this lunchtime #WPQuickies, I talk about WordPress privacy tools for users.
WordPress Security: Passwords – WPQuickies
In this lunchtime #WPQuickies, I’m continuing the series on WordPress security – this one is on using secure passwords.
WordPress Security Plugins – WPQuickies
In this lunchtime #WPQuickies, I take a quick look at Security Plugins, why you would need one, what are the top ones and what they do.
Move A WordPress Site To HTTPS – WPQuickies
In this lunchtime #WPQuickies, I take a quick look at the best ways to move a WordPress website from HTTP to encrypted, safe and secure HTTPS.
9 Best WordPress Backup Plugins 2019
Backing up your WordPress site is uber critical but there are so many choices. So, what are the best WordPress backup plugins to use in 2019?
Securing your site against XML-RPC attacks
Should you secure your site by deactivating the XML-RPC service? It may come at a cost to your website! Let’s find out some more.
Why Simple Character Substitution for Passwords is Now a Pile of 5h1t
Password management guru Bill Burr says we’re all doing passwords wrongly. He regrets his advice of 15 years ago. Find out why?
WordPress 4.0.1 Critical Update
WordPress has released 4.0.1 as a security update addressing issues with the CMS core. This is a critical update so upgrade today.
WordPress Security Best Practices
Slides from the WordPress Sydney meetup group talk on WordPress Security Best Practices.
Installing Linux Malware Detect on a CentOS 6 VPS
As a prelude to my upcoming WordPress Sydney meetup talk on WordPress Security I’m going to show you how you can beef up security on your Virtual Private Server (VPS) by installing a piece of software called Linux Malware Detect or LMD.
Timthumb is Evil
More and more WordPress websites are being hacked through exploiting the timthumb.php script. The script is evil and needs to be removed from all websites.