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Please beware of SEO/Link building billing scam that is going around to some of our clients, and possibly others. It appears that there is a company billing some of our clients for services they aren’t receiving. The problem is that the company name looks somewhat similar to ours, and if you aren’t paying close attention,…
We’ve all seen them, in fact I saw one yesterday. !!!!!! Do not accept friend request from XXXXXX XXXXX she’s a hacker!!!!! But is it true? What will really happen if you accept a friend request from someone you don’t know? They will have access to your personal information (which you shouldn’t allow anyway), but…
Adobe Flash had a great run. It was the most popular way to insert animations, games, videos, and other rich features into a website for a significant part of the Internet’s existence. For a substantial amount of time, it was the only option website creators had to create a dynamic, visually pleasing website. However, that…
Webtivity Designs recommends that ALL webmasters or site owners upgrade their websites with an SSL certificate. An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a website and encrypts information sent to the server using SSL technology. SSL is essential for protecting your website, even if it doesn’t handle sensitive…
There are many variations of Not Secure going around the Internet right now. “Not secure” is the warning you will see in the URL or address bar while using the Chrome Browser on certain pages. See below for an example. When did this start? This change came into effect on January 31st, 2017 with the…
Since “The Snappening” happened last week and tens of thousands of photos and videos leaked onto the internet several people have asked my opinion about it. During conversations some have said things like, “Don’t take naked pictures of yourself and send them to people if you don’t want them going public!” Others have exclaimed, “We…
If you haven’t been paying attention to your email, Yahoo issued the warning below to their users to change their account passwords. So be sure to do it! NOW!! ———————————— Hi Troy, The safety of your Yahoo account, [USERNAME], is important. We’re asking users to change their passwords due to recent security incidents online. While…
At the beginning of the year, Mashable released a list of the worst passwords in 2013. The big news is that the password “password” has finally been dethroned. The usurper to # 1 Worst Password was “123456” which is arguably a somewhat lateral move. Password security is a topic we’ve discussed before, but the following…
I’m sure it’s happened to many of you. Your friend calls and says, “Hey did you mean to send me that strange email?” “What strange email?” you inquire. “The one with the link to a weird website,” your friend replies. It’s at about that time you get a sinking feeling in the pit of your…
According to Trustwave, hackers installed keylogging software on approximately 2 million computers and have been capturing login information for over a month. Trustwave was able to track down at least one of the servers storing the login credentials in the Netherlands, but other servers still exist that have not been located yet. On the Netherlands…