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How small sites can get hacked If you think your site will not be hacked since it's too small to matter, reconsider. This is an incorrect and unsafe assumption that a lot of small businesses take until it is too late. Many site owners think that hackers are only interested in popular, highly-ranked websites. They are wrong. In... How to Blacklist an IP Address If for whatever reason, you need to block a specific IP address from accessing your website, you can deny it access by adding it to a "blacklist". cPanel gives you the option to blacklist an IP easily. First, log in to your cPanel account - either through your Client Area or by typing in... How to Protect Against Brute Force Attacks Every day, there are announcements about how easy it is to be hacked and how much of your data may already be in the hands of cyber-criminals. Malware, ransomware, data breaches, viruses - these are words that we hear all the time and are the kind of problems that make IT experts nervous.... Domain Name Privacy Almost 1.9 billion records containing personal data have been compromised between January 2017 and March 2018. 75% of information breaches occur due to external hackers and data attackers. The average expense of a single data breach can be as high as $3.62 million. Seeing how harmful information breaches can be,... Is it good to block ICMP requests? The Problem Many network administrators feel that ICMP is a security risk, and should therefore always be blocked at the firewall. It is true that ICMP does have some security issues associated with it, and that a lot of ICMP should be blocked. But that's no reason to block all ICMP traffic! ICMP has many... What to do if your WordPress Website was Hacked WordPress is the world's most preferred way to build internet sites, with nearly 30% of all websites powered by the popular CMS. It's no wonder that the company behind WordPress i.e. Automattic, has a highly skilled and experienced group of developers called the 'WordPress Core Team'. You can... What to do if your website is blacklisted If an online antivirus tool detects malware on your website, it will automatically blacklist the site by adding it to its database of malicious websites. Any time a user with the same antivirus tools visits your infected site, they will see a warning. A hacker may not cause any noticeable damage when penetrating... Are all patches from new kernels applied? KernelCare is constantly making sure your servers are secure, therefore it focuses on only the security patches. However, they do apply patches for critical bugs whenever the situation calls for it. If you want to know more about KernelCare's features, visit our KernelCare page or contact us by opening a... All about Online Plagiarism The Threat of Plagiarism Plagiarism is a serious and growing problem on the Web. At any moment, anyone in the world can copy your online content and instantly paste it onto their own site. After making minor changes, they will claim your content as their own.  The Web is built on the hard work of honest...