WordPress Security Checklist: Protect Your Website from Being Hacked

WordPress is a favored Content Management System (CMS)-it is the easiest mean to build a blog or website. Approximately 40.0% of the web is empowered by WordPress. There is a large community that is responsible for its success. These aspects make it the main target of hackers. So, the WordPress website security should not be … Read more →

10 Essential Network Vulnerability Scanning Tools

Network security is of prime importance in today’s world, hence network scanning, or rather network vulnerability scanning, has a crucial role to play as regards the overall security of any enterprise and the data that it handles. Here’s a look at the top 10 essential network vulnerability scanning tools available today: HackerCombat Network Security Scanner … Read more →

Hackers and Smartphone Vulnerabilities

Because of flaws and vulnerabilities found in software, your smartphone is very susceptible to attacks from hackers. Unknowingly, you can download a seemingly harmless app and bring about malware, spyware, or viruses to your Android device. The most recent malware campaign that occurred, called Judy malware, was hidden amongst  roughly 40 apps found in the … Read more →

Twitter Cross Site (XSS) Vulnerability – Watch Out!

James Slater, IT developer with a British firm that specializes in search engine optimization, has found a security vulnerability in the social network, Twitter. The simple act of reading tweets online on twitter.com could cause somebody to steal your login cookie and potentially get access to your Twitter account – or simply redirect you to … Read more →

iPhone SMS vulnerability allows eavesdropping

Wooops! Charlie Miller, OS X security expert, discovered a rather serious flaw in the SMS-part of the iPhone and presented his findings at the SyScan conference in Singapore recently. The hole in the SMS software allows for a remote person to run software code on the iPhone and monitor the location of iPhone using GPS, … Read more →