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Wordpress Security Tips to Secure Your Website

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Nearly on a daily basis, you hear about some new security breach on the net. Sensitive data is leaked, millions of dollars are lost, and websites go down. As a blogger, however upset must you be regarding security? You might assume you don’t have much to worry regarding, however, an unpatched vulnerability on your pc, your hosting company’s server, your WordPress install or maybe a rogue advertisement may severely harm your business and your reputation. Back Up Your Blog Backups are like insurance: annoying to line up however you’ll be glad you probably did once disaster strikes. Backups don’t simply defend against hacking . you would possibly accidentally delete a post or other content. It is a lifesaver in these things. Backing Up WordPress – attempt one of these backup plugins or services - there are several free, nice choices available. Wix bloggers don’t want backups -at least, according to Wix. They keep historic copies of your website. But, Wix w...

Most Common WEB Security Vulnerabilities

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Even the most experienced IT chief and web security expert must stay vigilant and guard against the bad guys. No one is safe without knowing what to look out for. Here are six of the most common security vulnerabilities you must protect yourself against. 1. SQL Injections SQL injection is a type of web application security vulnerability in which an attacker attempts to use application code to access or corrupt database content. If successful, this allows the attacker to create, read, update, alter, or delete data stored in the back-end database. SQL injection is one of the most prevalent types of web application security vulnerabilities 2 . Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-site scripting (XSS) targets an application's users by injecting code, usually a client-side script such as JavaScript, into a web application's output. The concept of XSS is to manipulate client-side scripts of a web application to execute in the manner desired by the attacker. ...